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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Rules for the Simple Life.

"A simple life exhibition" for the
benefit of husbands and wives is to be
held in Caxton hall, London. The or
ganizers Of the exhibition take the
matter very seriously indeed Dem
onstrations will be given showing the
right and the wrong method of test
ing husband and wife. Men will
be invited to show how they would
treat wife when they come home
from business. The audience will de-
eide by vote which Of the competing
males come up to the standard Of an
ideal husband. The rules for wives
are. less complicated than those for
husbands. They are: First, teach
your husband to abstain from meat
and Intoxicating drink; second, re-
ceive him after an absence with tact:
third, cultivate a sense of humor."
The rules for husbands are: First,
make a habit of entering your home
with smile: second, little presents,
words of love and compliments make
a woman's life worth living; third, re.
member that woman works as hard
as you do, and harder
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
MOLASSES FOR DAIRY cows
Used by Farmers In North More Than
Ever Before, but Not Yet Found
Entirely Satisfactory. ,,--
(By WALTER B. LEUTZ.)

More molasses is being fed in the
north than ever before, but most dairy
farmers are not yet satisfied that 1t Is
profitable.
In an experiment at the Hatch sta
ton, Prof. ]. B. Lindsey says: mo
losses contains about 3 per cent: OF
protein and 70 per cent. of digestible
sugar.
Compared with corn meal" says
Prof. Lindsey, "it equals substance
pound for pound in results obtained
in feeding mich COWS, but when fed
to horses they do not seem to be quite
equal to the same weight of corn
and oats.
1T is estimated that corn meal at
$1.20 per hundred pounds, molasses
would be worth about 81 per hundred
pounds. Its quoted price in Boston
is IL cents per gallon by the barrel
and SO per gallon in 10 barrel lots.
"A gallon weighs about ~ pounds,
so that at present relative prices the
molasses would be little cheaper
feed than corn meal.
"A good point with the molasses is
that 1t is agreeable to stock and makes
them always ready to eat such sub
stances as cut corn stubble, malt
sprouts, distillery feeds, ETC., when
mixed with the molasses.
"a serious objection is that mo-
lasses Is not very convenient stun to
handle and attracts flies in summer.
"As mixture with high grade pro-
tein foods, suggest one-third distil-
lery grains, one-sixth cotton seed
meal, one-half molasses, or one-third
malt sprouts, one-third gluton-meal
and one-third molasses.
For working horses, nine pounds OF
provender and one quart Of molasses,
or twelve pounds Of provender and
three pints of molasses, or for hard
working horses substitute one-half
pound dry blood or one pound cotton
seed oil or linseed meal in place of an
equal quantity of provender
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
About Roumania,

Roumania, as we print the name on
this side Of the Atlantic, is not so
printed at home. 1t would be nearer
the mark to give the word as Ro-
mania. A Roumanian calls himself a
Roman" that is, citizen OF Ro-
mania. We should know less than
we do OF this country Of the Balkans.
which thus far has kept out of war
with Turkey, were it not for Scar
man SYLVIA" the post-queen of that
land, author Of a number of charm.
ing fairy stories which have been
evolved from the folklore of that PEG.
pie. 1t is said that the bagpipes and
the shepherds flute are the musical
instruments of Roumania, and that
the peasant will have nothing to do
with the fiddle, which he despises be-
cause it is in favor with the gypsies.
The roads swarm, 1t is said, with beg
CARS, whose requests are seldom re-
fused, for the Roumanian peasant has
q faith that aims will be returned to
him hundredfold hereafter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Patriotic Women.

When praising the Balkan peoples
for their patriotism. do not forget the
patriotism of the Balkan women.
The war against Turkey could be
won only by sending every available
man to the front at once. The men
were sent, and women stepped for
ward to do work which men had done
before Women are driving cabs and
carts, cleaning streets, running street
cars, loading and unloading ships and
trains. doing all the clerical work and
all the agricultural labor usually per-
formed by men.
An American woman living in Ath-
ems writes that men between eighteen
and forty-five years have practically
vanished from the city. Their chauf-
feur is gone to the war and woman
drives their car The hotel chef is at
the front and his wife rules the kitch-
en- In his place. Athens has suddenly
become a city of women, children and
old men. Doubtless the same is true
of Belgrade and Sofia.-Chicago Jour
nal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Color and Climate.

