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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
pnF1NsE OF M1rcE PIES
Properly Mad. Of New M.t.r,-

Properly Made of New Material,
Lney Are Very Toothaome.
a folisn coal miner In Ohio, biting
onto siso Oh flttspurg mince pie
seruch rivet and broke on seven
tee,n Out oeing extremely hungry
anu having no money to buy actuai
loou, ne kept at MS grim task. A min
u.e iater ne Struck stick OF dyna-
mite IN the core OF the same pie and
was buried from MS late residence the
next Gay. leaving wife In Poland and
ano.ner IN ohio,
mus lives are wiped out and homes
arc maze desoiate by the ordinary
lnlnce PIE OF commerce. dubious and
sinister Victuai' IN whose dark depths
miiiion dangers Turk. the Baltimore
gun remarks. Inc average mtnce pie
manufacturer. we have no doubt what
ever. starts out IN business with high
Ideals ana real love for his art. 1t
10 MS urn intent 70 devise only the
oest ana purest pies and to use IN
them notning out genuine fruit, honest
soup meat, choice brands OF fourth
iste nour. clean bacon rinds and chem,
icaliy pure glucose magnesia and ami
iine ayes.
But as ne goes on and the mad
thirst Tor opulence seizes him the
temptation 70 sopnisticate his product
becomes irresistible. His first false
step may seem harmless-it may be
notning worse, indeed, than the addi-
tion OF some sterilized wood pulp to
MS pie nil,ng-out that first false step
Is fatai. Ere long he Is launched upon
a olzzy career OF chicanery and subter-
fuge. Aoandonins apples and peaches
entlreiy. ne begins to NIL his pies with
carrots ana turnips. Instead OF hour.
ne tries plaster OF paris; instead OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

In attempting to farm without
grasses the farmer is lifting without
lever. He is pulling his load with
the weight on the hind wheels. He
Is cutting with dull saw.
First of all. grow more grasses and
study how to build up the fertility Of
the soil SO that 1t will grow larger and
better crops of nutritious grasses. You
may convert the grass into milk and
Its products into flesh and into manure
for grain crops. or you may Sell the
hay by the ton. according to the facts
Of your particular location.
1t sounds foolish to hear men talk.
ing about farming without grasses and
land that can be made to yield at
least two tons of well-cured hay to
the acre. The greatest thrift that we
have seen among the farmers in va
rious parts of the ten leading agricul-
tural states has been on farms Of
about 100 acres where grass was the
basis Of their farming and where this
grass was fed out to animals that were
kept on their farms.
Without grass 1t is impossible to
keep up q rational system of crop ro-
tation and build up the fertility of the
soil for future crops. A farmer can
not afford to grow half ton of grass
to the acre any more than he can at
ford to grow ten bushels Of wheat or
corn. Such crops will keep him poor
Observation-Disclosures Epitomist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
YOUTHFUL LOVERS END LIVES.

Bodies of Boy and Girl Found Sitting
In Their BuEgy.
Because their parents would not let
them marry, Vernon Barr. aged 16,
and lima Ammer. aged IA, killed them
selves. Their bodies were found near
Monroe in vernon's buggy, in which
they were riding home from a dance.
TIL girls arms were around the. boys
neck and his arms held her close. They
were sitting upright. On the girls
lap rested cup partially filled with
strychnine and water. They had both
drank of this and then waited for
death. Their horse. unmindful of the
tragedy. took the buggy home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

Incomes hare not increased In pro-
portion to prices. That Is the Remote
Of the struggle for relief. The dollar.
Is worth less than 1t used to be.
II you go to a country that is on
silver basis or has other deprecated
currency you have to pay out for
standard goods more dollars in proper
tion to the money debasement.
So with extreme high prices in our
own country. High wages may enable
the consumer to handle more money.
But skyrocketing prices give him less
necessaries of life in exchange.
And so the coming struggle for real
tariff revision, and the election of a
patriotic Congress to bring 1t about.
Is simply nationwide protest against
decreasing the dollars buying power
Chicago Journal.
How the Tarin Puts Up Food Prices.
The Tribune has often asserted that
excessive protection puts up all prices.
even those Of articles not directly af-
fected by 1t. We have been hearing
that the rise of farm products could
not be the result of the tariff because
the farmer never has had any but
sham protection from the tariff.
For fine example of this indirect
but powerful influence examine the
effect upon American trade with Ger
many Of the maximum duties that
must be put in effect within three
months. unless the plain intent of the
Cannon-Aldrich law can be defeated
by some righteous juggling of sched-
ules by the President through the
treaty-making power or the tariff com
mission.
Germany's dutiable imports to this
country are more than $100,0OO,OO0.
The 25 per cent increase of the maxi
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
And Now shoe. Go Up.

