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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
LIKE A DUTIFUL WIFE
FRANCES AGREED TO DRESS To
d.. SUIT HER HUBBY.
But, az When Most Women Agree to
Aecede to Such Request, There
Was a String Attached to
,. the Promise. 1g "

! Frances glanced up from her morn
ing orange to find Paul regarding her
over his paper. 1t was not an uncom.
mon experience, but this time there
was something, out of the usual. a
critical, almost disappearing look in
his eyes. j.
What is the matter?" she asked.
IT you must know" said Paul, lay.
ing aside the morning paper, II was
wondering why women wear those
sloppy clothes at the breakfast tablet"
Sloppy nothing! This is perfect
ly clean kimono!" -. g.
1T may be clean, but it's sloppy all
the same. It reminds me Of the dar-
keys description of the fit Of Dicks
shirt-touckes no whar 'cep at de
neck" ~r''
But, Paul, all kimoons are made
like that. It's their cut!" o
4 Then 1 wish they could be cut out.
How any nice, trim, tidy woman can
be contented to wear a-a-clothes
bag like that with no line or shape to
it passes me! I'd good deal rather
see you come to the table in pretty
nightgown! What's the special ad,
| vantage of a kimono, anyway"
WELL it is so comfortable and easy
to get into" - g..
1--WE nothing to say against your, be-
ing comfortable or easy, but should
think clever woman like you could
invent something which would be both
those and yet look trig and neat and
have some outline to it, Can't 1t be
done"
"I-suppose-so," said Frances. "Of
course, If you don't like kimonos-"
| II DON'T"
| I'll stop wearing them. Only a
shirtwaist is 80 fussy to put on and
this is SO comfy!" 80.
whats the matter with taking a
tuck in your kimono or a gusset or a
bias or a plait or one of those things
women are always putting in clothes,
and making even k1mono have some
fit to it. Couldn't you do it?" IA.
Would you really like 1t lot bet.
ter, Paula" als, = ~.
II really would! Perhaps I'm an idi-
OF, but have an ideal OF my wife's
looks and that slimpsy kimono effect
interferes with it. don't like to re-
member you in it when I'm at bust
| ness" 5>. ~. .E. i
Then the kimono must go!" said
Frances, firmly. Sooner than that my
lord and master should have painful
I picture Of me in his mind all day I'd
get up an hour earlier every morning
and make grand toilette! And. then,
II want you to put on your dress
clothes for dinner at any. time OF
course shall have no hesitation IN
asking you to have it, for know you
are as anxious to please me as am
| to please you" ~ 5a, 7s'&-T,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
CHICKS MATCHED IN ( OCTOBER
WIN Feather Out Before Cold Weather
Sets In and cockerets Attain
E,' Salable Size. &5

(By SYLvANUs VAN. AKEN)
These late Matched chicks may DO
made profitable If one has separate
pen flor them. Good fertile eggs can
usually be secured in September or
early October at reasonable cost.
The chicks will feather out before
cold weather sets in and the cockerels
attain salable size at time when they
command good prices. Lice are not
likely to be troublesome at this time.
of year. EHea
The pullets will begin laying as soon
as they are old enough, which Is just
as the natural breeding season arrives
in spring. They are not mature
enough to make good breeding stock,
but will lay we'll all summer and fall
when other fowls have largely stopped.
If you have accommodations for
them set a few hens or start an
incubator and later you will be able
to report good results.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Rank Shown by Cheesa.

H ~
The English. the Germans and the
Norwegians are great consumers Of
cheese. but the people of Switzerland
surpass them all.
The cheese of Zermatt is so hard
that one is obliged to scrape it or cut
OF chunks with a Ratchet, and its use
is considered most important on all
ceremonious occasions. F H
The rank Of Swiss family is known
by the age Of it's cheese, and the
more affection or respect a guest in
spires the harder is the cheese which
Is cut in his honor.
It is said that there are families in
Switzerland whose cheeses date from
the first French Revolution, and these
are served only at baptisms, weddings
and after funerals.
Upon the birth of a new heir a
cheese Is made that takes the name
given him or her, and that particular
cheese is never in any circumstances
cut until the boy or girl grows up
and Is married.
On such occasions each of thu
guests takes a piece of cheese from
the bridegroom and from the bride
and drinks to their felicity, the cheese
being held aloft
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

memory has doubtless been much al.
loyed with baser metal. but If there Is
not something very bright and beauti-
full in American college life it Is hard
to account for the feeling in thousands
Of gray-haired men aat long ago in
their youth, besides the education they
got or failed to get, they gained around
the knees of Alma Mater lasting Joy.
strength and inspiration that was not
entirely contained In the books they
read and cannot be exactly measured
by the knowledge they acquired.-Pau
Van Dyke, In Scribner's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
RQpKEp|HMN&;S'..

