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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
FARMING HINTS.

1t does not pay to devote high priced
land for long periods to pasture aud
the production " hay.
low, wide tired steel wheels will
give any farmer better equipment for
his work. Under all conditions OF the
field and nearly all conditions OF the
road It is estimated that broad tired
steel wheels pull lighter than the mar.
low tires.
More money can he made feeding
horses for market than with any other
class Of stock feeding. There is u con
stant demand for good draft horses,
and the average farmer should keep
draft mares and have a few Young
horses to sell each ymr.-Farm and
Fireside
The location or garden is more i'm.
portant than the soil. Sunlight we
must have. hut the soil we can make.
We can make 1t by bringing Ia new
loan. sand aud fertility. combining
them to meer the ideal. but sunlight Is
determiaed by the buildiugs and trees
Country Gentleman.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
She Said the Wrong Thing.

Il shall never forget the breakfast l
gave to Il pretty girl when first knew
her." the short man began 1T would
make your mouth water to hear what
it. grapefruit to begin With. the
most delicate OF breakfast food with
cream. a choice broiled chicSen-ir was
n late brea,;iast-the finest of fruit.
coffee. can't remember the things
ordered FOR ncr ut that breakfast. and
Whit do you think she said when she
finished? She said: 'iou needn't have
gone to 80 much trorblc. | don't care
Tor anything but couple of eggs for
my hrcnkfast and piece of toast.
1T was the wrong thing to say. |
will admit" sighed his wife. Il was
that girl and have been living ever
lin"e on n couple of eggs and piece
of toast for my breakfast.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08

At time when the Irish situation
seemed critical IN the officials at Dub
in. in iSS1 ar lAS.. Il certain Liberal
i,eer wns delegated 10 ~ Ia Hawarden
and consult with Gladstone Upon
his return his Gir,n!S received him
viii, eagp.neSs. We'll. what It'd he
say? What policy lid hr recon-
n,pnd:'' Thu peer b.,,<hrd slightly.
hesiiarr, -nnmn .rd 'i,-n mildly
rpmarEr,i. We'll. 81 tell i,r truth. the
fellow was 80 wonderfully agreeable
that Wa never got On to the subject vi
ireland at ait"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
HEARING In
DEPOT CASE
City Officials Prepare to State
Their Case Before Com
mission.

The Mayor and Board OF Aldermen
met Tuesday night and formulated
plans for the presentation of the cause
of Newport before the Railroad Com
mission on Monday, may IL.
The Mayor read a letter from the
chairman of the Railroad Commission
in which the town was cited to appear
at the offices of the Railroad Commits
sion in Nashville in connection with
the hearing as to the depot matter in
Newport.
The board decided to circulate a petit
tion among the business men and to
designate to the Railroad Commission
just what Newport needed. 1t was
the opinion of the the board that New.
port needed Buff brick building for 4
passenger station with the freight de-
pot located elsewhere. 1t was pointed
out that the ground now used as COM
bination depot is entirely inadequate
for the size building which is necessary
here and 1t will be q matter of but 4
few years until the railroad finds it
impossible to transact business in pre-
sent location. Mayor StokeIy will car
ry the facts in person TO Nashville and
present them TO the Railroad Commis-
sion.
The board also consideded sewer ex-
tensions and Mayor Stokely was NAM
cd committee Of one to see about the
work.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
i arm: ana
Garden
INTRODUCING KUDzU.

Government Thinks It's a Valuable Ad.
dition to Our Stock Of Plants.
The following description of kudzn.
the valuable new forage plant. Is CIV
Ell by the United States department Of
agriculture:
"kudzu Ia large leaved. very rapid
growing woody. legunlinons vine. II ma.
tive Of Japan. 1t succeeds well in
every part of the United States where
it has been tried. and where the sum.
mers are warm It grows with great
luxuriance. II Is most excellent vine
for arbOrs to produce tropical effect
by growing over low trees. In Japan
it is grown on rough. rocky land or
steep hillsides that cannot be cultivat-
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
THE "GH0sT" STAG.
A lordly Brute That Bewildered the
German Crown Prince,