The National Shoe wholesale Asso-
citation, in session at New York. voted,
after discussing the Increased cost Of
leather and other materials used in tho
manufacture of shoes. to raise the
prices sufficiently ito permit the addi-
ton to each grade of such value al
will compensate the wearer for the in
creased cost" This news has excited
much sarcastic comment In the press,
owing to the fact that the same assoc
citation recently prevailed upon Com
gress to place hides on the free list be-
cause leather was too high.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Early /. Leper After An.

The committee of five recently app
pointed by the Society of Medical Jur-
isprudence at New York to determine
finally as to whether John R. Early is
leper, reported to that society the
Washington authorities were justified
In keeping him in quarantine for sew
eral months last year as victim of
that disease. DIR. l.. Duncan Buckley.
who has stood by Early from the first,
made vigorous protest against the
committees findings. and the society
decided to postpone final action in the
matter until the meeting of Feb. Il.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

Did you ever know girl to die
for love?"
YES"
Did she Just fade away and die
because some man deserted herr.
mo. She just took in washing and
worked herself to death because the
man she loved married her."-Hous.
ton Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
MURDERER Is INDICTED.
County Grand Jury Hold.
High bridge Man.

Dallas County Grand Jury Holds
High Bridge Man.
The Dallas County grand jury made
Its report. indicting among ten other
men Thomas Muller of High Bridge,
the man accused of the murder of An
derson at High Bridge Christmas
night. Muller will plead self-defense
as the cause of his act. He claims
that Anderson was the assailant and
was choking him when he took out a
common cheap jack-knife and in des-
peration struck out. the blade sink
ing into Anderson's heart. He struck
several times. and each time the knife
penetrated Anderson's body. Ander-
son is said to have killed two men in
the old country, and it was this fear
Of him which caused Muller to fight
to kill, so he claims.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Murder May BE Ju.tin.ble.

Dr. Edward A., Spitzka, of the Jefrer-
son Medical College. Philadelphia, in
an address before the Protestant Epis-
copal Clerical Brotherhood at New
York, created sensation by arguing
that murder and suicide were at times
justified. Doctors, he said. had the
moral right to kill patients to end their
tortures in hopeless cases. Spitzka also
said that the so-called science Of
phrenology is in error and that the
theory of criminal brains is all wrong.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
GIRL scA1DEp By OYSTER sour.


Miss Caroline Hendershott Hurt at
Marshalltown.
Scalded by oyster soup was the un-
usual experience of Miss Charline Hem
dershott, pretty Chicago girl. who
was visiting relatives in Marshalltown.
Miss Hendershott was member of a
bob party of young people, which drove
to Albion for an oyster supper. While
seated at the table, awaiting the serv-
ing of the ssteaming oysters. Miss Hen
dershott was startled on seeing the
walters tray over her head begin to
slip. One bowl. slid of and the con-
tents were poured down the young
woman's back. Miss Hendershott
screamed with pain, went into hys-
terics and spoiled the dinner party
AS the country waiter appeared with
the tray some one at the table said:
what good joke it would be if he
would spill a bowl down somebody's
back?" The words were no more than
uttered when Miss Hendershott drew
the stew.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

Amateur-If can't have the leading
lady part 1 just shan't be in the show,
that's all!
Manager-But you will have the
leading part; you will be the farm
maid. and you will have to lead the
little calf down to the spring several
Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Electric Light. ON Farms.

The introduction of tungsten lamps
Is doing much to advance the use Of
electricity on farms. 1t is possible
for the farmer with a small plant,
driven either by a gasoline engine or
by damming a small stream. to OBJ
tain sufficient current to light his
house and barn with this economical
type of incandescent lamp. The use
OF electricity on the farm, by the way,
is growing and. as pointed ont by the
Electrical World. farmers will in time
come to consider electricity neces-
sity. Then it will be found profitable
to establish central generating stations
for farming districts to take the place
Of the small individual plants now be-
ing installed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
sorority GIRL. Find BURGLAR,

Miss Edna Harper of the Delta
Sorority in Iowa City discovered a
burglar trying to enter the house. gave
the alarm, and the girls drove the
robber away. Nothing was taken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
High bridge singer Get. 8 Year.

HiEh BrfdEe singer Gets fears.
Thomas Muller has been sentenced
to eight years in the penitentiary for
the murder of cousin in a fight at
High Bridge. Jas. Lane. who held up
train at Waukee, was sent to the
penitentiary for five years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Chicago Lawyer Pay. a Fine.