Filth and health are arch enemies.
Recklessness Is a short road to
failure.
During inclement weather fowls are
better indoors than out.
It is the wise poultryman who stu Y
dies the comfort Of his fowls.
The merits of the scratching shed
are shown during bad weather. 9ts
A pint of kerosene in gallon of
whitewash makes an excellent insect
eide. ~.
The closer fowls are confined tia
greater the need for variety In theif !,
food ration. 4
It Is an easy matter to overfeed
fowls, and poultrymen should bear
this In mind. - Y
AS rule. the lar'.er the number of
fowls kept the e'laller the expense
in proportion. & I;
In poultry breeding, utility should
be the first consideration;| beauty
should follow.
Washing the eggs opens the pores
and hastens decay. It is best to keep
the nests clean. ~
Chills, wet food and lack of sum
shine are the main causes of bowel
trouble in chicks.
The oily nature of ducks feathers
keeps them from being seriously
bothered with lice. /.
In order to manufacture eggs it Is
necessary for a hen to be supplied
with the proper material.
Eggs cannot be produced without
heterogeneous food in some form. Sup
ply fresh cut bone If possible.
To make sure that fowls have
enough grit it should be kept where
they can help themselves at will.
It is good rule to give fowls all
they will eat up clean. Some days the
appetite will be greater than other
days.
A good poultryman Is Industrious,
not easily discouraged, filed with
pluck and grit, and full of ambition.
heterogeneous matter will grow bone
and muscle, keep the blood In a
healthy condition and produce both
feathers and eggs.
So far as nutrition Is concerned, a
gill of linseed meal to pint of corn
will increase the ration to value
equal to two pints of corn.
The vices of feather pulling and
egg eating are always more common
in overcrowded flocks than In quar-
tiers where there is plenty Of space fol
the fowls to exercise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Il @ZzzzaS ey2zH2kp WzNsc NSyS.

slaughter of the infants was issued
some time before Herod' g death, Pro-
lessor Stockwell advances the suppo-
sition that this conjunction was the
Star of Bethlehem. Since con1unc-
tons occurred so frequently. 1t 10
difficult to understand why more OF
them did not call forth Chaldean or
Persian Populations.
Because of these fatal objections
to any theory which regarded the
Star of Bethlehem merely as con-
junction of two planets. the late
Prof R. A. Proctor cast about FOR
other celestial phenomena and final
" decided that the wise men might
have been guided by comet. There
ia much to be said In favor OF the
supposition. Comets are, discovered
nowadays at the rate Of two or three
a wear. Not all of them are particu-
,arly brilliant; but it Is not incoa-
rceiyable that in Biblical times COM
cts occasionally appeared that were
brilliant enough to strike terror into
superstitious hearts. Indeed, before
Edmund HALEY proved that the law
NJ sravitation applied to the comet
which bears his name and which
has revisited the earth at intervals
of seyenty-one and one-half to sew
entv.nine years, comets were regard.
cd as divine messengers, as omens
T..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
LIKE HAWAII AS STRONGHOLD

the Gibraltar Of the Pacific" The
tests were conducted by the most i'm
portant board Of experts ever as
sembled to consider the military de-
lenses of the islands, letter to the
New York Sun says.
It has been ascertained that the big
guns so far in place are not only SUI
perbly situated for purposes of defense
against all naval attacks, and particu-
larly with reference to the great dry
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Excellent Type Of Meat Breed.

head, it Is usually lacking in consti-
tuition. Such bird is likely to have
a narrow, long body and long legs.
upon which it seldom stands straight.
There are some exceptions to this
rule, yet generally speaking If bird
has a good head the chances are
favorable for good body; and, If it
has a poor head, the chances are
~gainst it. l have frequently noticed
in the rose-comb breeds that good
shaped one is seldom found with a
long, narrow comb.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
EuoenIc Father at Eiqhty.