German Crown Prince.
In his interesting volume, From
My Hunting Day Book" the Ger
man crown prince, Friedrich Will
helm, tells of "ghost" stag. He
saw" the ''ghost" on two different
occasions. He says that he was so
close to him that he could count
every branch on his antlers with the
naked eye. The prince sprang from
his cart and fired point blank, but
"My aim was all right, the herd
scattered, and the stag simply disap-
pearcd. We could neither see nor
find any trace of him"
The second occasion is described
as follows: Il leapcd out of the car
riage and looked through the glass.
I undoubtedly recognized the splen-
did stag, the famous fourteen
pointer. The herd began to move
and made off through all alder wood
to an adjoining meadow. The stag
moved in their midst. The forester
and I stalked them as quickly as
possible, but they had already gone
some distance
cat last, in a small field, We saw
the herd again. With infinite care
we crcpt toward them and managed
to get within possible range. The
deer, however, were restless and
moved to and fro uneasily round the
border Of the wood. There is scarce
ly light enough to shoot. In spite of
that, after a most careful scrutiny
through the glass, l take particular
care, adjust the sights and fire.
There is just enough light for me
to see that the stag takes great
leap, then drops dead. The head
forester and / excitcdly shake
hands. At last VIC have cot the
blessed brute!
After quick run over the jOO
yards of marshy meadow land we
reach the spot, and there, to our
indcscribablc surprise and disillu-
sionmcnt, lies poor wretched
twelve pointer. killed by a beauti-
fully clean shot. This was really
going beyond a joke. | told the
forester to his face that there was
something wrong there. At this he
found his tongue again and told me
that for a long time there had been
a legend among the ncighboring
huntsmen of Il splendid stag, ut
which many Of them had shot, that
was bcwitchcd, and for which the
fatal bullet had not been cast.
"Well, | am not supcrstitious,
but | must say ] am inclined to
think there was certainly something
uncany about this stag. We still
call him the ghost stag, and | do
not believe | shall ever get another
shot at him."
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08

Ell isn't true, is it." asked Rollo
Is he finished reading "Thc Pied
Piper Of Hamclin"-''it isn't true
That he could play on his pipe so
ihat the rats would SO off and drown
Themselves"
"Wcl|." replied Rollo's father, Il
don't know about that. think it
may be true. Your Uncle George
can play the flute so that it will
scare cow into the river and drive
all the dogs in the ncighborhood
crazy. Yes. should say the poem
is true. I.opdon Answers.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
nO.yj k'

LOOKING DOWN on HIM ri SIX INCHES.
inches tall. to call on President Lin
coin, and for the first and perhaps the
only fine In his life the president was
tlabbe-gastel by the sight Of man
looking down Oh him by six inches.
Finally I.incOln's face was over
spread by that lovely smile OF his. and
he said. My friend. will you permit
me to ask you question:"
why certainly. Mr.. President" the
man answered. e
Il want to know" said Mr.. Lincoln.
.if You can tell when your feet get
coll."-New York Times.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
Thought Of His Past.

Willie Collier. the American actor,
was In England and was invited to
spend week end in the country by a
distinguished and elderly duchess who
rather patronizes Americans.
After Collier had arrived and bad
been shown to the great hall his host
ess came in.
"Oh. Mr.. Collier" she gushed. II am
so glad. so very glad TO have you rs
my guest. You see. love Americans.
and know all about you. Oh. indeed,
yes do. know all about you"
Collier looked around apprehensively.
"If that's so.' be asked. how did get
In ?'-Saturday Evening Post.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
Give Yourself a Weigh.

Scales are as essential on the modern
farm as the mower. binder or manure
sprcader. To the farmer who desires
to know II his business IL paying him
the profits it should the weighin. ma.
chine must be used much more often
than the mower. binder or manure
spreader. The farm scale is especially
valuable when products are sold from
the farm. says w. NJ. .Iardine. head OF
the agronoiny department ut the Kan
sas Agricultural college.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
A PREACHER
SHOULD TELL
THE TRUTH

