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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24


pose the saluting battery and heavy main battery
also and are manned and fred by the boatswan
sof der Prost, who is q ponderous map In his
iciaL garb and daring in the way he approaches
the ships, whose crews throng the sides and an
sswer the salute with revolver shot from the i
poop Il a
The saluting takes place before Der Prosit" i
within mailing distance, and all hands have 9
laugh at the tiny sounds, strongly contrasted IN \
their minds with the salute OF the big guns which
they are accustomed to hear. Next the boatsWaln
gets up in the bows and resting one hand almost
tfon top OF the foremost and lifting ,megaphone
as long as himself to his lips, calls out at the top
5ot his voice, S3ship. ahoy! The quartermaster
\ answers from the bridge. Hello. hello! 81 Der
8sProsit 2? Aye, aye the boatswain returns 7
Come alongside calls the quartermaster. Then
the admiral OF Der Prosit" rises in the stern,
some ten feet aft OF the boatswain In the bow ms
head on q level with the topmast, and bawls out
through his megaphone, All hands fur.r-l SAIL
with that the crew. consisting Of one man, who
4 also acts in the capacity OF foghorn, gets amid
ships and climbs the mainmast. which sways to
and fro as If about to capsize the entire craft
y md pulls down all the. sails. The vessel Is
standing to- q he then calls out to the boatswain'
who reports to the admiral over the crews head.
whom turn reports to Santa Claus sitting in the
8starn sheets at the tiller. All these orders are
4 given and carried out in the most solemn man
ner,s to the merriment OF the ships crew looking
ison from the rail above. its 4s5 3$,s% 81 $
crew OF fTOSlt tneH SSt6 SOd1o
U and pulls alongside while on deck the real boat
swain's mate pipes eight side boys to- stand at the
head OF the gangway and salute the admiral and
Santa Claus when they come aboard. The presi-
dent OF the United States only rates six side boys
& when he comes aboard, while Sanity has his
eight besides his petty officers while the pres
ssident's are only goodlooking apprentice boys AS
the sargosy draws alongside the boatswain pipes
y the long, low tune and three short blasts char
acteristics Of the coming aboard Of great men.
No less person than the captain Of the ship
meets the admiral of Der Prost, his wife,
4 SANITY laden with a huge basket full of presents,
II the boatswain and the crew, while the bugler
sounds three portentious ruffles and the ships
company, assembled aft, stands at attention. In
deed the officers all present, for they believe
in Sanity as well as do the crew. When the ad-
miral's wife, some fair faced sailor with Manila
rope hair and tawdry skirt, swings aboard hold
ling her train high and exposing generous view
3of stocking to the eyes Of the sailors great
laugh Is evoked and a shout goes up, higher,
h higher" or "Oh, you Kiddo" s.
MI The boatswain in command Of the crew shouts
I to his one man for, Attention." then puts him
4 through a series Of gymnastics of peculiar and
Intensely funny character. The admiral, as II not
thoroughly taking in the landscape, lifts huge
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Diplomat Who Vanished.

or disappearance most mysterious
was the case Of Benjamin Bathurst,
who vanished November Is, 1909, while
engaged !, on secret mission for the
foreign office. Vienna was the young
diplomatists objective, and, with his
friend and valet, in q post chaise,
Perleberg, a small posting town In
North Germany, had been reached.
Here Bathurst supped and slept. await
ing the arrival of fresh horses. Wax
ing, he asked were the horses ready.
and passed out of the inn door to make
inquiries. Eight people saw him go
out, but none ever set eyes on him
again. Various theories were set
afoot; Napoleon's spies, robbers. i'll
ness. About three years ago, in the
forest, near Perleberg. a skeleton was
discovered, with a hole in the skull, as
from a heavy blunt instrument. Was
1t that of "the English lord" as Perle-
berg people surmised?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Kind Of Cows We Need.

