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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
START HORSE RADlsH EARLY 4. J
Make Soil Loose and ut Least e
.Deptl, Of Ten lnches----NVork IN
WetI-Rotted Manure.
tBy R q. wEArHERsroNE.)

tc;5 (By r, "a. wEATHERsToNE)
Horse radish should be started very
early in the spring. It consists Of one
large root from which springs the
crown and a large number. OF smaller
roots. M t$S
These roots, small as lead pencil.
or larger. are cut off into lengths OF
from four to six inches and should be;
placed in the ground with the thick
end up. :
The should be planted about three
inches deep and the soil ABOVE them
pressed down firmly to prevent water
from reaching them before they start
to grow. ".
Make the soil loose and at least
a.depth Of ten inches, Work into II
plenty of well-rotted manure. Set
horse radish in rows about three feet
apart and at intervals Of about Is In
ches. 80 - ft II
Then keep the weeds away from
them and the top soil loose with fire.
5quent cultivation. "A row six feet
long will SUPPLY family with all It
needs. The plant will be ready for
use early in the fall and it makes it,
best growth then.
It should be dug late in the fall after
all other crops are of, the small root
tops removed and stored in sand in
the cellar or buried in pits !. in the
ground until wanted for use. z.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
PREPARING FOR CLOVER CROP
On Thin Soil 1t Is Well to Break the
Ground Presiding sprino-Grow
Fertilizino Crops.

"A II the aim is to get clover and grass
on a thin soil 1t Is often q good plan
to- break the ground the preceding
spring and to grow fertilizing crop
during the summer that can be culti-
waited and then disked into the sur
face soil. When cowpeas can be
grown they are excellent for this pur-
pose. On very thin land I have got
ten the finest clover sod IN this way.
Expensive way? someone asks. Well,
any way OF covering thin soil with
a heavy clover sod-is not Inexpensive.
like the plan. The tillage kills weed
seeds and frees fertility. The vines
are chopped in the surface before they
become tough. The humus Is just
where it is needed. and the soil is
Arm. II one. prefers, rape may be
sown the first of September. and then
the land fitted for clover In the spring
without the plow. Leave the vege-
table matter at the surface. Or, tim
othy may be sown in the fall, and clo-
yer added In the spring. Or wheat
may be seeded and cclover in the
spring. ND Y.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
MOTTO FOR CHRISTIAN HOME
Ideals Which Confidently Lived Up
to Cannot Fall TO- Make for
Happiness In Lie.

q ~
This home is dedicated to good will.
It grew out of love. The two heads
Of the household were called together
by power higher than they. To its
decree they are obedient. Every tone
Of the voice, every thought OF their
being, is subdued to that service.
They desire to be worthy Of their
high calling, as ministers OF that
grace. They know their peace will go
unbroken only for a little time. And
often they suspect that the time will
be more short even than their anxious
hope. They. cannot permit so much as
one hour OF that brief unity to be
touched by scorn or malice. The
worlds judgments have lost their
sting inside this door. Those who,
come seeking to continue the .har
mony which these two have won are
ever welcome. The rich are welcome;
80 they come simply. The poor are
welcome. for they have already learn;
ed friendliness through buffeting.
Youth is welcome, for it brings the
Joy which these two would learn. Age,
is welcome, for it will teach them ten
derness.- Golfers Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Artist Critic at Least Proved That He
Was Above Suspicion Of Playing
s{55Z z Favorltes, \

- -a
Granville Redmond has arrived in
the foremost ranks Of California's ar
lists. Being recognized himself, after
years Of striving, he feels competent
to pass upon the merits Of his contem.
porary5 artists. .,Is. II 4 X,
Recently he left picture on exhibit
ton at . San Francisco gallery. In
the course OF the week he went to the
place to see how the sale was pro-
crossing. 55 VI 4 q. ~
4 In company with Morcom, the pic
ture dealer, and few art students,
he fell to discussing the pictures.
Every artist therein represented fell
under the stroke of his hammer
Keith, Hill. Yard, Judson, Burgdorn,
Short, Best. Peters. Latimer, Hansen
all came in for their share of cutting
criticism. 4 A word or two at most sui
feed to finish them. Redmond made
his comments the more substantial by
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
MANURE FOR CABB | ] AGE
Deep, Rich, Mellow Soil Is of
Importance.
Winter Variety 10 Mostly Grown on
Early Potato Ground-Hotbeds Are
Prepared In February and Seed
Sown In Frames. =.