We understand that the Rev.
J. A. Morrow, pastor of the M.
E. Church, South, went out of
his way Sunday night to bring
charges against Newport's two
newspapers. He stated, so we
are told, that both of the papers
published in Newport were whis-
key papers, and that he knew
for a fact that the editors of both
the papers, would refuse to pub
fish a temperance article were it
submitted to them.
| We at least expect truthful
statements from ministers of
the gospel, for if they make a
habit of twisting the truth, no
wonder they do not find proper
respect from theircongregation.
Mr.. Morrow did not know for a
fact that THE NEWPORT PLAIN
TALK would refuse to publish a
temperance article. He had
never submitted an article to
this paper which had not been
published and he knew of no
one who had, and he was wrong
in terming this a whiskey paper
for he has never seen an article
in it which would give him the
right to say that this paper stood
for whiskey.
If Mr.. Morrow generalized
and dragged in both papers so
as to strike The Times, which
he claimed had refused an arti-
Gle from him, we call this strik-
ing below the belt and not fitting
the dignity of a minister of the
gospel. If he was striking at
THE PLAIN TALK because he
had seen advertisements in the
i paper not to his liking. then he
should have stated his reason
and not dragged in The Times.
! In fact, if Mr.. Morrow will
tend strictly to his own bust
mess, that of ministering to his
flock, his pastorate here will be
more pleasant. Our business
methods are not a subject for
his discussion, although we have
heard that these methods has
been discussed publicly by the
Brother, and we suggest that
the next time he has any direct
accusations to make that he
make a personal Investigation,
rather than take the word of
some gossip as evidence.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
Not Aitoaethsr q Hero.

After reacuing boy from pond at
Zurich, Switzerland, recently. a Pc
culiar reason for doing so was given
by another boy, ten years old, Hans
Weber. Il should never have troubled
about him. II he had not been wear
ing my skates" was the laconic pro-
lest Of the boy, when complimented on
the rescue, at tho risk Of his life, Of
the boy, who had fallen through the
ice.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
TOLD HIS WIFE A GOOD JOKE.
And Then Accused Her Of Having NJ
Sense Of Humer.


Sense Of Humor.
Englishmcn are often accused Of be-
Ing unable to grasp the psint Of the
American pun. and sometimes they
may think they see the point of joke
when perhaps they do not. An Eng
lishman numcd Morley was walking
along tho sidewalk one day with an
American .-aand when the latter mad
vertently slipped and fell down.
"Ah. my deah boy. hope you are
not hurt. How did 1t happen?"
To which the friend replied:
1T happened Notwithstanding"
They both laughed over the pun. and
Morley said II was so good he was so.
ing to tell his wife about It, At dinner
/ that evening lie remarked that he had
such good joke on his friend Brown.
; and by way of preliminary. leading UP
TO the point Of his story. he proceeded
to tell all about who Brown was. his
ass0cia tons aud business connections,
how he came to get acquainted with
him. commercial relations he had had
with him. etc. until he forgot about
the story, but was reminded OF it by
the wife. who said impatiently:
But what about the story?'
"Oh, yes" laughing immediately as
the recollection OF it struck him.
"Why. you see. Brown and | were
walking down the street together. and
he slipped on banana pceling and
| fell down. and when asked him how
1t happened he said Nevertheless
And he was sore at her all evening
and declared she had no sense Of hu-
NOR because she said she didn't see
| anything funny to that.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
FARMER-BUSiNESs MAN.

Every farmer should have
some place that he calls his Of
fce. 1t may be i secretary i'll
the corner OF the sitting room. It
may be a small room IN the
granary or perhaps II part Of the
milk house. But. whatever it is.
there he should have his &C.
counts, farm records and valua.
BILE papers. More system IL need.
ed on most farms. - Farm and
Fireside.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
Painful Situation.

"My friends decia:;ned an orator
during @ convsntion-"My friends, !
say to you that this great republic OF
ours 10 standing on the brink Of an
Nbscess! Evening Post.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08


ed. In this country it should also be
tested on lands too poor to be cultivat-
ed with profit. Kudzn, being Il legume,
will add nitrogen to the soil in addi-
ton to the forage it produces. Kudzu
may be used either for pasturage or
as green food, though hay can be made
of it. 1t will probably be best used as
pasture, and it is desirable to have
two such pastures. to he browsed al
Iernatcly."
A gentleman who has been growing
1t in Florida several years gives his
experience with it as follows: AFTER
several years experience with the
kudzu vine l consider 1t the best for.
age plant to tide the farmer and stock
raiser over the long, hot. dry summer.
as well as the rainy season."
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
Keen Only the Paying Kind.

Sell two Of the boartier cows aud put
gelding and put on Il mare that will
raise u colt worth one-half to one-thir,l
Of her purchase price mt weaving time.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
A Long Way Down.

Senator Dixon Of Connecticut one
day brought an elongated constituent
of his. man who was six feet ten
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-08
Painful Cueration.