sweat-glands and a sufficient mum.
Der thereof proportioned to the eli
mate to regulate the temperature of
the body apparently account for the
advantage the colored races have as
jewellers in the warmer climates over
those of the Caucasian race. The
Journal OF the American Medical as
ISOLATION, commenting on investiga-
lions made by Ebert Clark, Of the
University of the Philippines. at Ma.
Mia, gives as his findings: That the
Malay possesses IL to Is per cent.
more sweat-glands than the white:
negroes an excess Of 7 per cent. and
negritos an excess Of q per cent. for
adults and 81 per cent. for youths.
The journal is of opinion that the
dark-skinned dwellers of the tropics
disclose an advantage over white
skins, which the latter can Offset only
by seeking greater shade.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
PRODUCTION OF C0MB-H0NEY
One Of Fundamental Requirements OF
Equipment in Hives Is That
They Be Uniform IN Size.
(By GEORGE S. DEMUTH.)

(By GEORGE 5. Dem UIfi)
A beehive must serve the dual pur-
pose Of being home for colony OF
bees and at the same time tool for
the beekeeper. Its main require
ments are along the line of its
adaptation to the various manipula-
lions of the apiary In so far as these
do not materially interfere with the
protection and comfort it affords the
colony OF bees. Since rapid manipu-
lation is greatly facilitated by simple
and uniform apparatus, one OF the
fundamental requirements Of the
equipment in hives Is that they be OF
the same style and size, with all parts
exactly alike and interchangeable
throughout the apiary. While the
hives and equipment should be as
simple and inexpensive as possible,
consistent with their various func-
tons, a cheap and poorly constructed
beehive is, all things considered, an
expensive piece Of apparatus.
For comb-honey production the
brood chamber should be of such
size that by proper management 1t
may be we'll filled with brood at the
beginning of the honey flow, so that
the brood and surplus apartments
may be definitely separated. A brood
chamber may be considered too large
If by proper management it is not on
an average fairly we'll filed with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Her Life a Puzzle.

Extraordinary stories are told Of
the eccentricities of mysterious old
lady, whose death occurred recently
in London. She was known to her
neighbors as Miss Burnaby, and on
the rare occasions when she spoke to
them she assured them she was the
last surviving daughter of the late
General Burnaby. She was also said
to be a sister of Col. Fred Burnaby,
the hero of the famous ride to Khiva.
Turkestan. Miss Burnaby lived in
a house OF six rooms with an aged
housekeeper; both were over seventy.
During the twenty years she had lived
in the house she was never known
to receive a visitor. She went out
seldom-and then usually to church
Her eccentricity was mostly concerned
with her love of animals. She kept
as many as dozen cats. These lived
in her bedroom and slept on her bed
or in comfortably lined baskets. Ev-
cry morning fresh outlets Of fish were
given to her cats. each one receiving
it's portion upon dainty plate. She
never went to bed at night till she
was assured that every cat was safely
at home. Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
OPPOSITE IN THEIR NATURE
Those for Whom the World Is Made,
and Those Who Are Made for the
World, Are Far Apart.