Cabbage likes a deep, rich. mellow
soil. For summer cabbage,a mellow,
sand loan will bring the earliest
crop The early June cabbage that
is shipped to the Baltimore markets
is mostly grown on the deep river
bottom lands OF the lower portion of
Baltimore county, says the Baltimore
American. A large portion OF this
cabbage is grown from night soil
which, after fermentation, Is sprinkled
along the rows, just before the plants
are set in the fall. III this fertilizer
Is thoroughly mixed through the soil
1t is said not to injure the quality of
the cabbage. For the fall and winter
cabbage crop, plant on deep, mellow.
red clay soil. AS the value Of the
cabbage is in large solid heads, the
best fertilizer to use Is that OF rot.
ted manure from granted. horses and
cattle, with the addition Of II 900
pounds Of high grade vegetable
guano sown to the acre and well har-
rowed in before planting. Winter cab
bage3 is mostly grown on early potato
ground This land, being heavily
dressed with fertilizer for the potato
.crop--not more than 600 to 500
pounds OF fertilizer will be needed for
each acre planted. The fertilizer is
nearly always sown ip the drill. The
drill rows are. then covered In and the
ridges rolled. Large growers now
use the planter; the machine sets
and waters each plant, very few
plants fail to grow. Plants set by.
machine are better frmed in the
ground than plants set by hand. The
old method Of starting early plants
in the fall and wintering them in a
cold frame has now been abandoned
In favor Of sowing the seed In hot
bed. The hotbeds are prepared In
February and the seed sown in Sthe
frames by the middle OF the month.
When the plants are two inches in
height they are transplanted into cold
frames. The plants are given album.
dance Of air In the middle OF the day.
but we'll protected by glass and thick
straw mats when the weather is cold
and stormy. In. the New England
states early plants: are raised In hot
houses heated by hot water Expert
gardeners grow large quantities Of
early and late cabbage for their retail
trade. Truckers grow for the whole
sale markets. Their principal crops
are kale, spinach, tomatoes, corn and
elephants. - - II .s5 81 4.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

come the rebels against authority. the
slaves Of alcohol and narcotics, like
that poor devil In there. They can
not help themselves. It's the fault OF
their parents, it's the shape of their
heads, it's the diseased condition OF
their nerves. It's our fault for. not TAX
ing the same care in breeding the hui
man race that we would in breeding
horses or dogs" s.
."Oh, bosh." said I. II ask you how
you account for the hypodermic sy-
ringe in Crandall's rooms and ! get
a sermon
Lawyer though you are" retorted
Davis, I'm afraid that you are weak
in logic. Having decided that Gran
dali had no criminal connection with
the case, what then? I set up the
theory that his connection was exact
ly the same as your own. You were
in love with Louise and were deter
mined to trace the hidden danger that
was threatening her father. He was
in love with Katharine and was try
Ing to do the same thing. In fact, he
had several weeks the start Of you.
Every one Of his actions which you
regarded as so suspicious and damna-
tory was perfectly applicable on this
theory"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

long, long time been living in daily
dread that the anonymous writer Of
these letters might at any moment
carry out his threats and expose him
to public shame, and disgrace him In
the eyes Of his beloved daughter"
But how did you learn all this? !
asked. ~
young boosted to Crandall about
the weekly letters. So sure did he
feel that General Parrish would not
dare openly to prosecute him that with
flendish malignity he took delight In
retailing to Crandall the dread-inspir-
ing phrases. he had employed and in
dilating on the terror they undoubted;
" were causing the general. 1t 10
small wonder that the sight Of you
and Louise examining the scrap Of one
Of the yellow letters, coming 10 it did
right on top Of Katharine's desperate
act, brought on q stroke Of paralysis"
poor old man." said. "how he
must have suffered"
Far more than We can imagine
said Davis. II do not think any one
but half-crazed drug fiend, either.
could have conceived such refinement
Of torture as OF always using the same
peculiar yellow stationery"
(To BE CoNTINUED.) h
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

