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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
SONG OF THE KETTLE.
Not Always Happy One, but Hope
Exists. 5zj5

Ever since man became civilized
enough to demand hot water for a
shave and woman became addicted to
the condolences of cosey tea, the
kettle with swan-neck spout has
played the role Of leading lady in
the melodrama of domestic bliss.
Dickens opened up one of his most
popular stories with a dissertation
on how the teakettle began it. 1t
was the teakettle that gave the in
spiration for the steam engine. All
these years man has been consider
Ing the teakettle as sort of ideal
lied songbird of household comfort.
whose activity was concurrent with
the purr of happiness in the breast
of every faithful wife.
1t transpires, however, that all is
not happiness that sings. Lulled
by the tactful housewifery behind
whose smile he sought not the
shadow, man has been suffering his
daughters to go in for athletics and
higher mathematics and other ply.
steal and mental calisthenics re
mote from acquaintance with kitchen
range and sink. The women have
been too busy with their drudgery to
interfere, or it may be that they
have deliberately let the girls alone
in their pursuits in the hope that
the new crops OF husbands would
finally get what was coming to them.
At any rate, more than in the old.
fashioned days Of "stints" that taught
the girls how to cook and wash and
mend, the modern miss has ap-
preached her future state with
dream, as one wise wife of expert.
ence puts it, of a dainty kitchen
walled in blue and white tiles, with
neat scrim curtains and red gerani.
ums in the windows, and canaries
singing in golden cages. To one
such dreamer this good housewife
said: wait till you discover the
pathos of the teakettle, the sadness
OF the flatiron and tragedy of the
mop"
It can readily be seen when one
stops to consider how the constant
filling and refilling of the teakettle
would tend to inspire yearnings for
change of duties upon even. the
most enthusiastic devotee to her
husbands creature comforts. Reduc.
ton Of the fittings and reliftings of
that kettle to foot pounds as an es-
innate of the prodigious volume Of
that single item of work would rout
"a man. yet the woman must keep on
singing her roundelay in unison with
her kettle. And the kettle lis only
one Of the dlstricting diversions, in !
the. merry play, OF keeping house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
THE ART OF THE MEDALlsT.
Collection Of Medals Exhibited at
the Last Salon In Paris,

Cotlection OF MeoaIo Exhtbpteo At
the Last Salon In Paris.
The medalists are more and more
gaining the attention of the public
to their interesting art. In Amer
lea We are most familiar with the
work OF the late aint-Gaudens and
that OF Victor Bremen, who design
ed the one-cent piece now current;
but for the most part OF the medal
list, along with the miniature paint.
er, has not yet won the general ap-
probation of the public.
The last salon at Paris showed a
very complete collection OF medals
by artists of various countlsAs, and
1t was interesting to note how much
the field OF subjects had broadened.
M. Vernon, one OF the foremost of
the French artists, showed bust of
President Fallieres, revealing to a
remarkable degree the great simple
nature of the man, who in spite Of
the conventional life of Paris and
the anxieties OF political strife still
keeps the. simple air Of the Gascogne
peasant.
Divide Yencesse was particularly
noticeable in the exhibit for his
wonderful ability to portray human
emotion. He seems more a painter
than sculptor. His figures are al
most full face, very difficult po-
sition in medal work where the re-
lief Is of necessity low, and Yen
cesse works in more than usually
low relief. The modelling, It will be
noticed, is very accurate, the figures
are full of life and the expressions
tense and very clearly defined. The
plaque concentrating the industrial
exposition OF Milan is also by this
artist. The perspective and the va
rious textures SO ably brought out
make this deservedly one Of his most
famous pieces.
Among the medals and plaques ex-
hibited by M. Niclausse. the head Of
the old peasant entitled 1.-THE
Friend" is most interesting in SUBJ
ject and execution. Here again we
find the full face shown, wrinkled
and scanned by age and toll. The
modelling about the eyes and ears is
especially fine. Edward Sawyer con-
tributed very American subject in
the head Of the Apache Indian, Capt.
Corey. The strong features. the
keen eyes under the heavy lids, lend
themselves admirably to the relief.
and the novelty of the type made
this. with another Indian subject, a
most striking feature in the exhibit.
and one in which Paris was greatly
interested.-From the Craftsman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
! President
u a1nes j. Hill
! On Foods
! and Farms