She-"John, why on earth are yoa
wearing those goggles?" John-"Only
a moment. dear, until l finish this
grapefruit"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

According to the, engineering maya
Zines. a number of big buildings were
built, during the winter OF 1912, OF
reinforced concrete. OF course, as
every farmer knows, concrete is dam
aged by freezing. On tie other hand
Il the contractor can safely and profit
ably build during, the winter months
he would save time and money for
himself and for the capitalists who
were erecting large Office buildings.
The farmer, especially the corn.
belt farmer, often has lots of spare
time on his hands during the winter,
months. He may take trip to Chi
cago and attend the International
Live Stock Show, after which he sort
Of settles down for the winter. This
is a good time to study lip on ad-
tanced methods Of farming, buts,i
is no reason why he should not fol-.
low the example of the big contrac-,
tors, in Chicago and New York, and
construct few useful articles of con-.
crete. H. -.a =. Il;
According to the technical maya
zines these are the essential points
to, be considered when conGreting in.
winter. First. the bank run gravel
must be separated into two piles, by
the use of a sand screen; preferably
these piles should be placed after
eating and screening indoors. The
Gravel will very likely be frozen with
many. hard Jumps. 1t must first be
;..cated and the frost taken out OF the
material. This is accomplished. as
shown in the picture. by using part
ST an old boiler--a piece of old iron
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
ONEIDA.

Mr.. and Mrs Ayers, Of Council
Bluffs. are visiting Of the Fred Wal
home. !! !: n
The Ladies Aid society, clearet
nearly $62S at their bazaar at thu
church Thursday. .ss$.s E'
Mrs, Bissen and Mrs. Webb / a nc
Mrs. Blaisdell and Mrs. Hubbell, o.
Manchester attended the chicken pie
dinner. at, the church Thursday.
Margaret lCroyle, Dorothy Clute ana
Mrs. J. B. Durham were shopping in
Dubuque Friday.
i Mrs. o. jerks and Florence Connel
were Greeley visitors Wednesday.
Those from out Of town who attend
ed the bazaar ON Thursday were
Mrs. A. B. Holbert and sons, Louis
ana Fred, Mrs. B. Baker, Mrs. G.: L
Baker, Mrs. Holthaus, Mrs. Fl. Sher'
man, Mrs. Kreumple, Mrs. Thos. Cole
arr daughter Helen, Mrs. Beckwith'
Mrs. Wroughten, Mr. and Mrs. VIII
Hennessey, Mrs. Canine, Mrs. A. Z
Maarcham and Mrs. L. A. Schneider
Greeley; Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Dfescn
and daughter, Pearl, Mrs. Elias Faus'
Mrs. Frank Faust Mr.. and Mrs L
Kuenle, Mrs. Ed Strickland, Mrs
Seth Miller, Mrs. Fred Parkins ant
two children, of Almoral; and MT
Frank Gibbs and mother. of Earlville
Miss Ada Bradley spent several Gay
with her friend, Pearl Diesch. at Al
| moral.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
100 MUCH HkYw
NJ: l.. Mosher, Agent, Clinton Co.,
Iowa. Tells Of Success of Gin
ton Co. Farmer with Alfalfa.

National Crop Improvement Service,
The alfalfa which was sown on
ground. which was put into proper
condition has come on nicely, CON,
sidering the very dry season which
we have had. ".
The alfalfa which was sown on The
field which had been neglected.
throughout the summer IS only up 4.
little ways and stands very little show
of living through the winter. 50, :, +
Mr.. Frank McDerl1ott living 3
miles northwest Of Clinton seeded
5. acres Of alfalfa in August, 1912.
The ground was summer fallowed
throughout the season, the weeds be-
ing kept down and a good mulch re-
tained. Four or live tons of finely
ground limestone per acre were
distributed and worked into tie
surface. At seeding time early
in August the ground was thoroughly
;noculated with dirt from sweet
clover patch. After the ground
was frozen in the winter the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