DR.. David Allyn Gorton of Brooklyn,
the author, philosopher and exponent
of eugenics. whose wife gave birth
to twins last April rs, celebrated his
eightieth birthday the other day. Il
am the happiest father in Brooklyn"
said Doctor Gorton, as Mrs. Gorton
brought the chubby Allyn, Jr., and
Leonora into the room. The children
have not been Ill day and SO far
have answered all the hopes of their
parents. Each now weighs II pounds.
Both are being brought up in obedi-
ence to their fathers precepts on
eugenics. .-E
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

to them "a tender influence, peculiar
grace" that reaches out across miles
and years. drawing them back to their
Alma Mater, and the comradeship of
their classmates. To most graduates
their college life seems their golden
age; Though the mist of years the
campus becomes an Island Of Utopia
whose very tediums grow bright in the
retrospect, the sting of whose sins and
failures was always lessened, by the
power of the ideals and hopes that
filed its air. No campus ever was
Utopia, and the most golden age Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
CONSTITUTION OF GOOD FOWL
Points Of Weak and Strong Bird
characterized by Prof. w. r.
r.: S. Graham of Ontario Station.

Prof. w. r. Graham Of the Ontario
station charactertzes the points Of a
weak and a constitutionally strong
fowl as follows:
What we want is a good feeder and
an economical producer. Generally
bird with short, stout, wellcurved
beak, broad head (not too long),
and bright, clear eye, has a good
constitution. And I have noticed
that when a bird has a long, narrow
beak, thin, long comb and head,
and an eye somewhat sunken in the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Loss Of Eggs.

The falling off of the number of
eggs from the first year to the second
year of the hens life is about Sc
eggs. This is quite an item. and be
cause of this fact many claim that
q hen does not pay her board. At the
average price of eggs during the win
ter, so eggs would mean about 81 in
money, which Is quite loss for each
hen. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

docks and naval station. at Pearl
harbor. now the greatest of its kind
in all the Pacific, but the city OF
Honolulu. From all sea directions
these important points are covered
from attack. g..
But it is found that other guns and
mortars must be implanted to secure
these places against successful at
tack from the land side in the doubt
full event of an enemy in any consider
able numbers being able to effect
landing upon the coast outside the
range of the big seven, eight and ten
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Wouldn't Let Wife Eat With Him.

Mrs. Ida L. James Of Peekskill seri-
ously objected to eating at the Sec
ond table" even though so ordered to
do by her husband, Herbert James.
and so she went after divorce. Fur
thermore, she got it. Supreme Court
Justice Tompkins Of White Plains had
never heard of marriage contract
calling upon wife to eat after her
husband and children had devoured all
the white meat" That's why he was
80 generous with his divorce.
James owns summer resort COM
prising a 50-acre park. After good
many years he grew tired OF looking
at his wife across the table and SO or
dered her to provide herself with
material sustenance after the rest Of
them had pushed back the finger
bowls r.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Modern convenlences.

Some stormy evening, when the
whole family is gathered about the
are, take and discuss the feasibility OF
modern conveniences in the home.
The kitchen sink, with hot and cold
water; the bathroom, hot air, steam
or hot water heat, are as much of a
necessity for convenience and comfort
in the country as in the city, and may
be had as cheaply. Every farmers
family may and should know the facts
regarding these desirable improve
ments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
TURKEYS Thrive on Alfalfa.