In these days, when the efficiency
fetch is SO rampant, everything in
the shape OF record-breaking pro-
duction Of some useful thing is of
popular as well as scientific interest.
This particular record-breaker is a
British short-horn COW OF the name
of Model Maid" in the neighborhood
of Bristol. She has just given 1884
gallons Of milk during a period of II
months. This is equivalent to some
thing over Is quarts day. including
Sundays and holidays. Obviously II
our local milkmen would take up q
collection and import I couple Of
Model Maids female offspring, little
very amateur eugenics would, in an
other decade or two, solve the city's
milk problem. A herd of but four
Model Maids would supply q hundred
families with their morning quart Of
milk through winter as well as sum
mer " ~ 3asst I'll Il & 4 IS -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

make the grass come along in places
where very little can be seen.
There ican be no such a thing as sys,
tematic management Of a dairy farm
without a regular rotation of crops In
which a legume figures at least once
in three or four years. }.3 u N
Never allow a heifer to dry on early
the first season, for once the habit be-
comes established it will be very DIFF,
f1cult to prolong the milking period.
Keep the herd bull where it will be
convenient to feed and water him at
the same time you care for the cows.
II he is kept OF by himself he IL quite
apt to be neglected.
I. II the ensilage Is frozen it is an ex-
cellent plan to leave it in the stable
two or three hours to take or the chill.
This may not sound like good advice
In the face Of what many authorities
say about the milk becoming tainted,
but it is better than feeding frozen en-,
silage to the COWS. {.;i3s s.I5. 4
&. Plan to tie the cows SO that they
cannot step on each others teats. Many
excellent cows have been ruined by
having the ones next to them step on
their teats. 5$ a X i, Il "a
s.G Avoid buying the so-called mixed
and prepared dairy feeds as long as
you can get the good whole grains
and hire them ground and mixed as
you want them No man knows just
what he is buying because the label
on the bags says SO much protein, etc.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
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4 Time for Reflection.

$ An old negro parson in a southern
church was denouncing theft to his,
congregation, when he said
IF there is any member of this
congregation who is guilty Of theft,
he had better repent at once and be
saved. e 3,
On his, way home he was stopped
by Old Rastus, who had listened to
the sermon intently. u.
Don't. you think, parson, that next
Sunday will do just as well as tonight
to repent?" asked Rastus.
But, Rastus, why not repent to-
night and be saved, man q" S
"Well, parson, it's this way ex-
planned Rastus. II want just one mo-
chicken TO- tomorrow dinner, and
know wha' l can get dat chicken wild
out bein' caught tonight. Sg.g
well" said the parson, hesitating,
II don't know what to say, so think
I will take dinner. with you tomorrow
and then talk the matter over with
you. National Monthly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
a s(By w. MILTON KELLY
every dairyman should be q speci

I'd t}3 y(By2 w. MILTON KELLY.)
Every dairymaq should be q special
LIST. ~ ~ IN \ X Z
Future performance depends upon
present management. b
Scientific feeding is only Q high
sounding name for rational feeding. 4,
I. The special purpose COW is one
means OF securing success in dairying.
y The first essential of a profitable
dairy business is an intelligent dairy.
man. z I 4,yjs A, 3
The real value OF pure bred dairy
COW lies in her; pedigree-it is the pre-;
potent power of heredity. ;ss sb AZ. y
Every well organized farm has been
made SO by a man with q well-organ-
lied mind 49, 8. VI st &S q.
Good common sense mixed with
Judgment and knowing the needs and
characteristics Of the animals insures
success. 3 Fl,
Z It is unfortunate that there are not
solid nelghborhoods Of dairymen who
work together in improving their
dairy herds. (: tgi &g
81 The future hope OF our. farming de-
ponds upon how our young men are
educated that they may see how ma
ture works. Ii
Every COW that is worth raising a
calf from should be considered as do
ing a double work and be fed and treat
ed accordingly. j; 5.5s :
Z A little top, dressing will help out
the thin spots in the new seeding and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
FEW EXCELLENT FARM NOTES
Thousands of Injurious insects May Be
Destroyed BY Rakino the Place 4
Other Odds and Ends.