The world is made for some Of US
and some Of us are made for the
world. If the world Is made for US.
all we have to do Is to let it take care
of us. If we are made for the world
we have to take care of tor at least
we work very hard at taking care OF
ourselves and our neighbors and think
that we are taking care Of the world.
A very ugly airedale terrier and
very beautiful angora cat live In the
same house. He sleeps on big pillow
on the back porch, and she sleeps on
a little pillow in the kitchen. He gets
the big bones, and she gets the little
ones. They are equally petted and
punished, and to all outward appear
ances are enjoying the same fortune
Of life.
But the world was made for her,
and he was made for the world. She
accepts her pleasant existence with
passive and assured satisfaction. She
is the natural recipient Of all good
things. She and her tail are the crea-
lions Of supreme interest, not only
to herself but to the family the vist-
tors and the neighborhood cats. The
food that is given her is enjoyed with
the same assurance with which the
whitest bedspread. the softest cushion
and the center of the hearth rug are
appropriated.
1t Is different with him. To him
life is a prize and the world is an
achievement. OF course, his efforts
consist primarily in boarding his food.
but he does not realize that fact. He
knows that he is very busy and works
hard and he really thinks that the
world could not get along without
him. The day that he buried his bis
cult in a post hole and it fell out OF
reach, his industry was as untiring as
1t was fruitless. On Thanksgiving
day dinner was late. and he had his
biggest bone ready for an emergency.
When he was called to dinner he
came with the bone in his mouth and
when the turkey was placed before
him he smelled it and hurried away
to bury his old bone before he began
to eat. You see he does not wait for
the world to take care Of him. He
does not think that there is anything
to be gained except by his own efforts.
He has abundant faith in himself, but
little in Providence.
And so it is that those of US who
are made for the world and to whom
life is responsibility that rests en-
tirely upon our own shoulders, must
work and worry and gnaw our bones
over and over again while those OF US
for whom the world was made have
nothing to do but accept its gracious
gifts and be content that they are
ours.-lndianapolis Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Brain and Muscles.

Experiments conducted by Mosso Of
Turin indicate that physical educa.
ton and gymnastics serve not only
for the development of the. muscles
but for that of the brain as we'll. 1t
is becoming evident, in the opinion OF
this authority, that as much time
should be devoted to muscular exer'
else as to intellectual exercise and
that children should begin reading and
writing only after they are nine years
old, .,
Muscular fatigue exhibits phenom.
ena identical with intellectual fatigue.
Nerve cells show tendency to rest
every ten seconds. 1t is probable that
only part of the brain is active at
time; the various parts relieve one
another. The more mobile any ami
mails extremities are the more intelli-
gent, other things being equal. it is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
SANDER In Pantomime.

An amusing feud Of two families In
the County Mayo. the Sweeneys and
the Caseys, was before the justices
at Kiltimagh on ,summonses, Mr.. Nc.
Ginley, district inspector of constabu.
larry, calculating its incidents.
One Of the Caseys having been or.
dered to wear spectacles, Sweeney for
ridicule paraded before their house in
a pair of tin goggles. Two Caseys
next appeared. One dropped purse,
which the other seized and ran away
with. This, said the inspector, was
to indicate that Sweeney had been
sent to reformatory for purse steal.
ing.
Two Sweeneys retaliated in the
street by one of them, with dramatic
flourish, aiming a wooden gun at the
other. This meant. said the inspec.
tor, that a Casey. water bailiff, had
been indicted for shooting at man.
London Mail
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Unfavorable Soils.

Clay soils are unfavorable to vege-
tation because the soil is too close and
adhesive to allow the free passage Of
air or water to the roots of the plants.
It also obstructs the expansion of the
fibres of the roots. Sandy soils are
unfavorable because they consist Of
particles that have too little adhesion
to each other. They do not retain SUI
f1cient moisture for the nourishment of
the plants. They allow too much So
lar heat to pass to the roots. Chalk
soils are unfavorable because they do
not absorb the solar heat, and are,
therefore, cold to the roots Of the
plants.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Winter Feed for Poultry.

One Of the best and most relished
winter feeds for poultry is cabbage,
says writer in an exchange. Even
though there be an abundance of
other green vegetable matter, should
still strive to add some cabbage to
the list. It is true that there Is no.
thing quite as good for the hens as a
growing crop, such as rye, over which
they can range and thus combine ex-
ercise with food getting and every
effort should be made to provide 1t,
but often space is too limited for such
crops, and dependence must be had
altogether on substitutes that can be
stored away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
GARDEN ann
FARM NOTES