calmly. ""for not having seen the left.
handed clue. You lack the education.
Only person who had seen hundreds
and hundreds of envelopes and had
studied them closely would have OBJ
served 1t. You remember that q po-
liceman brought me part Of yellow
envelope that had been found in old
Andrew Elser's room. On 1t was q
stamp and part Of the postmark. The
frs. thing that noticed was that the
stamp was put on crooked This
might mean much or nothing. A left
handed person stamping q letter in
variably gets the stamp on crooked.
It ordinarily is put in the upper right
hand corner Of the envelope. A right
handed person stamping letter has
the two edges Of the envelope as a
guide. Try putting on stamp with
your left hand and you will see that
your hand comes in such a. position
that the edges Of the envelope are
hidden and In ninety-nine cases out
Of a hundred the stamp is out of
plumb. s. & ri r :,
Il still fail to see," i said stubborn.
~, "why you did not suspect Gran.
dali. There were many things that
seemed to pointtto him--his telephon-
Ing to Katharine just before she shot
herself, his sudden disappearance, the
finding Of the morphine syringe in his
rooms, the Ardway address in his note
book, coupled with the fact that Cen
eral Parrish had forbidden him the
house. do not see how you could
help suspecting him. 4 .sts5,.3 III s5&5
...'IIl admit that on the surface these
things all did look damaging, but
against this was the one important
fact that he was too vel, balanced ~
too sane, IL i might put 1T that way.
/ quickly learned that he was . repu-
table business man, that he was one
Of the governors in two clubs. and you
yourself informed me that Katharine
Parrish had thought highly Of him.
No well-balanced man commits crimes
OF this sort. 3 IS n.
""Do you mean to tell mel cried
!angrily, that all criminals are In
sane r Z, n. 3,:
Yes said Davis thoughtfully, II
mean exactly Sthat. The time will
come when our. courts viii not be punt
tive but curative. Men are criminals
because they can not help It. The
great we'll balanced majority Of people
see that in the Observance Of the laws
the community Mas made for itself
lies the only hope Of a happy. regular
life. The unbalanced few, the I'M
healthy product Of unfit parents, in
their poor misshap pen brains are I'M
able to comprehend this. They be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

NsVsrtheless, ! Seated Myself on the
I. $3S; Floor Beside Him.
open fireplace. seemed wrapped In
4 thought and did not even look up when
Y IEentered. n I. q NJ. 4 II
Nevertheless, seated myself on the
1 floor: beside him and, placing my hand
on his shoulder, I said once more:
"And now !, want to know all about
& i::.'"''ssTT5st q; y; IA Is
Shut up" he said, savagely shaking
on my hand. "Can't you see I want to
think p n! ss h. Y. ia, !. jsl L s.ssszf
Rebuffed and amazed by his rude
ness. 7 sprang to my feet, only to get
anew surprise as, in tones as courte-
Gus as his others had been rude, he
said: III were you, Harding. I'd fol-
low the constable's example and try to
got some sleep. You and have q
bard day ahead Of us tomorrow q A
5 Seeing that he was in no mood to be
things / wanted to ask him and
stretched myself on the floor, not to
sleep, but to ponder, As reviewed
the amazing events OF today, Of yester-
day. of the day before, 1t seemed IS
q If ages and ages-grim, mystifying,
terrifying ages-had passed since that
hour when left my ONCE light-heart-
I'd to call. on Louise Parrish. Il
And the morning-the inspector had
said-was to bring hard day for both
Of, us. e
What new terror could tomorrow
hold?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
A Plausible story.

Lady-Why 3 are you wandering
around the country, l should like to
know, instead Of staying at home and
taking care Of your family?
Tramp-You see. mum, my wife had
very good servant girl-a regular
Jewel, mum.
THAT doesn't seem possible"
There never was but one perfect
girl. and my wife had Der, num-"
Mercy! What lucky woman!"
Yes. mum. so my wife often said.
But, you see. mum. the girl didn't
like me-"
"She didn't ?"
"No, mum. She said my wife would
have to discharge her or me. SO she
discharged me-"
"Oh, see. Here's some money
New York Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Failures In Glover.

Frequent failures OF clover may
not be due SO much to poor soil or
dry seasons as to the absence of the
proper kind of bacteria.
Glover bacteria do not thrive on
acid soils; the application of ground
limestone to such soils and the intro
duction Of few hundred pounds OF
ground from a clover field may
quickly cure q clover sick plot.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
[ OVERCOMING DRAFT ON. SIDE
Four-Horse Evsner Arranged So That
No Horse Would Need to Walk
on PIoWed Ground.

