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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

One plan upon which government
experts are working, but of which
very little information has been given
out, is system of pensioning all
national government employees on re.
tirement.
The basis of computing pensions
seems to be one-half per cent of the
salary received at retirement, multi
piled by the number of years the EN-.
ploye has been in the service. Thus
a man so years Of age at the time Of
entering the service would receive
$3.50 on retiring at 10, IL his retiring
salary was $1,000, while, If he had en-
tered the service at the age of 20 he
would be entitled to $500 year for
life.
The public regards government en-
iployes as well paid for their services
and sees no reason why they should
not provide for old age by their own
thrift, the same as men employed by
private employers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
A PARADISE FOR HUSBANDS.
By r. NJ. Colby.

England is the happy huntingground Of
husbands, the land where on moderate in.
comes the men have Wallets and the women
hardly any clothes. For the great capacity to
rule to conquer and to colombo can, he thinks.
be traced directly to the male ascendency in
the English home. Groomed. well-fed, exer-
cised, never thwarted, and with the wife al
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Dairy cows should be kept clean,
particularly the udders. Before milk
ing the udder should be rubbed with
damp cloth. but not too wet. This
will prevent any dirt falling into the
milk. Cattle soon get accustomed to
being cleaned and appreciate 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

More than. two thousand million dol
lars worth Of mineral oil has been ex-
ported from the United States since
that product began to be an article Of
expectation, less than a half-century
ago siFs
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

The hole in the doughnut doesn't
amount to much, but 1t is better for
you than Its surroundings.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
ConGres. w. Omcinldom.

There may be occasions when it is
temporarily inadvisable that matters
Of International import be given to
the public, but the idea that Con
gress Can not require and secure the
testimony of any government employe
except by permission of the head OF
mis- depa, tment seems preposter9us.
Congress is the government. Cab
met officers and even the Prcsidel. OF
the United States are simply lntTCsted
with execution of the wishes of Con
gress.
Within the last few years there has
been altogether too much tendency to
conceal matters of public interest and
public record. The American people
have a right to know all about bust
ness connected by any department Of
government.
The least disposition on the part of
an executive official to arbitrarily oh
struct Congress In securing all evil.
dence available in the coming inves
tigation Of Secretary Ballinger's de-
partment will naturally move the pub
lie to ask what 1t is that someone de.
sires concealed. and why the desire
for concealment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

not affect verify of IDEALS of improved hopes
Of undemonstrated secret yearnings, OF our sne
classified experiences.
Our minds filed with sweet dreamings with love
y localities, with wonderful yearnngs and hopes Sci
ence has said nothing about them But this silence of
science nowse dscredts them. 1t does not render
them untrue or unbelievable George Eliot wondered
whether it were possible for poor earthworms to
think to conceive of anything which the illimitable
universe wherein we dwell could furnish into
reality
Is 1t not remarkable well delightful to suppose
that the big universe has far than the earhworms
and earthwormlets can guess?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
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but last year the product exceeded
the beet by 663,OoO tons, while this
year 1t will surpass 1t by l,1s9.Oo0
tons. There was decrease in the
European beet sugar output of 81 per
cent as between the last year and this.
while the output of beet sugar In
America shows an increase of 1872 per
cent in the same period.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
shouId Bare me Truth.

The American people have been
awakened to realization of their
great stake in the safeguarding of
their forest, coal and water resources,
largely by the knowledge aud enthus-
iasm of Clifford Pinchot-unquestion-
ably the most competent chief forester
to be found in America. Why did he
compel President Taft to dismiss him
from the service? Perhaps that will
appear later. The main question, in
ivolving the good faith and integrity
not only of the interior department,
but Nof the Taft administration, is to
be thrashed out by joint committee
of congress. This committee should
have public confidence and should es-
tablish the truth without fear or IA
yor.-Buffalo Commercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
Taft Out Of sympathy.