James j. Hills analysis of present
and prediction Of future conditions
N The Worlds Work would be. quite
alarming were it not for his presen.
tation of a practical remedy for both
present and future evils. He shows
not only what we must do to be
fed but also how we may be fed
more abundantly and more cheaply.
A point Of possible weakness in
Mr.. Hills argument is his evident be-
lief that "the population of the
United States will be 200.O00,00O by
about the middle of the present CEN
fury, or in less than fifty years" II
there shall come even an approach to
the economic conditions against
which he warns us the matter Of
population will be to large degree
self-regulating. If there comes a time
when this country must import food
stuffs. at high prices immigration will
be effectively checked and there will
be an outflow to lands where the
struggle for existence is less siren
uous. People will come to us from
other lands only as long as there is
plenty to eat at fairly reasonable
prices, and there are many who would
leave us If they could live more cas-.
lily elsewhere.
The number of inhabitants in the
United States fifty years hence pre-.
sents no cause for serious anxiety to-
day. The larger problem appears in
other features OF Mr.. Hills admirable
article. That is the establishment
OF conditions that will make posi-
BILE the reasonably easy and comfort
able existence of even 100000 900
people in 1850 Mr.. Hill with entire
correctness places the burden of the
solution of that problem with the
farmers OF the country. "The value
Of our annual farm product" he
says, lis now about eight billions Of
dollars. 1t might easily be doubled.
The farmers of the nation must save
it In the future. Just as they built
1t in the past" Such an undertake
ing would unquestionably be, as Mr..
Hill declares. IAN act of patriotic
service to the country. contribu-
ton to the welfare of all humanity"
These are admirable phrases, but
they are open to misconstruction.
The American farmers are not ask
ed and will not be called upon to en-.
gage in movement of merely char
table or patriotic service 1t is re-.
Quired OF them that they serve their
fellow men while best serving them
selves. The expansion and develop
ment of their industry to its highest
stage is matter which combines
profits with patriotism and philan-
thropy. II that is charity and pub
lie spirit, let us hope that our farm
ers will make the most OF it. AS
their bosoms swell with love of their
country and kindness toward their
fellow citizens, may their pockets
fatten to the bursting point with the
dollars that flow into them, provided
that the rest OF us get enough wheat
and beef and eggs and potatoes and
other things to eat, and get them at
prices that will not imposerish us.
We are certainly in the | farmers
hands.
Mr.. Hills article is valuable con-
tribution to movement the force of
which becomes more and more evil
dent from year to year. The coun-
try needs more farmers and it needs
vast improvement in farm meth
DDS. The needed results can be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
ECONOMICS.

The question burns with flnanciers
OF high and great degree
They do not seem to know at all
What may net income be,
And Washington. though wisdom.
blest,
Can tell no more than all the rest.
Some tell you 1t is what is left
OF all that you have made
When interest, operating cost.
And taxes all are paid.
(Though how tax may levied be
Before an income Is, none see).
But after l have done all that
] find to my dismay
The only things which / have left
Are debts In great array
And l believe since times are yexed,
The Government will tax them next.
McLandburgh Wilson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
kApok INSTEAD OF COTTON,
German Discovery Of Process Permit.
f tindf SPINNING Of Fibre. sva

ting Spinning Of Fibre. sva
Owing to the high price Of cotton,
the German textile experts have been
turning their attention to other fbres
which might be used as substitute
for it. A spinning company at Chem.
.nitz. has succeeded recently In using
the fibre contained in the seeds Of
the kapok, or silk cotton tree Of the
tropics. In its natural state this fibre
cannot be spun, owing to. its extreme
brittleness. but Professor Goldberg.
of Chemnitz, has found method OF
treating 1t to make it spinnable, and
the yarn is described as having a pc
culiarly soft. silky feeling.
The fibre has hitherto been in use
as padding for furniture and in maxi
ing pillows and similar articles. and
1t has answered this purpose SO we'll
that the cultivation Of the tree has
already been introduced into the
German colonies OF New Guinea and
East Africa. The fibre has the adj
vantage OF being considerably cheap
,er than cotton. but no information is
at hand regarding the wearing quail.
ties of fabrics made from It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
LESS pELLAeRA lN IrALY.
Governments Measures Against the
pisease Proving Successful.