Put up new Shooting Forbidden"
signs. u. s$ "a Y; S. y. j}%l5l
Y One can destroy thousands Of In
sects one cannot see by raking and
burning all rubbish, on the place.
An inspection Of the chimneys now
and a little mortar may save q bad
fire this winter. tt,ss5g
Cut scions now for grating next
spring. Pack in sawdust or sand very
lightly dampened. ~. @ss5. s ..5s.t4 y
Il Fasten down the tops of the hay
stacks-or better still cover them!
It pays big. "a "a
# Open UP and clean out every drain
ditch on the place. III ri !$l =,stt
Il Rush the work on the ice house, but
do not put in the first ice that comes.
Mulch the strawberry bed after.
the ground freezes, not before.
Push the turkeys for three weeks
just before selling. l.
Keep some Of your best turkeys and
chickens for the Christmas market.
and send them in early to avoid the
glut. .5s4 t,
Keep the paint brush going until
every implement on the place is COW
cred X, .s5 a .5s g
1t will take a few hundred feet Of
thing, some grading, and little ell
bow-grease to make the feed lot dry
during the winter, but twill pay big
In the added comfort to the animals,
which always means added flesh.
II we cannot afford q silo, we can
certainly afford q field Of horned tur-
nips or mangels. They, are not equal
to silo, OF course, but they do help
TO make dry feed palatable, and there
fore increase its value. js..
The feed.cutter should be in use on
every farm. the corn.shredder is an
excellent thing, but why not put all
of the corn crop5in q silo as the best
probable position to get every pound
of value of 1t. s5st 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Barr Bar. slovens..

4 Capt. Barr of the Carmania, who.
distinguished himself in the Volturno
rescue work, is strict but Just disci-
plinarian. !! Y,
& OF Capt. Barr, who insists on spot
less neatness always. they tell a story
in shipping circles. SAL 81
II. A very dirty young diver, 1t appears,
was boasting in an hotel smoking
room about the dangers Of his call
ing. " Il \ n.
Yes" said the young man, as he re-
lighted the stub OF his cigar---Syes.
you sailors, Capt. Barr, think you lead
. dangerous life, but l, let me ten you.
I carry my life in my hands"
4 5t. oh, see" said Capt. Barr and
that's why you never wash them. eh--- ~
for fear you'll drown yourself. !" (, !.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
ANECDOTES or FAMOUS W.T.
Life. Of Labouehere Of London Truth
RepIete With Incidents Worth .a
~ the Telling. f-!F@' a&

One, of the most fascinating Of the
many books Of biography that have
appeared during the present publish
ing season is the one dealing with the
life Of Henry Labouchere. It is cram.
med with good stories told by or
about this remarkable man, most of
them relating to his career in the dip
lomatic service. ~, i$is +
While he was In Washington he
planned a little holiday excursion. and
he was just about to start when he
received letter addressed in the well
known handwriting of his chief.
Suspecting that the instructions 1t
contained would render his holiday
Impossible, he put the letter unopened
in the tail pocket of his coat and pro-
ceeded to carry out, with great salts
faction to himself, the, holiday he had
planned. &
Then, when he was quite ready to
return, he opened the Utter, which he
had carried the whole time in his
tail pocket, and found that his suspi-
cions OF its contents had been very
well founded. Z. s.. a A;
$ He sat down, therefore, and wrote
I nice letter of apology to his chief,
beginning Your letter has followed
me here n Which, after all, was
nothing but the simple truth 81
r Some of his most amusing diplo-
matte experiences occurred in Ger
many, and he was especially proud Of
the popularity he enjoyed at Frank
fort, which he explained in this way:
Sometimes there was ball at
court, which the foreign diplomatists
were expected to attend. At the first
ball sLabouchere attended he found
himself at supper next toss grandee
very gorgeous in stars and ribbons
When a servant came to pour out
champagne, which Labouchere detest-
! ed he shook his head. r. 81 II i s; 81
The grandee Immediately nudged
him. Let him pour it out" he said.
Labouchere signed to the man to
pour out the glass OF champagne, and
the grandee explained in whisper
that their host never gave his guests
more than one glass. $50 you see,'s
he added, III 1 drink yours / shall
have two .ss5,.9f
after this" Labouchere used to
ssay, there used to be: quite a strug-
gle to sit next me at court suppers!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

ware. It looks as If it we're made by
peasants. In the center of each dish
is the somewhat crude, but at the
same time decorative, drawing Of
peasant-men, women and children
are all portrayed. The drawing is
outlined with fine black lines and is
filed in with color. About the edges
of the dishes are bands Of gay flow.
ers, stiff and cheerful looking.
The dishes are made in interesting
shapes, and would be especially ap-
propriate for nursery dishes With
which to set the children's table.
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Excellent Brain Food.