There is growing impression in
the public mind that the President is
out of sympathy with the nationwide
movement to check the aggressions of
private monopoly. 49,. His dis.
missal of Pinchot, hailed with such
delight by the monopolists and their
allies, will still further widen the
breach between the President and the
masses of the people groaning under.
the extortion of their exploiters.-
Brooklyn Citizen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

captive maid. Her fortunes have depended upon the
will of lord and master And the primitive the
the need she had for every personal appeal
for fascination For the had the less sym
pathy. He had to be pleased to be good and kind
Women may mold the world according to their own
ideas instead OF being nodded by 1t contrary to their
natures They may put into the office of the cozi
ness and charm they give to home. They may do
away with the CRIME that consorts Ill with their
dainty frocks They may put end to street noises.
They may nst some of their sympathy and good
Hess into business deals and political campaigns. But
even If women should not do much to soften the big
world, somehow, it is sofening anyhow 1t is growing
gentler. IT is refining 1t is civilizing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

find a people to whom civilization, all social,
and political economical, and commercial and
entifc development foolish and contemplate and who
cannot condescend to give it any thought attention
while the mystery of life the nature and destiny the
soul confronts
For with all modern devices and Inducements and
arguments cannot hoodwink ourselves into denial
and oblivion of the great spiritual problems of life.
denuded and ensnared and overloaded by the
pomposty, and trappings and Injuries of rich ex-
ternal life we may be- however occupied with chatels
trade professions the mysteries there
all the same and appertain to each human SOUL And
as long as that is SO 1t can reasonable to
shirk ignore them
We know that the wise men came from the East.
Here life is simple Commercial values and social
terests and differences begin to At last spir
tua apprehension can grow and expand at Its ease
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
It is impossible to think of Lin
coins meeting such situation in such

q IHdHHeT. 80 u.
One cannot fail to be impressed by
a contemplation of what might have
happened had man of the Taft tenn
permanent been President in the trying
days when the wise hand of Lincoln
was steering the course of the repub,
lic.-Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
FACTS THE SAME HOWEVER EXPRESSED.
BY Ada May Krecker.

1t is the fashion nowadays to require scien-
tiic formulas for nearly all our thoughts.
That is because we are developing our scien-
tific consciousness. We are thinking in scien.
7tific terms, talking in scientific language.
But this scientific habit and mannerism
of ours does not invalidate truths that
are not scientifically stated. 1t does not af-
feet the accuracy of our poetic idea. It does
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
FEMININE aRAcEs THE RESULT OF sERvruDE.
BY Helen Armstrong.

Marie Dow in her role Of an Oriental cap
tive maid pictured the whole history of fem
mime psychology. 1t was by trying to please
her lord and master. 1t was by exercising
every beguiling grace and charming vile that
she overcame him. Without the gentle power
OF her silence and the soft suasion of her
winsomeness the little prisoner would have
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
Feealns for NADER F.t.