~ svtSao0bSof- N80utoe SUV
Disease Proving successful.
Pellagra, the malady Of misery, as
1t is commonly called, and malaria,
the two endemic diseases of Italy,
are the scourge Of the poor. The
two diseases rarely overlap. Gener-
ally where pellegra ends malaria be-
gins.
Pellagra exists In forty-four Of the
sixty.nine provinces Of Italy. 1t ex-5
tends from Piedmont to Rome. from
northern to central Italy. The Ital.
ian Government has undertaken the
extirpation OF both pellagra and ma
laria and has accomplished much In
this direction.
A special law was passed by Par
lament in 1902 to combat the NAL
ady. several special hospitals known
as pellagrosari and exclusively used
for this disease have been founded.
large sum Of money is annually
contributed to provide pellagrins with
nourishing food and many other
measures have been taken with the
object Of Graduating the scourge.
The success Of the campaign may be.
seen in statistics which show that
pellagra is diminishing steadily. Be-
.weep 1881 and 1899 pellagra had d.
unfinished by about one-third. while!
during the last ten years it has d.
mfnished by half Besides, pellagra
has also diminished in intensity. The
malady has almost entirely disappear
ed from, Piedmont and Liguria. and
tsit Is decreasing in Lombardy. venes
to and Emilia. This decrease is .en:
tirely due to the preventive measures
taken against pellagra and especial
ly to the laws OF 1902.
This law prohibited the sale, ex-
change and grinding of imperfect
corn, that is. either unripe or mouldy,
and consequently the sale of corn
flour. Every medical officer Is bound
to report without delay each case Of
pellagra and II the patient is poor be-
sides a free cure he is entitled by
law to a free substantial meal pro.
vided by the municipal or provincial
authorities during three months SIN
each year,
The provincial authorities are
bound to provide special machines to
Edry corn .artificially as well as build.
ings in which TO store the corn own
ed by poor people who live in damp
houses. The Home Office contributes
the sum of $4,000 yearly toward the
anti-pellagra campaign. while the
Ministry Of Agriculture contributes
an equal sum, which Is to be dis
tributed in prizes and subsidies to
encourage the anti-pellagra campaign.
The same law ordered the free dis.
tribntion Of salt, a Government mon
Iopoly, to all poor pellagrins and their
families. and the appointment of ex.
perts to analyze the corn used for
food by the peasants. The authori.
ties are bound to exchange good for
faulty corn.
Other measures adopted by the
Government against pellagra consist
In the distribution among peasants
OF pamphlets containing advice. sim
pie remedies and rules to be follow.
ed by the Inhabitants of pellagra
stricken regions.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
susrERRANEAN ANIMAL LIFE.

Resembles General Type Of the
Country-Chanses Animals Undergo.
The underlife OF the caves has a
world OF its own Animals are born
In subterranean caverns followed out
by streams; develop. reproduce and
die while forever deprived OF the
sunlight. There .is NO cave mammal
except a. rat, nor is there a cave
bird. There are no animals that re.
quire much nourishment.
Grottoes with underground rivers
have the most life. Usually the sub.
terranean life resembles the general
types OF the country. 1t has entered
the cave and become acclimated
there, undergoing divers adaptive
notifications. SO we generally find,
in modified forms, the life Of our
time. But in some caverns there
seem to, be the remains OF an an
cient animal life that has everywhere
else disappeared from terrestrial riv-
ers and, lives only in certain cav.
erns.
The creatures Of modern species
that have adapted themselves to I'M
derground conditions are sharply sep.
arated from the light dwellers. Their
skin is whitish, or transparent. The
eye atrophies or disappears alto.
gether. The optic nerve and the OPP
tic lobe disappear. leaving the brain
profoundly modified. Other organs
develop in proportion. Those Of
hearing. smell. touch. become large.
Sensitive hairs. long and coarse. ap.
pear all over the body.
These changes are produced grad
ually. In animals kept in darkness
It has been possible to see the re-
gression of the eye and the hyper
trophy of the, other sense organs.
With fishes observed since 1900 the
absence Of light determined re-
markable arrest of growth. Their
length was about two inches and
their weight less than an ounce.
whereas similar fish kept in daylight
reached five inches and two and sew.
en-tenths ounces. Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
SOFT SHE'LL EGGS.