The apple Is an excellent brain
food because it has more phosphoric
acid in easily digestible shape than
other fruit. 1t, excites the action Of
the liver, promotes sound and healthy
sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the
mouth. This Is not all. The apple
helps the kidney secretions and pre-
vents calculus growths, while it OBJ
viates indigestion, and is one OF the
best representatives. known of diseases
of the throat Everybody should be
familiar with such knowledge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

other urns where steam is turned on, WnHe al
tha skinners. % - n .4s-s
when they are done the ships cook himself.
.hn naces to and fro in the galley all the whlle,
mounts upon the nearest urn with HIS! and TAX
tnp !, ereat six.foot masher proceeds to pound
them into a white 1akey mass MT Tor KING.
But this is not all he has to 40, eltner Ane
+,,rkavs are browning in the long ovens and no
and his three assistants have continually 10 open
tha doors probe with long forks into the sWeAlhs
breasts and ascertain when to take tnem out.
The mess tables are all numbered so that eacn
sailor knows just where to go Wnen ne sets uown
through the hatchway, and he doesn't waste any
time getting there on this occasion It Is indeeo
sin eular and lively scene on the gundeck at TINS
period Every mans plate Is $heaped TO the Dim
before him and all apply themselves with 9 oar.
ing and disregard for mere stomacns tnat Woulo
make 4 dyspeptIc vince and turn his head Dozens
Of tables dangle from hooks between parallel col
INNS OF sailors who seem only restrained from
eating each other alive by the fimsy, yacHatng
boards which support the food
When these ravenous appettes have been
slaked and even those who have the dating pow
ers Of an anaconda are put at rest, or IN PAIN al
the case may be- some of the" old shellbacks VIII
begin to grow reminiscent and tell OF the Christ
masses they have spent in lands where there were
no turkeys nor anything else 1T for the DIG
feed" Il
Says old Pete, the sailmakers mate: Il mind
nothin' in the storeroom but q ton OF crusty hard
biscuits full Of bugs, SO when y busted 'em with
the handle We yer knife they went whimty nifty
in every direction-under yer plate, behind yer
cup. up yer sleeve and around the mess pans.
But, mates, that was Christmas fer yer life! we
couldn't eat the buffalo meat it was that much
like bolt rope SO we drunk or coffee and engaged
ourselves in bug races down the table. By tryin'
all the bugs out we got some speedy ones And
they was speedy. had one that could trot down
that table-trot, mind y'-like it was Maude .
herself The devil Of it was the bloody bug
wouldn't keep in the course between the plates
Shed break fer a hole near the finish. bet big
money on 'er though and after loosn' 20 bones
by her duckin' out of it when she was two whole
plate lengths ahead. mind y. l fingered could
head her of the next time and win anyhow, SO
put up so bones-50 good cold plunkers on that
skinny little runt Of bug, and strike me blind!
you ought a seen that race! Go! That cussed
little bug slid down that mess table like it was on
ball bearings. headed er off at the hole with
a piece OF tack and she run clean again the bot
tom board Of the table an butted 'er brains out,
kicked over on 'er back stone dead. But that
race Whew! raked in the coin from the cap
tain Of the hold Christmas Well, strike me, fell
lers! That was some Christmas even If we
didn't have any eats" ft,- 81 s--l..- .s'l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

the group is most effective on the win
dow ledge Of a sunny dining room.
Wandering Jew is cheerful winter
plant, for its pale green leaves seem
to catch and hold the sunshine. Wan
dering Jew may be rooted in bowl Of
water and kept on bracket all win
ter by window, q little water being
added from time to time. Planted In
earth, this plan grows very rapidly
and takes on a darker, richer green.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
LOADING BARRELS IN WAGON
Two Pieces Of 2 BY finch Wood With
Conceived Place Near Center. Will y
Prevent Any Rolling.

A barrel loaded in "a wagon box is
apt to roll about unless pieces are
placed under the edges, but even
then, II the barrel is a large one and
full, the pieces will not hold it. "A
simple device for keeping the barrel
from rolling is made of two pieces OF
2 by 4.inch wood, about 81 feet
long, with a conceived place cut out
near the center, as shown, and the
ends cut to- a point SO that the barrel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Cheaper potash.