It cannot be that the butter fat In
milk is obtained from fat stored In.
the tissues of the COW, otherwise the
animal would soon become emaciated.
Cows obtain the butter fat In milk
from the food they eat and digest, and
not from the reserve or accumulation
Of fat in their bodies Reason as we'll
as observation teaches that cows ex-
tract butter fat from the food they
consume and digest, and to produce a
large percentage of cream the rations
Of the COW should be rich in the eie-
ments Of nitrogen and carbohydrates
which are found in linseed meal,
middlings, bran, cornmeal and ground
oats.
At the Cornell University COWS that
yielded 200 pounds of butter fat annu-
ally under ordinary feeding yielded
$40 pounds when given liberal rations
of feed rich In nitrogen and carbohy.
drates. Cream will not make butter
unless 1t contains fat. and profitable
fats will not be produced unless COWS
are fed on rations rich in the ele-
ments that produce cream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Poor. backward Russia has, as the
phrase goes, America beaten to
standstill for combined enterprise and
luck as manifested in the moving pic
ture business.
A Russian photographer has for ex-
hibition film 500 feet long showing
the assassination of Prime Minister
Ito on the railway platform at Hardin,
the New York Evening Post says. The
merit of the picture is that 1t gives
just what 1t purports to offer-no $40
week actor dressed UP as Japanese
statesman succumbing to the blank
cartridges of a fellow actor in Ko-
rean pyramid hat, but the actual
tragic scene as 1t was enacted In Man
churia few months ago. The photo
graphic apparatus had been set up to
catch the details of the meeting be-
tween Prince Ito and the Russian fin.
ance minister, Kokovtsoff. The ma.
chine bagged bigger game than 1t
counted upon. Most probably this is
the only photograph in existence of
real assassination.
Whether the Japanese, after using
the film as evidence in court, will per-
NIT 1t to go on the market is doubtful.
But, in any case, the moving picture
man will now go about his business
with fresher enthusiasm than ever.
When he photographs the car driving
in his carriage there is always the
chance of an unexpected bomb. When
he follows the aeroplane's fight there
is always the possibility of break
and "a sudden swoop downward-sub.
jects which he would find it difficult to
secure actors willing to enact.
sati.fying the Audience.
why don't you go on with the third
act?" demanded the proprietor.
The leading man has skipped" ex.
planned the stage manager. 81 don't
see how we are going to finish the
show"
ooh, ring the curtain up and tell the
sheriff to go ahead and levy on the
scenery. guess that will satisfy the
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Remedial Remorse.
ll"You have taken severe cold" said
the SOLICITORS friend.
Yes" replied the victim.
We'll, you go to the drug store
"I've been there"
Were YOU benefited?'
Eyes; I'll know how to behave next
time. I've found that there are worse
things than a cold. Washington Star.
Beyond Her.
sbtthnra nra fau, thinur that a ,rn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

'There are few things that wo.
man cannot do better than man can
do Them
well, there is one thing which 1
defy my wife to do as well as can
do It,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
Plausible,

"I've just figured out how the Venus
de Milo came to lose her arms
Howl"
She broke them of trying to button
her shirt waist up the back. Jewish
Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

The low-wheeled, broad-tired wagon
Is indispensable on the farm. 1t is
very useful for hauling stone, pota-
toes, apples and other heavy things
that must be lifted. 1t saves making
sruts in soft fields and is great help
In keeping the roads good.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Oyersupply and Reduced Prices.
In a bulletin the Iowa station gives
the result of experiments to determine
the effect storage has upon homegrown
fruit. AS In adjacent states. gluts,
causing depression of prices in many
local markets, are common In Iowa,
as in many parts of the state prac-
tically none but early apples are
grown.
One Of the most Important points
established by the experiments is that
certain desirable fall apples which
are hardy enough to be grown sue.
icessfully even in the northern part
of the state can be held in good mar
ket condition through the winter
months II handled carefully and stored
quickly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

"And what is that?"
Button her dress down the back
Houston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
EAST PURPLE SPOT IN coLoR1Ess WORLD.
BY Lord Kilianin.

1t is well for the Western. greedy. ambi-
tious. jealous. noisy. sordid vulgar, busy,
practical, aggressive, mundane Western to
visit the East, where the sole wish is to es-
cape from world Of desire and action, Of
possessions and distinction. We came from
the West, complacently absorbed in the In
Vulnerable affairs and details of our elaborate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

. 81 q .
A cree and woods pasture is grand
thing to have on the farm, where dali
rying is one of the main side lines
Down among the timber along our
cree is still good feed. The blue grass
grows we'll there and is spreading
every year. Blue grass revels in shade
and along with the shade is protection,
making the grass good pretty much
all winter. 1t is not yet thick enough
to furnish great amount of pasture,
but at the rate 1t is coming in will
be there thick enough in a very few
more years. The dairyman can not
get along without plenty of grass, and
the longer he can prolong the grass
season the better.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
Cleveland Press.