To prevent old hens from laying
soft .shelled eggs the first thing to do
is to furnish them with plenty of
grit and shells. to furnish the sub
stances for the egg she'll. Some of
the poultry feeds are rich in lime.
and among the number clover Is the
best the greater proportion Of lime
being in the leaves OF the clover.
After furnishing the hens with the
right kind Of feed for the formation
of the entire egg. including the she'll,
the next thing to do is to make con-
difions such that the hens will Sc
cure an abundance of exercise in
securing the feed. The open range
is good for this when the weather is
At. When the weather is bad so that
the hens can not gain exercise in
.foraging the feed should he scattered
in litter SO that they shall be COM
PEELED to scratch for Planners
Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
kim coward as Fireman.

The kings reference in his speech
to the London fire brigade to the
fact that he was once an amateur
firemen recalls an almost forgotten
phase Of his majesty's career. These
were the days when the fire brigade
was still to all intents and purposes
a voluntary association. and when
every man of pluck and public spirit
thought 1t his duty to lend hand.
Among the most enthusiastic OF these
volunteers was the late Duke of
Sutherland, who gathered round him
number OF young men of high rank,
including the heir to the throne.
These young men were instructed in
the arts OF the fireman by Mr.. Mer-
ryweather. the prince. as he admit
ted. liking nothing better than to
take his part in FIRE drill, and they
all did splendid work .-Dundee Ad-
vertiser
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

service. For at least half an hou,
before the special Is due no train,
except . pilot. which has been sent
fifteen minutes ahead Of 1t, is allow
ed on or across the tracks. and all
facing points are locked and stations
and crossings guarded. And then
there is spread along the whole way
every few hundred yards an army Of
watchers. each Of whom has red
and green ag.-American Home
Monthly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
REWARD OF PoLITENess.
Not Always What Might be Expected
by Those Who Make Room In a

oAbSCk SNts
Sometimes said Mr. MacWhac-
kleton, I'VE entertain angels un-
.awares, and then again sometimes
we entertain people who turn cut to
be far from angels, as witness what
may happen to us when we try to
be civil to somebody in street car.
Here are two persons sitting ocm-
fortably side by side with ample
room, the two occupying the space
Of about two persons and half, and
then in comes another passenger
who stands up in front of these two.
holding on by strap. Then present
ly these two move along little
away from each other, making a lit
tie space between, enough to give the
newcomer room to sit down on the
edge of the seat, making not the
most comfortable sitting place in
the world, but one better than none.
1.-the newcomer, he or she, as the
case may be, accepts the seat
thus offered and for minute or two
sits in it quietly, well forward, with
out crowding or incommoding the
two persons who had thus been POI
lite, and then the stranger begins
crowding back until he has wedged
himself in between the two persons
who had made room for him and got
his back against the back of the seat,
now making the situation uncomfort-
able for all three. But the new
conner has not yet got through with
what he has set out to do.
Nov he manages to get one shoul-
der in back of the shoulder of the
person sitting at one side Of him, so
displacing that person, and then the
newcomer gradually but firmly In
serts his other shoulder back Of the
shoulder Of the person on the other
side and dislodges him from the seat
back, with the result that now the
person for whom room had been made
sits with his, or her, as the case
may be, shoulders both back against
the back Of the seat, thus occupying
now full seat space. while the two
persons who had politely made way
are now both forced forward and
made to sit uncomfortably on the
edge of the seat
at is occurrences like this that
make US slow to entertain people,
because they make us so doubtful as
to what they will turn out to be-
New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
"a Proper Question.