In reply to a query for an arrange
ment OF four-horse evener on plow SO
that no horse need walk on the plow-
ed ground the Farmers Call and
Breeze prints the following. 4
: Many. three-horse eveners do not
overcome side draft. The power is so
far to one side that the two horses
push the tongue over against the one
horse. Here is a remedy for any num-
Der of horses on one side Of tongue
and one horse on the other:
Put the tongue hole, or pull pole: IN
evener so that the length Of shorter
end will be to the length Of the longer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Ruekvyheat Crops,

4: No other crop will bring In better
return in the northern states for the
time 1t occupies the ground than
buckwheat. 1t 10 put in after the
other, crops have been planted and
are growing. It IL the best grain to
raise to subdue = patch Of trouble
some weeds and to starve out worms
in the soil. It comes handy to SOW
on vacant pieces of ground which
have been left because too late to
be sown to some other crop. 1t is q
valuable crop to pillow under to enrich
the soil and give humus. ss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

Eyes," I agrudgingly admitted ~ I!
hastily reviewed them IN my mind, = y
suppose they could all be explained
in that way" 81 tssS 5 II.
THE question then came to me.
continued Davis, how could Crandsll
have known Of the hidden danger
that threatened General Parrish? II
was highly IMPROBABLE that the gen
eral would confide a thing3of this sort,
either to his daughter or to her fan.
ce. He must have come on It in some
other way. ! judged that when he
revealed his knowled to the general,
the latter, in fear that his daughter
might learn what he had been trying
to keep from her, in rage ordered
Crandall from the house 4.
'The only logical way for crandall
to be restored to favor iwas for him
to clear up the mystery that was men.
acing the general. AS he had been at
work on 1t for some time. I felt sure
that in his rooms we would find a$clue
to the address Of the persons weswere
seeking. l was confident, too, that af.
fairs We're approaching a crisis. Gran.
dali apparently had taken Katharine
into his confidence. It looked as II
some plan they might have made had
failed and that this failure had driven
Katharine to- despair. With the lock
box in Ardwayl as Ia clue, with the left.
handed stamp as evidence and with
Crandall's movements to watch. I felt
certain that we could quickly solve
the whole mystery" 5,S Y. 3.5
but how about the morphine sy'
ringer" 7 asked again. Il y
II hardly gave it q second thought.
For all i knew, 1t may have come there
by accident, yet Crandall quickly ex.
planned its presence in the talk that
I have lust had with him. He kept
this chap, Young, there in his rooms
for two weeks, trying to worm out OF
him the secret with which Young had
been trying to blackmail the old gen
eral When Young disappeared he
left the syringe behind him.
ESQ., exclaimed in excitement,
"the mystery OF the yellow letter was
Matchmaking plot against General
Parrish.
"No,"s said Davis. II don't think the
Parrish case had anything to do with
the other chain Of suicides, unless 1t
was that both devilish plots originated
In the drng-fevered, malevolent brain
Of the poor fellow in yonder. It is
true that General Parrish got yellow
letters. Once week for months and
months he has found one in his mail,
each more threatening, more menacing
than its predecessors. He has for .
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
! Wheat Fertilizer.

& Phosphoric acid and potash gave a
greater profit per 81 invested in ferti.
sIizer than complete fertilizer on both
corn and wheat in some Indiana ex-
periments on clay and loan soils.
Fertilizer gave greater average pro-
+ At per acre on wheat than on corn.
and was profitable in much larger
percentage of the experiments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
c.ntIne. MaternelIes,

There are five dining-rooms in
Paris where from fifty to eighty nurs-
ing mothers daily receive free meals.
Cantines Maternelles these restau-
rants were called when they were
started eight years ago by Nine.
Henry Coullet OF Paris. At first the
only passport needed was the posses
sion of a baby, but owing to the de-
velopment of confusing habit of bor-
rowing babies so as to procure meal.
the rule was altered, and the pro-
vision of free meals is now dependent
upon regular attendance at an adjoin-
ing baby clinic. ~ -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Indicate, Sour Soil.