raved and swung tile big stick. The
Taft habit is more bucolic, less pic
turesque, lacking in dash and color.
The steam roller suitsait better than
the big stick.
But the great disadvantage of .
steam roller is Its ponderousness.
Those over whom the Taft roller has
already passed are not anxious to sub
NIT to 1t as the vehicle to carry ship.
subsidies, the central bank, and other
hldrich schemes to success.
The steam roller must go slowly.
Speed means a wreck The steam roll
err will not bring these proposals into
action until the next session of Con-
gress. And before that is called the
explosion of ballots will have put the
roller out of ommission.-C Chicago
Journal.
What About the Big Thieves.
Four checkers who worked for a
few dollars week on the docks in
New YoI& have been sentenced to
year each in prison for completely in
iiouuo W "hiSA euc fAlilSllSdu sugar
Refining company is said to have
swindled the Customs Department out
of $3O.OOO,00O.
The millionaire directors and high
ly paid executive officers of the sugssr
trust are at liberty to enjoy their
clubs, their automobiles and their
champagne. Their wives and daugh-
tiers can tour Europe without fear of
husbands or fathers suffering incar-
ceration in felons' cells. The under
paid workingmen who succumbed to
the temptation of few added dollars
each week to buy little comforts for
their humble homes, are sentenced to
Jail for swindling the government
The poor men who received few
dollars for carrying out the swindle
must go to prison. The rich men who
pocketed millions. of stolen money, the
profits of the swindle, are still free.
President Taft asked congress to
delay its investigation of the sugar
scandal in order that the Department
of Justice should not be hampered in
prosecuting the guilty. The American
public will not be satisfied if the sole
result of the governments prosecu-
lions is the conviction of few weigh
ers and checkers, while the big ras-
calls go unpublished.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Cucumbers. long, green ones-1s
inches to 2h feet without seeds, are
the most recent arrivals from London
in the fancy vegetable market Of New
York. They are the result of years
of experiment on the part Of Eng
lish gardeners.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Live stock farming does not always
mean diversified farming, and some
forms of live stock farming may be-
come as Objectionable In many ways
as form of farming in which sin
gle crop is grown for sale.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02


A Dangerous Poison Plant.
Look out for the water hemlock. II
is a poisonous plant that grows in
marshy places and kills cattle that
happen to eat it.. The owner thinks
his cattle have blind staggers'' when
1t As hemlock poisoning.
The plant has an offensive odor,
which generally keeps stock from eat
ing 1t, but not always. The hemlock
resembles the peppermint, and in good
soil may grow to height of several
feet 1t kills horses as well as cows.
Sometimes 1t is known as wild par
snip, and 1t is rapidly fatal to both
man and beast. 1t is one of the most
poisonous native plants in the United
States. 1t accounts for the frequent
and mysterious death of COWS that
often occurs while feeding on swampy#
pastures. Some notable cases recently
occurred in Bristol, Tenn, which were
referred to government experts and
resulted in the information given;
above. No remedy has yet been dis.
covered.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02
Mill Feed Mixed WITH Corn.

Mill Feed Mixed With Corn.
When corn was from Is to % cents
bushel It scarcely paid us to use any
thing but corn in fattening hog or
steer. Mill feed was cheap then, too,
but there was the hauling to be taken
into consideration, and those times
when man got dollar he thought
several times before spending 1t. As
a rule 1t pays to use considerable mill
feed now. at least enough to balance
a corn ration in good shape. It is
high in price, to be sure. but when
corn is 60 cents feeder can AFFORD
to pay premium for an additional
feed that will make corn produce bet,
ter results. When finishing either
steers or hogs, our best feeders use
some mill feed.-Farmers' Mail and
Breeze
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Ducks and geese may be raised Just
a. easily away from pond or running
water as with 1t. Plenty of drinking
water is sufficient for their needs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-02