sAnd now" said the temperance
lecturer in conclusion, Il shall be
glad to answer any questions con-
corning the baleful results OF the
use of intoxicants:''
A man with a red nose arose in
the audience and said:
"You have studied intoxication for
many years? ?"
For thirty-two years. sir. and r.
We'll. want to ask in Justice to
the drinking classes. II you ever in
all that time saw drunken man
holding up lamppost as he is US.
ually pictured in the funny papersf r
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

The bottle that keeps It's contents
hot or cold for hours was no catch.
penny invention. The glass vacuum
jacket was FIRST devised by Lord De-
war In 1895 for his experiments in
.liquefying air and gas. 3
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WINTER CARE OF POULTRY. J

WINTER CARE OF POULTRY.
In winter, well ventilated houses
on locations where not exposed to
drafts OF cold winds nor undue damp
ness are best suited for winter quar-
tiers. South exposures leading into
ample runs for mild weather should
be had. Houses should consist of
roosting room, nesting room and
room where feeding is done in bad
weather. The latter should be lit.
tered often with fresh straw on which
feed is scattered to cause the fowls
to work for their food by scratching.
Sand. dust or ashes Qeached) should
be convenient for fowls to wallow
In. The nesting room should be such
as to secure quiet so as not to dis.
turb the laying hens.
Roosts should be arranged for the
convenience and cleanliness OF the
fowls. Whole inside OF house should
be kept clean, whitewashed, and
sprayed occasionally On Indictment
days 1t is best to keep poultry in
close quarters. Damp, wet weather
is far more apt to cause sickness
than even extreme cold weather. Wet
SHOWS, sleet or cold rains should
cause care in the poultry yards.
Feeding should be regularly done.
A variety OF feeds, alternated. give
better health than one continuous
diet OF any one kind. heterogeneous
feeds are very necessary for egg pro
duction. Green feeds are absolutely
necessary when the flock is closely
confined. Chopped feeds Of potatoes,
beets, turnips or cabbage are good at
these times. We cook all the waste
from the house. such as potato or ap-
pie parings, etc.. and 1t is consumed
with avidity. Pure water must be
given daily. Milk of any kind forms
good drink for, the fowls. We do
not believe in giving drugs of any
kind to fowls, any more than we do
doping the human with them. Proper
feed. pure water. fresh air, free sun.
light, are the best remedies to ward
OF disease.
1t is best to keep young fowls sep
arate from the old ones, as old fowls
are more subject to disease than are
the young ones. Treat the fowls with
kindness. so that they become tame
and docile. Excitement works harm
in the flock.
We briefly recapitulate few OF
these rules: Keep only early hatch
ed, healthy fowls. Give plenty OF
room. Never expose to blustery
weather OF any kind. Feed regular
ly, and do not overfeed. CLEANLINESS
at all times and in all places. A
following of these cannot but give
success.-H., in the Indiana Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

that hereafter all eggs. offered for
sale must be fit for human food, and
that cold storage and picked eggs
must be sold for what they really
are and not as fresh eggs. Eggs that
are partially incIbated or rotten may
not be sold at all. and such sales
subject a person to dire penalties.
This order is good enough to be
copied by food inspectors of other
States. Lets have it in Kentucky
Farmers Home Journal.
REMEDY FOR ROUP.
The homeopathic remedy for roup,
with its Characteristic cough, ten
aclous mucus about the lbeak, with
difficulty in breathing, is to give aeon
lite. One drop of aconite in gill
OF water given to the sick bird to
drink.-Farmers' Home Journal.
NOTES.
When building poultry houses al.
ways SO construct them that the work
of caring for the fowls can be done
in the least time and with the least
labor.
The poultry need something bulky
and succulent to take the place of
the tender grass and other green veg
etables on which they have been
feeding for months.
One objection to feeding mash to