pipc, ETC., sa4d piling the gravel over
the ss:::,:.. In the railway construction
work, Illustrated, pipes were run
Through the fire SO that the cold
water which flowed from the fauce,
Or water plug through one pipe Gar
ordinary kettle, would accomplish the.
same purpose) was heated, and forced
7 by pressure into the barrel. The
warm water in the barrel was used
to mix the cement, sand and gravel.
The sand and gravel were first heated
on top OF piece of old iron pipe
! or boiler5a wood fire being built INIT
I Then the sand and gravel Were
screened through a quarter inch
screen Everything up to quarter
of an inch in size being called sand
and the material from one-fourth
inch ilp to l 4 inches being used for
gravel. Their, :2:3 mix was used, one
cubic foot Hor one sack OF Portland
cement, two cubic, feet OF sand and
three cubic feet OF gravel. The work
was protected Tor four or five days
and by that time the concrete had
set sufficiently so it. would not be
damaged by freezing, In the case
Of fence posts, for example, this warm
sand and gravel cou'IG,be brought,
inside the barn and mixed there with
the hot water In ordinary weather
Iythe temperature in the barn would
be above freezing point and after 1--WE
days or a week the fence posts could
be taken outside. laid or. the ground
and by spring time they would be
well cured. &sOf course they would
have to be put WHERE cattle could
not tramp on them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
coLEsRuRG.

Happy New Year to all friends and
readers of the Democrat.
School closed Friday for the Holt
day vacation of two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Barnhart and
little Miss Dorothy, of Webster City,
are here to spend the holidays with
relatives and friends.
G. A. Dodge was called to Oneida
Saturday by the death Of his mother
which occurred that morning at the
home Of her son, Dick Dodge. She
was quite an aged lady and had been
in feeble health OF body and mind
for a long time.
Rev. Minogue was here during the
week to see George Flynn, one o.
his parishioners, who is quite low
with cancer Of the face. Mass was
held at the Catholic church Frida!
morning.
| Miss Zita Costigan went to Bloom
ing Prairie, Minnesota on Friday tt
remain with relatives during the hol
iday. season.
Miss Winnie Gull is at home t
spend the holiday vacation. She is
student at the U. B. college at Toledo
Iowa.
Mrs. Rachel Morley has been seri
ously i'll during the week.
Miss Floy Robinson is with home
friends at Edgewood for the holidays
Miss Marie Grimes is at home TO-
the holidays from her school work a
Manchester. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Nelson ant
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
ARNOLD g. ARNOLD

ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office over
Delaware County State Bank. Manches-
ter. Iowa 1902 x E'I---I-S,s &, f.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

They have the machiniery and Il
I, perience to make a success Of the
work and expect to move up there
and commence work at once. 81.
The Clio club have on sale. at sew.
.eral places OF business Red Cross
seals which are being used extern.
sively ON Christmas packages. The
funds received are used In the fight
against tuberculosis and the small
commission received by the club
will be used in civic work in which
they have been interested for sew.
eral years. E5sSa
The Country Church Lite confer.
ence which commenced on Sabbath
was continued during Monday. In
tho morning the session was held
in the Presbyterian church and was
opened with prayer by Rev. Cole.
man Of the Covenanter church. Pres.
ldent Reed gave short account Of
the meetings held in Jones county.
Prof. Laughlin OF Lenox college
gave a very interesting talk upon
soils and how to improve unproduct-
i've lands Miss Aris Of the domes-
tic science department Of Lenox
also gave very interesting paper
on The Making Of Country Home"
A picnic dinner was served at noon
in the basement. The afternoon
meeting was held in the Methodist
church and was opened by Rev. Chal-
ice, who gave a few notes on con-
ference at Fayette. Rev. Matthew
McNutt gave an account of the re.
viving of . country church near Du
Page, which could not support pas
tor but in ten years had become
prosperous one and had built large
commodious church and, its young
people were all interested in its
different departments. It would
certainly bring encouragement to any
dying church to hear him. speak.
Dr.. Reeds address was Education
for the Farmer. Every farmer
should at least have good common
school education and as much more
as he could secure, especially along
the lines Of scientific agriculture. i
is not possible to give any where
near the thoughts and ideas Of in
terest which were given in these
addresses and it was regretted that
the audiences were not larger.
!, Miss Cora Ricketts, returned home
Saturday evening for the holiday va
cation. -.., {. i. ~
E. F. Main and wife and p. NJ.
Hucker and wife were in Monticei
10 the first of the week. "a:
The Methodist afternoon social
was held Wednesday with Mrs.
collar. ifs@
Mrs. Charles Williamson and two
daughters OF West Union are visit
ing her mother. Mrs. Sophia Johnson:
There was a large audience pres.
ent in the Presbyterian church SAB:
bath evening to listen to the beau
tifu! Christmas cantata given by
chorus Of sixteen.