Turkeys Thrive on Alfalfa. 81
A Nebraska ranchman has more
than 200 acres of wild land, too dry
for cultivation without irrigation, and
makes good living by raising tur-
keys.
A small creek runs through the
place, and along its side grow some
cottonwood trees.
About 200 acres of this farm have
been sown to alfalfa and In spite OF
the absence Of much rain 1t thrives
very we'll. II a
The old ranch owner raises from
500 to 1900 turkeys every year. and
about the only care he gives them is
to feed them alfalfa. ~ II:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
RANGE TO FATTEN TURKEYS
Birds Must Have Plenty Of Exercise &c
Promote Good AppetIte-Feed
Plenty Of Corn. &,.T
NV ANNA GALIGHER.l

2.- (By ANNA GAL1GHER.) 81,
Turkeys should have free range
while being fattened for market.
We used to fatten the turkeys in
small enclosures but discontinued this
several years ago because they did
not seem to thrive we'll - s,, ~ III
After the first few days they would
begin to lose their appetite, no mat
ter how great variety of food was
given. %sf r.
The whole trouble was lack Of ex-
ercise. II turkey cannot get plenty
Of exercise it cannot have good ap-
petite and Of course will not gain in
weight. ts.
Give the turkeys plenty Of corn
these days and see that they have
plenty Of sharp grit.
Better still, let the turkeys have
free access to q corn field for few
weeks. $50 r.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
AGE OF EGGS IS INDICATED
Rubber Stamp, Invented by Washing
ton Man, Prints Date and Name
ct Farm, az Guarantee.

Recently great many egg dealers,
especially those who own their poul-
try farms, have the eggs stamped with
the date on which they were laid and.
sometimes, with the name of the farm
as a guarantee. An egg stamp in.
vented by man in the state of Wash
ington appears herewith. 1t consists
OF a hollow cylinder with an axle
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
/ ALMA MATER ALWAYS LOVED
To the End of Life College Man
Thinks With Joy Of His Golden
Student Days.

The phrase college life" is an
Americanism and it has no equivalent
in any other language but English. 1t
describes, to those who use 1t with un-
derstanding and sympathy, an expert
ence out of which grows a deep senti-
ment made up Of pleasure. friendship.
affection, loyalty and pride. It seems
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

through the center and one side fat
tened. Across the flattened side are
slots and through these slots the type
protrudes. The type is mounted on
wheels which revolve on the axle and
can be adjusted to suit the date in an
instant. When adjusted the owner is
provided with a rubber stamp with
which he can implant on each egg the
time Of its arrival into the world and
the place where 1t was laid. The
cylinder opens at one end for easy
access to the type wheels.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Experts Satisfied That Outpost May
Be Relied Upon to Hold lts Own
In Conflict.

After FIVE weeks spent inftesting the
big guns of the various forts and posts
on the island OF Honolulu. the ord
nance experts are pleased. and are
declaring among themselves that as
an outpost Of the nation Hawaii is
really beginning to merit the title OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
,Iwould Be Easy Then.

McJigger-"It's all we'll enough to
tell us to forgive our enemies, but
tell you it's a hard thing to do"
Thingumbob-"Tha what 1t Is. We
shouldn't be expected to forgive our
,nemies except when they freely ad
nit that they don't deserve our for.
siveness. '-Catholic Standard Times
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Steel STAYS stopped Bullet.

Steel stays have saved many WON
ans life. Not long ago Mary Henessy
was taken to Bellevue hospital with
a flesh wound in the side. and Dr.
Drury discovered that had it not been
for steel stay which DETECTED the
bullet the wound would have been
fatal, for the slug had been travelling
toward a vital organ.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
His lonoino.

II visit was whole orphan"
"a whole orphan! What do you
mean, child?"
I'm any a half orphan an I amt
cot no one to play with. If I was
whole orphan I'd have the other half
IN we could have some good times"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

inch guns. and recommendation for
and increase in the number Of bat.
teries will be made.
The board of experts was composed
of the following officers: Brig. Gen.
M. M. Macomb. Lieut.. Col. John F.
Morrison, Maj. George Blakeson and
Mai. w. P. Wooten.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
The Barred Rocks,