Better to spray once than not at all.
But the only right method is to be
systematic and spray at the prescribed
intervals. 1t is well to follow the
spray calendars which, are furnished
by experiment stations.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-04
FEW STRAY NOTES or
TIGERS EASY VICTORY

There was considerable wildness on
1.-THE part OF the trio of Ringers. Plank
passed one, Atkins and Mullin 9.
total OF IA. with IL hits. IA passes for
1.-THE two teams, only seven runs were
scored and IL left on bases.
* This young Atkins looked like a
pretty fair pitcher. With a catcher
whose work was very poor and an In
field that was none too spry he gave
only five hits I'm seven innings. Had he
started and received proper support IL
kins has mastered a cross-nre drop
which bothered the left-handed hitters
not a little bit. After the fourth inning
Tom Jones double was the only hit the
Tigers made of him. In the sixth Craw-
ford was completely fooled on his wide
curve that ducked clear away while
Cobb swung at a couple before walking
and missed them foot or more. If
Atkins develops as O man of his age
should he will be a great left-hander.
The FIRST inning for Detroit contained
as much summary stun as a whole
game usually does Among other
things--Two singles a passed ball, a
base on balls, fielder's choice, an error
and double steal.
Jim Delehanty had an awful time in
the opening inning. He sprinted TO
nrst base on his single to center field
from the base Collins threw to get
Trim and tossed the ball over Davis
head and Del scrambled TO his feet and
set sail for second He had to make a
mighty slide to arrive there In safety.
Collins got to second in the fourth
on passed ball. From the way Stan
age stabbed at the ball II looked as
The Detroit times., 1910-06-04
Levi. Keen for Farming

II have been figuring for a number
Of years" said Dai II. Lewis. scout Tor
the American Automobile association,
who mapped the route for the 1910
GlIdden tour I'm a Chalmers 80. now
I could make my fortune. have strug-
pIcd along for quite a while and this
fortune has not yet assumed very
startling proportions. But while ] was
on the pathhndlng trip. | learned that
fortunes are TO be made In farming II
one krowa where to buy a farm.
a farmer pulled us out OF the mud
and we stopped to talk with him. |
asked him what he owned
~ own mile square about here
with two houses on IT He then went
on to enumerate how many cattle.
horses. mules. pigs. and so forth he
possessed. | then yentured the query:
About how much would a man make
each year from q place like yoursY
"'Oh. about $4,000 net said this
humble tiller Of the soil. And when
we had finished smoking. he pulled out
Of his pocket some Perfectos that made
ours look like PittsburB stogles."
The Detroit times., 1910-06-04
NJ ALEER PLACES
r MACKMEN FIRST
Washington Manager Declares Ath'
letics Will Finish Ahead of De-
troit This Year.

CLEVELAND, June 4.-"The east
drn half OF the American league has
Il all over the western half, Al least
three eastern teams will finish In
the first division and | pick tbs
Athletics tn win the pennant."
Such was the declaration made oy
Manager MCAleer of the Nationals
NcAleer has no desire to predict
where Washington will finish. he 40
somtely sidesteps when that question
Is fred al him. But he makes no Sc
cret M his admiration OF the Athletics
whom he SAYS are the best balanced
and strongest club in the league To
day. He admits that Detroit is strong
hut when Il comes TO comparing the
Tigers with the Athletics, McAlee'
cannot see them.
Where the east has gone ahead OF
the west" says McAleer, is In the
picking up OF star youngsters. Where
the eastern clubs can point TO Collins
baker. Barry. Krause, Strunk, Ford
Vaughn. Quinn, Frill, Sweeney, Roach
Austin, Cree, Speaker. Hooper, Lewis,
Wood. Ray Collins and others, the
west has not developed anyone In IN"
last year or so outside OF Easteriy
Bush. Zeider and perhaps one OF two
others. There you have 1.-THE east
has been the more fortunate In the de-
yelopment OF young players, or rather
the eastern scouts were luckier than
the western. At any rate, they have
more star young players now than the
western clubs have"