Don't try to save money by buying
cheap seed.
Farm tests are worth more than all
the theories.
Deep blowing is necessary to get
the best results. .
Don't SOW alfalfa seed on very re-
Gently plowed land.
There never were better opportuni-
ties in vegetable garden than to-
day.
Cabbage growing for kraut fac.
tories is a peculiarly uncertain bust
ness.
Build a silo and save much of the
fodder that would otherwise go to
waste.
Watch your machinery for loose
bolts and nuts, and don't forget the
oil can. ,.s.
A half crop of corn can be turned
into five-sixths of a crop by saving
the fodder.
Two Of the best acreage-saving mon
ey-making propositions up to the farm
ers today are silage and alfalfa.
Don't plant the large varieties of Gu
cumbers, expecting to raise as many
as if the cluster kind We're used.
Although there is little data on the
subject, alfalfa silage of good quality
would certainly make an excellent hog
feed.
Driving a wedge with the back Of
the ak has spoiled many good tool.
Take paul or beetle to do that
work and save the ak for its own use
work.
Satisfy or vegetable oyster should
be left in the ground the same as
parsnips. Freezing improves it.
Thick neck onions are usually seen
during such seasons as have wet
weather at the usual time of ripening.
Some enterprising gardener should
work up a fancy trade on AL vege-
tables in the neighborhood of cities of
5000 or over.
Put a small handful of meal in the
pail of milk. The calf in licking the
pail will get the meal, and after 1t
learns to eat this way small feed
ing box can be used to better advan-
t2Ie.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15

David Prescott. He waved his hand
in friendly greeting to his cousin
"Come on spoke Randall hurriedly.
This is not at all interesting.
But that man waved his hand to
YOU" alt
"Oh, some mudlark Of the crew, l
suppose responded Randall.
He doesn't look like a mudlark'
said Dorothy. 'see him guide that
big frame thing. He must be pretty
smart and brave. There, it's In place.
That was just grand! what fine
looking fellow he is, too"
The irritated Randall managed to
draw his interested companion away
from the scene. He escorted his
charge to her friends. Randall called
at the Delcombes' home next morn
ing, primed for that vaunted proposal.
Mrs. Delcombe informed him that
Miss Vance had started away for
walk along the river She might have
added that her guest had asked a
good many questions about the Bur
tons the evening previous. Dorothy
had learned that Randall was not the
ambitious striving idol she had made
Of him. She learned Of the noble sac
rifce of his cousin. She discovered.
too, the meanness Of Randall in dis
owning his own kin the day before.
"The deuce!" exclaimed Randall Bur
ton, as he arrived at the bank of the
river 1
There was the truant lady. She
was conversing with David. The lat
ter was neatly attired, as he was al
ways when mere supervisory work was
going on. David was explaining to
his interested companion the great en-
cheering work in progress.
Randall came up, brash and braggart
as ever He tried to take Miss Dor
othy under his own especial wing,
whilst trying to impress his cousin
that she rightfully belonged there.
Somehow, it did not work. The will
full little miss continued interested
over the wonderful river project. She
was cool and distant when she walked
home with Randall.
II suppose l can call this evening"
submitted Randall in rather grum-
bling tone. ,@..g.
ooh, certainly" smiled the fascin-
ating little miss; only be sure to
bring your cousin, Mr.. Prescott. with
you. He is the most delightful young
man have ever met. l could listen
all day to his stories Of how he. and
those brave fellows with him are fight
ing the quicksands and the bog holes,
and just forcing that stubborn old riv-
er to go the way they want 1t to-"
There is an end to everything, and
the end Of Randall Burton's careless
ambitions was a position in a city Of
flee as second-rate stenographer. At
least he was independent now. and
that in a way gratiied old Seth Bur
ton.
The end of David's acquaintance
with pretty Dorothy was wooing.
The wooing ended in wedding, and
David Prescott's noble sacrifice for
others led to the winning of a loving
wife and sure start in the world as
one Of its future great engineers.
Copyright. 1912 by W. g. Chapman.)
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
HIS PROFITABLE FARM
LONG A FAILURE, BUT At LAST
BROUGHT AFFLUENCE.
Drummer's Successive SpecuIations
as to How 1t Was Brought About
Failed to Come Anywhere
Near the Facts.