II any one Of the several kinds Of
sorrel is found growing on piece OF
land it is pretty safe to assume that
the soil il sour and needs sweetening
with an application Of lime. Besides
this, it may be that the tract is not
properly drained, in which case It
should be tiled, in addition to being
sweetened.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
HANGER "a FOR ALL BARN TOOLS ID
Notehes Cut In Board Afford Convent,
snt and Safe Place for All Kinds
isl OF Implements. $500 y

n Means should be provided to have
a place for all tools used In and
about a barn. The forks and SHOW
els are usually stood up ina corner,
but they can be more conveniently
taken care OF by making a hanger for
them. The illustration, from Popular
Mechanics. shows how a hanger can
be easily made and screwed to the
wall OF a. barn. VI 1. &
The hanger is cut from piece of
board and has hole bored into 1t
the size Of the handle on the fork or
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
The Breeding Eve.

Ewes should have attained good
condition OF flesh by weaving time II
they are to provide ample nourish
ment for rapid and healthy growth in
the lamb. II the ewes are fed heavily
ana not SUFFICIENT exercise provided
both eve and lamb will be weak.
Il This condition is often followed by
4 heavy mortality among the lambs
Better have the eve In moderate flesh
with plenty of activity, than fat and
sluggish. ,53
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

things Is the ab1Ilty 70 COOK Wnole.
some food.
Sewing and music are next A wom-
an might be az homely as can be, but
If she can cook a good dinner, make Q
dress. and let her moods slip cut Of
her finger tips on piano, that wom-
an will have chance for truly hap
by home a thousand per cent. better
than her beautiful neighbor who can
not make even an apron. and who
cooks badly for her family. %
So say to mothers, whether you
have money or not, teach your daugh-
tiers all the useful and necessary
things In life, SO that they will make
good. homelike wives and mothers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
- H--ET-I-. -I--77 7T77lI7 - = Z - Y,
Maouots In Wounds.

Should maggots get in the animals
wounds, kill the pests by a light APP
plication Of chloroform. After. the
wounds have been freed Of maggots
and made perfectly clean, apply freely
a mixture Of one dram Of iodoform
and six drains. of boric acid, and re-
peat the application two or three
times a day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Useful ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Every woman wants a coy corner
all he. own-be that corner humble
or handsome.
Every woman who does not have the
home longing Is abnormal. Home IS
made up Of little things.
| One of the largest OF these little
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Animals In Delaware.

In the last ten years the value Of
domestic animals, poultry and bees
in the State of Delaware increased
65.s per cent. The total value OF
horses and colts increased 95.3 per
cent. OF the 54,9S6 cattle in the:
state, 35,7OS were dairy cows.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
{ Case in Doubt.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker. discuss
ing the divorce evil in Philadelphia,
said with smile: "In these times one
never, as the saying goes. knows
where one is at. An acquaintance of
mine extended his hand to me at the
Historical society the other day and
cried: Congratulate me. I am the
happiest man alive!' Hooked at him
doubtfully.5 Engaged. married, or d.
vorced?' I asked" .e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26

Frr .r. = y t. d ~. g. . =
DOTTED LINES SHOW EXTENSION.
Explanations: Diagram shows evener
for three horses. Dotted lines show
how It would work II extended tor
u five horses. HI,
one in the proportion of / to 2, foi
three-horse evener. Or in the proper
ton Of l to 3 or l to II you have 8 ;
four or Ave horse evener. a$sS
Fasten a chain from short end o.
evener to doubletree, which will be on
opposite side, and run a chain from
long end Of evener to singletree. Put
in push rods from center of power on
either side to tongue. or II there -
no tongue from center Of one power
to center Of the other power.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Seed Potatoes.

In 10 comparisons on. the Minnesota
station farm new seed, from outside
sources, gave an average increased
Yield of 125 bushels OF potatoes to
the acre more than seed from varieties
continuously grown on the farm for
three to twelve years. s5.re5is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Hangers for Barn Tools,

shovel. then notch Is sawed into the
hole to pass the handle through. The
board may contain one or % many
snotchess as there are forks and SHOW
els to be hung on It.. The implements
are hung with the fork or shovel end
inward. y .{5sis ~ Z. " ls !. lie
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-02-26
Severe On His Own Work
Tho Inspector Explains.

writing them on the margin Of the cat
alogue. 80
"And this" said Morcom, pointing
at last to the picture painted by Red
mond, what. do you think Of this?'
Redmond was game.
II He seized his paper and, quick an
a fash, wrote down his criticism:
Damned rotten"