R. W. Barger, Chicago attorney,
was fined $50 for contempt of court
by Judge Hobson at Waukeon. Barger
in his argument to the jury intlmated
the court was influenced by the OPP
posing counsel. Barger paid the fine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

lisa good plan to girth thick felt
separately about the horse under a
side saddle. This affords surface for
the saddle to move on and lessons the
danger Of chatting or bruising.
Be sure that your bride and saddle
At and are properly put on. Never
use narrow bit. Buy the largest
and easiest one that you can find.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

1t is claimed that in his boyhood
Shakespeare was SO stupid that he
did not know enough to come in out
of the rain. Perhaps through this stu.
pidity he got so wet that he became
the great intellectual ocean whose
waves touch the shores of all thought.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

mum schedules will be applied to these
at the cost of the American people.
We must pay SO much more for what
ever articles of consumption we import
from Germany; indeed, we are prob
ably paying now in anticipation. Here
is the direct boost of prices.
Then our exports to Germany are
$sO0,OO0,0O0. including wheat, corn,
cotton. meats. dried fruits, lumber and
the like. On many of these Germany
will be obliged to apply her maximum
duties. This will transfer our market
in Germany for these things to Can
ada. South America, and other coun-
tries. unless farm producers adopt the
manufacturers device of selling abroad
for half price and making 1t up with
higher prices at home.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Tanning the Heifer.

AS the result of considerable trou-
BILE with fractions heifers have
worked out the following method of
reducing them to gentleness at calving
time says a dairyman. handle the
rsw-born calf and then carefully ap-
zach near enough to the heifer so
ie can smell the odor Of the calf
Jon my hands. This produces mar
velous results, for the young mother
fawns upon me almost as affection
ately as upon her calf. Having thus
won her confidence and will, can
usually break her to milk without
trouble.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
BLAME FOR COST OF LIVING.
Hrnbarx Farm Change Hand. at

Hamburg Farm Change Hands at
High Prices.
Some big land deals have been made
around Hamburg in the last few days.
Eb. Smith sold ITO acres three miles
east Of town for SITS per acre; Arnold
Garst sold 100 acres north of town
one mile for $1s7.5O per acre. and w.
K. Miller sold 40 acres four miles
southeast of town, in Missouri, for
$3.50 per acre. A. ]. Kizer sold 1913
acres southeast of Hamburg for $125
par acre,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Fake Butter.

The Kansas State food inspector has
unearthed another butter dodge"
You may have noticed offers Of chem
tcal by the aid of which you can take
half pound of butter and a half
pound of water and make a whole
pound Of solid butter, Mr.. Kleinhans
got some of the chemical and had his
wife try 1t. To his surprise the prod
uct was up to advance notices, and 1t
could hardly be told from an all-pure-
butter product. The inspector is now
going to keep a sharp lookout for any
defrauding that may be attempted
along this line, and IT, you are tempted
by any of the alluring advertising and
claims for this chemical or prepare
tion, our advice would bedont.
Mail and Breeze.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
MIX for Chickens.

Every poultry farmer should allow
share of the milk, instead of feeding
all to swine. It has been proven that
when milk is added to the grain ra-
ton young chicks gain nearly twice as
fast.in weight as when grain alone is
used, and as skim milk and butter
milk contain nearly all the elements
OF food, eggs are more easily produced
by hens upon such than when they are
not SO provided.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
A Food Expert.

What is a food expert?"
ANY man who can make his wages
buy enough for the family table,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Train KIN. Man i'm Sleigh,

W. j. Brickley. unmarried, residing
with his parents near Winthrop, was
killed by being struck by train on
the Illinois Central Railroad. while
riding in sleigh.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Comparison Of Grain nations.

In recent experiment to determine
the relative value Of oats as feed for
horses, six mature grade Percheron
geldings were fed on basal ration of
clover and timothy hay, three receiv-
ing coats and the other three corn as
q supplemental ration. Estimating the
cori to be worth 40 cents per bushel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Iowa News
GUY MARLEY GETS LIFE TERM.

Man Who Killed Stepmother During
Carousal Convicted.
The jury in the district court in Lo.
gan found Guy Marley guilty of muir
der in the first degree and fixed TIE
penalty at life Imprisonment. Young
Marley on Dec. 2, last, shot and killed
his stepmother during drunken ca
rousal at the Marley home, near Mis-
souri, Valley. Henry Marley, his father,
and Edward Brundige, friend, in
dicted with him as accompHces, were
acquitted. Young Brundige at the last
moment turned states evidence and
took the stand and testified against
Marley. He said he did not see the
shooting, but heard the report of the
gun. A moment before he had seen
Marley standing in the door with the
weapon in his hands. The womah's
right arm was almost severed by the
shot. She fed from the house and
made her way to neighbor. where the
arm was amputated. She died ten days
later.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

When shiftless people are unable to
annoy their neighbors In any other
way they get dog that will howl all
night long.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

A shoal of herrings is sometimes
five or six miles long and two or three
miles broad,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
Leak In Grand jury ,

Eight of thirteen people indicted on
criminal charges by the Wapello Goun-
ty grand jury got the tip through a
leak and disappeared before the jury's
report was made. Judge Roberts is
working hard to find where the leak
occurred. This is the first time in the
history of the county that there has
ever been a leak from the grand jury.
Pioneer Manufacturer Dies.
Thomas Casadell, Sr an early day
manufacturer, died suddenly of apop-
lexy in Waterloo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
The Real Cause Of High Prices.