They were travelling on the limit
ed, and as the curling smoke rose
from their cigars to the top of the
car they began to compare notes as
to business.
Things pretty good in your line?"
asked the hardware drummer, with q
glance at his companion, little man
with chin whisker that caused him
to look very much like the cartoon.
lists ideal Of Uncle Sam.
Very good-fact is, never better"
returned the little man. $50 good in.
deed that am now on my way to
New York with my family, where next
Saturday we are to take steamer for
Europe. I propose to rest over there
for the next five years on this years
profits"
"Fine!" cried the other. you must
have struck It rich. What was it
gold mine in your back yard?'
"Well-sort Of" smiled the little
man. 1T came along just at the right
time. too. Up to a month ago I was
what you might call on the ragged
edge-hangin' on by my eyelids, as
1t we're. I've been losin' money year
after year for goin' on ten years.
No matter how hard I worked there
was always a loss here or a loss
there that wiped out all chances OF
profit, until at last even the little cap
was face to face with ruin. Worst
of all, the banks had seen how things
we're goin' with me-the country
bank, you know, is pretty keen at
sizin' Teller up-and I couldn't beg,
borrer, or steal a dime to help me
out. 1t was pretty tough situation
for man with wife and three
daughters"
II should say So" said the drum
mer. But the tide turned at last,
eh?"
you betcher!" grinned the little
man. "And all inside Of month.
too. Ten days more and I'd have been
down and out for good, but now I'm
in the capitalist class. Made ten
thousand clear almost, you might say,
overnight. and, by ginger, I'm goin'
to enjoy It,"
Mighty interesting" said the drum
mer, enviously. May 1 ask what
the line was?"
ooh, farmin," said the little man.
handing over a 32-cent Havana.
Farming. eh?" said the drummer.
"And all of a sudden after years of
losses you switch into the profit class
for ten thousand?"
yep" said the agriculturist
HIM" unused the drummer.
Wasn't that rather sudden? You
must have changed your system rad
ically. What did you raise? Hay?"
"Nope-alfalfa, beets. potatoes.
squash-all stable stuff" said the
farmer.
"And you changed over to what
artichokes, asparagus and endive
salad, I suppose?". said the drummer.
NO." said the farmer. II just
leased the farm for 20 years for $1O.-
900 year to another party"
"That was clever" laughed the
drummer. but if you couldn't make
1t pay, how is he going to-"
Oh" said the farmer, hes. all
right-he's rented 1t to a golf club for
20 years at $4,000 per annum."-
Harper's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
For Hog ScaIding.

the hog. BY pulling on small end Of
pole one man can then easily lift the
hog while another turns it, writes Ar
mold Kurth in the Missouri Valley Far
mer. To hang hog put gambrel in on
one side and tie rope to that leg. Then
by walking to the left the man at the
end of lever can bring the hog up
and directly under pole when gambrel
can easily be put in place and the hog
hung with little exertion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
Super With Section Holder for Bee
way Sections.

brood at the beginning OF the honey
flow, and too small If it provides an
average of less room than the colony
is able to occupy with brood previous
to the honey flow. Unless the bee
keeper practices feeding, a brood
chamber that does not contain suti1'
cient room for both winter stores and
brood rearing during late summer and
autumn may also be considered too
small. It may be well to note that
by this standard, If the brood chamber
seems to be too small the fault may
lie in the management during the
previous autumn, winter or spring.
OF course the brood chamber that Is
barely large enough for one colony
will be too large for another IN the
same apiary, or the character OF the
season may be- such that all brood
chambers maybe too small for best
results one season and too large the
next, so an average must be sought.
The sectional hive in which the
brood chamber is composed of two or
more shallow hive bodies, making 1t
horizontally Invisible, offers some ad-
vantages, especially to the comb
honey specialist. Most of the ordinary
manipulations can. be, performed
readily with such hives without re-
moving the frames. One Of their
greatest advantages in comb-honey
production is the rapidity with which
the apiarist can examine the colonies
for queen cells if natural swarming Is
to be controlled by manipulation.
Some of the advantages Of the plain
over the beeway sections are: Q)
They are simpler in construction,
therefore costing less. (2) The edges
being plain with no insets, the plain
sections are more easily cleaned OF
propolis when being prepared for
market and are especially adapted
to cleaning by machinery. (3) BY
leaving the spacers in the super Sec
lions of the same honey content &C.
cupy less space in the shipping case,
thus reducing the cost Of packages.
ca The plain section is adapted to an
arrangement permitting freer COM
munication lengthwise Of the row Of
sections, especially at the corners.
Some of the advantages of the bee
way section are: % The honey is
somewhat less liable to injury by
handling. (2) Being wider at the