Deposits 5of nitrate Of potash have
been discovered at Prieska, in north
ern Cape Colony, South Africa. The
goods are being offered in small lots
in England at. $45 per ton against
$95 for German and East Indian
nitrate OF potash. Standard potash
nitrate contains IL per cent. nitrogen
and As per cent. potash. A reduction
Of one-half in wholesale price Of these
elements would be boon
to agriculture the world over. a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Very. Very INTELLIGENT,

From an observation made at Green
wich it has been proved that the
new" comet discovered by an Ar
gentine astronomer is Westphal's COM
ct, which returns every 81 years. The
faithful little beast! The homing in
stinct in some comets is wonderful
Punch. 49,. -.:t.5r... s. Is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

for you to imagine where the water
works are. You will usually find them
pleasantly situated at the other side
of the county seat. BY going to the
local political gang and carrying one
or two elections you will eventually
get a stream of water running into
your pipes which will excite the envy
of every one within reach Of your
megaphone.-Life. -.
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Water for the Wheat,

! II an inch OF water is worth two
and one.half bushels of wheat to the
acre, and the farmer wants to average
Is bushels of wheat, his problem is
to secure and place at the disposal OF
his wheat plants, just ten inches OF
water. Simple, isn't it. It's Just q
matter of ,arithmetic-and using ones
intelligence.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
EIoxer. That Yield Soar.

English countryfolk, on occasion.
still find substitutes for soap among
the Wild flowers Of the hedgerow.
The best OF these 10 the z soapwort,
which contains q mucilaginous juice
which fathers freely, but almost equal
ly good for washing purposes are the
corn cookie, the wild lychnis, the
scarlet pimpernel, and the familiar.
Glove The fruit Of THE horse chest
nut, also, has saponine qualities, and
is largely used In place of soap In
rural districts on the continent
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

A single grapefruit seed, planted IN
rich soil and watered diligently, Will
develop into a graceful little tree,
with glossy, dark green leaves-just
the thing to stand on the porch step
in summer and on hall table in win
ter. Three of the seeds, planted IN a
large pot last spring, have grown into
three of these little tapering trees, one
much taller than the other two. and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Cause Of "Grass Eggs

When eggs are candled and show a
pale, greenish hue and the yolk wob
bles around in weak, watery white
they are called grass eggs" II cooked
they have an unpleasant flavor When
a hen is made sick eating too freely o,
grass, she lays these kind of eggs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Eans for Matching.

: Eggs that are rough, or have thick
heavy ridge around them, or those
that are speckled with clear specks
will rarely hatch, and should be
sorted out of the eggs for Matching
A long slim egg does not produce =
good healthy chick, If 1t should
hatch, but 1t rarely does.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

complish double purpose. The aban-
doned farm is form of entertainment
INDUCED in by many to whom faro,
horse racing and Wall street are not
exciting enough. Besides, just as in
human beings, no matter how low an
abandoned farm may have sunk there
is always some good in it.
To rehabilitate an abandoned farm
and put it on its feet is a great pleas
ure. First, remove all the plumbing,
replacing it with gold-plated pipes aud
belt line of shower baths; after this
has been finished will be time enough
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
NOT il. OF THE SAME STRAIN
Famous Dogs Of ST. 7ernard's Pass
Ars Not the Equals Of Those OF
Former Days. ss. e,

Half a century ago, or even in more
recent days, such rescues by st. Ber-
nard dogs as the one reported recently
from st. Demands pass were matters
OF comparatively frequent occurrence
and many were the romantic tales told
Of the almost human intelligence dis
played by the st. Bernards Of the ia
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
CITY MANS IDEA Of FARMS
3lntende "a Witticisms VIII Be Amuslns
70 Those Who Live in the A0ri-
81 cultural Districts.

Farms may be roughly divided into
two kinds-the gentleman's or non
saying farm and tho common or gar
den farm: When you have saved up
enough money to keep you in your
old age buy q farm. Besides getting
rid OF your money death will come as
4 2 welcome relief-thus you will &C
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24
Greenhouse Glass.

OF late years the sizes OF glass in
greenhouses have been running larger.
Some have tried very large sizes In
deed. Nearly all the leading growers
near Boston have settled down to q
size six by twenty-four inches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-12-24

nous hospice, which were; specially
trained by the monks to fulfill their
errands of mercy. e.
The breed is in q very different po-
sition from that which it occupied
many years ago, for practically the en-
tire stock of st. Demands belonging to
the hospice was wiped out by terrific
storm one winters night. This neces-
STATED the monks rebuilding their
strain from blood obtained from the
plains below and other sources, a
course which was taken much against
their will, for they have prided them