The Barred Plymouth Rocks are at
tractive when properly selected and
rigidly bred, and much can be said
of this breed as profitable farmyard
birds. AS layers they are well-known,
and few breeds excel them when it
comes to broilers and friers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

day, was Chaldea, Persia, and that Arabian des-
ert where the sons of Ishmael roamed. In that
east of which they spoke, star gazing was to
some nations religious observation, to others q
astrology out OF. which modern science of
astronomy was slowly evolved was thus engen-
dered. Exegetes Of the New Testament nara
tive hold these Magi to have been astrologers,
members of that strange, non-national, privi-
legged priesthood whose Office It was to watch
the sky each day and each night, to note the
position and apparent motion of the sun from
dawn to dark and to predict those changes in
planetary positions which. In that day OF as
THEOLOGICAL superstition, supposed to shape
and reveal the destinies of kings and nations.
In them science came an early worshipper at
the feet OF Christ.
To ancient as well as medieval astrologers.l
certain groupings Of the stars and planets had
a fixed prophetic significance. The planets
were named In accordance with their supposed
influence. Mercury always lurking the
sun, furtvely cleaning in the morning or eve
ming. was the patron of tricksters, knaves, and
thieves. Mars flaming in red was the symbol
OF war, the guardian Of heroes and warriors
II the Magi were astrologers who believed In
stellar Influences the apparition of the Star
of Bethlehem must have been an astronomical
phenomenon. But no ordinary astronomical
phenomenon could have enticed these practiced
star-gazers from their temples. We must, there
fore, find some celestial event sufficiently extra
ordinary to warrant a journey from Chaldea or
Persia to Bethlehem
When the Magi arrived In Jerusalem, Herod
was within few weeks of his death. The mas
sacre OF the babes of Bethlehem was one Of his
last cruel deeds When he inquired diligently
what time the star appeared. the reply was evil
IDENTIFY such that he felt it necessary to kill all
male infants from two years old and under"
It is probable, therefore, that the Magi first saw
the star two years before their arrival in Jeru-
salem! Herod died In B. G. 4. Hence the Star
of Bethlehem must have appeared about two
years before that date. We must discover, II we
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Teiephone Poles.

1t requires 100 years to grow a 30
DOT cedar pole for telegraph purposes,
out there are other poles which an
'wer the purpose and are grown more
quickly,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25


When they were questioned where the king was
to be born they answered: In Bethlehem OF
Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet ana
thou Bethlehem, in the land Of Juda art not the
least among the princes of Juda; for out OF thee
shall come governor, that shall rule my people
Israel" According to the authorized version IL
is then stated in the New Testament tina.
"Herod. when he had prvily called the wise men,
inquired of them diligently what time the star
appeared. And he sent them to bethlehem, ana
said, Go and search diligently for the young
child; and when have found him. bring me
word again. that I may come and worship MN
also. When they had heard the king, they De
parted; and 10. the star, which they saw IN the
east. went before them, till it came and STOOD
over where the young child was. When they saw
the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great JOY.
That is the whole story Of the Star OF Betnle-
hem as 1t is simply and directly told IN the sec
ond chapter OF the gospel according to st. Mat
thew. 3
1t was cloister fancy OF the dark ages, hand
( ed down through centuries, that led the Chris
ton world to regard the Star OF the East as
miraculous lumnary. akin to the pillar OF hrS
that guided the children of Israel In the wilder
Mesa luminary especially created for the sole
purpose Of leading the Magt to the birthplace
of Christ The modern Christian is more apt
to regard the star az 9 natural phenomenon and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Water Essential.

Lack of a constant supply Of clear,
pure, fresh water before the fowls
means defeat in the end.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

Good Egg Requirements.
It takes knowledge, experience and
skill to produce good egg.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

Railway on Chlna's Great Wall.
A street railway is projected in Pc
ling. China, which is to run on the
OPP of the great wall surrounding
Peklrg.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Consumes Most Grit.

A turkey will consume more grit
than any of the poultry kept on the
farm. IT,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
5 wWALDEnAAR- kAENPFFERTl//N.IA

HE reign OF Herod had nearly ended
\ when the Magi arrived In Jerusa-
lem and asked: Where is he that
Y is born king Of the Jews? For we
. have seen his star in the east, and
are come to worship him." y /.
The news that true king OF the
( Jews" a possible rival, was born
and that his birth had been herald
ed by celestial phenomena, caused
Herod much concern. He summoned
~ ~ Xiv, tho cor3hoa and learned men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
"GenuIne Antiques" Scarce.

Buyers of antique furniture are ad.
vised by House and Garden that it Is
now almost impossible to pick up"
genuine antiques in this country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Soft-shelIed Eggs.

Feeding clover is preventive Of
soft-shelled eggs.