The Neal cause OF High Prices.
In almost every State in the Union
there is general movement to ascer-
tain the cause of increased cost of liy-
ing. Legislatures are passing resolu-
lions calling for investigation. Well
meaning but short-sighted enthusiasts
urge boycotts of certain articles of food
to force lower prices.
All this is waste of time, and utter
nonsense. The cause Of high prices
and the means of lowering them are no
secret.
The cost of living in the United
States is high because the Republican
protective tariff, the tariff devised by
Senator Aldrich and approved by Pres
ident Taft. enables capitalists to mo-
nopolize production and fix prices at
an exorbitantly high standard.
Just as long as the people tolerate a
high tariff they must expect to pay the
piper. The moment they insist on a
low tariff the burden will be lightened
The place to protest is at Washing
ton, and the man to whom to protest
is President Taft, who harbors the de.
fusion that the American people are
satisfied with the Aldrich-Taft tariff,
and will tamely submit to continued
extortion for the benefit of the big
Eastern tariff barons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09
FolIy Of Continuou. Cropping.

A man near my home worked away
for months clearing up a piece of land
that had grown up to brush, cutting
the green stuff and hauling of the
stone, until he had fine lot nicely
brought under cultivation. saw this
field after 1t was plowed, and it GER
tainly did look fine.
This piece of land the man planted
to potatoes, and dug an excellent crop.
The owner Of the farm told with CON
siderable pride in his voice how many
bushels he had taken from the field.
TT paid me for all my work-that one
first CROP"
But where he made mistake was
in putting potatoes on that lot the next
season. 1t seemed as If he must have
thought: Nov l have got a thing,
I'll make, the most of It." For three
successive years that farmer kept the
field under the harrow. each time
planting the same potatoes. The
other day passed that way, and l
never saw more completely democrat
lied piece of land than that was. The
outlook for crop was dubious indeed
One year more and the white bean
period will have been reached.
Now, II that man had just taken of
one. or at most two, crops and then
seeded the land down 1t would have
been good piece of ground for many
years. If ever had a marked exam
Pile of what continuous cropping will
do for a field 1t was right there. 1t
pays to adopt a good rotation pays
the man who owns the land now and
the one who will be its master to-mor-
row. Agricultural Epitomist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

When pinworms are noticed to be
present in horses, frequent injections
of infusions of tobacco. infusions of
auassia chips. one-half pound to one
gallon Of water. followed by a ca
thartic, are most efficient.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

ANNentysnNC EcE SCht NAOEc
Though the rates of duty set forth in
the tariff law enacted by Congress last
summer at its special session are very
generally criticised as being excessive
ly high. they are likely to be much
higher in many instances as soon as
the feature Of the law relating to maxi
mum and minimum rates becomes OPP
erative. That will be after March 81
next.
The existing rates are the minimum
rates. They are to apply permanently
to imports from countries that are held
to make no discrimination against ex-
ports from the United States. Only six
European countries have been found
to be entitled to the minimum rates.
This is shown by recent proclama-
ton of the President. The six are
Great Britain, Russia, Italy. Spain.
Switzerland and Turkey. Germany and
France are conspicuously absent from
Nthe list. Hence imports from those
countries and from all others not In
cluded in the Presidents proclamation
presumably will have to pay the rates
of duty specified in the tariff law with
rs per cent ad valorem added.
1t will be impossible to tell the eff
feet of this arrangement upon the peo-
pie of the United States until it has
been in operation for a time. How
ever. 1t is certain to increase the price
of some goods, and to injure this ma
TONS export trade.
The maximum and minimum provis-
ion OF the present tariff would have
been very good feature If the law had
taken as the maximum the rates speci-
fed in 1t instead of making them the
minimum. AS manipulated by Adrich,
the feature in question has been util-
lied as a, device for making tariff
rates higher by indirection than Con.
gress would have dared make them by
direct action.-Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-09

annual amount is considerably more
than s1.0O0,OOO. 1t has been stated,
and we have not seen it denied. that
last year the Ward line carried 1900
pounds Of mail from New York to Mex
lean and South American ports. receiv-
ing subsidy therefor of about $780,
900.
If the Taft administration wishes to
make gift of five or six millions a
year to certain steamship lines, 1t can
do SO without taxing the American peo-
pie, by securing adoption of the bill of
Congressman Borland of Missouri,
which provides that on all goods
brought into this country in American
ships only Is per cent of the import
duties fixed by the Aldrich-Taft tariff
shall be collected Chicago Journal.