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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
MOLE WORKS X, IN WINTER n. 7
Shallow RunWays Are Rapidly Ex.
M tended in All Directions During
the Moist and Rainy Seasons.

q Ns.r,N : ~ s .Ta, B. Is
The mole, like the pocket gopher.
ia more or less active at all seasons
OF the year, but 1t is during the rainy
period, when the soil is moist, that
his work is pushed most vigorously.
Shallow runways are then rapidly ex.
tended In all directions and old run.
ways repaired.
Z When mole makes up his mind to
go in certain direction, nothing but
concrete or stone will stop him. The
strength Of these little animals IL mar
velous. They will heave up the sur
face Of a path trodden SO hard that
repeated blows of a pick will be need.
ed to break the crust. III 81 4
Ordinarily the mole makes his way
through the soil as root does, or q
stake when driven by the blows Of .
sledge. The earth Is not excayated.
but simply crowded aside. When tha
ground becomes very hard, Of course.
the mole is obliged to .excavate the
passageways and push the loose dirt
out through the opening of the roof
of his tunnel. 2 4! IN b "a n
The mole keeps at work all through
the winter in places where the ground
is not frozen too hard. He works more
frequently in the morning and even.
ing. II.
Moles do very little harm to the
roots Of grain, grasses or vegetables,
except in pushing the soil aside, and
they live principally on the white
grub, earth worms and beetles.
He thus proves himself to be q
friend to mankind, because grubs are
the greatest scourge of grass and 9th
er valuable plant roots.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
PUTS BABY TO BED ON SNOW
somnambuIIst Father Takes Good
st5 Care Of the Child, but Mother
F55 Gets Scare.

Bangor, Me.-Mrs. Edward Parady
of the French settlement near Still
water went to church the other eve
ming, leaving the infant in its crib
with the father sitting by the fire close
by. As she drove up the lane leading
to the house on her return she fancied
that he heard faint moan. Entering
the house she found the cradle empty
and the father was asleep in his
chair. r.-@r Ts2 =
Where is baby, Edo" she asked.
Parady started up in surprise, say
ing. why. baby's in her crib. OF
course" s.-.-. N. +. 2
In a flash Mrs. Parady thought OF
the moan that she had heard at the
foot Of the lane. and out into the night
she ran. Near an old pump, almost
buried in the deep. soft snow, was the
baby. One hand and one cheek had
become Chilled, but the infant was
we'll and cheerful.
Then Parady thought OF the only
explanation that has yet been offered.
II worked hard that day." said he.
"and was very sleepy. remember
of thinking of going to bed and OF
taking baby with me. am sleep
walker and l guess I must have fallen
asleep and then got up and carried
baby out into the snow instead OF to
bed. The snow looked white and soft,
like q bed. I guess that must have
been the way out Of it. :"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

- on Any Farm. *
In order to replace the ingredients
which have been removed by previous
crops are called manures. The oldest
and most common form of manure is
the farm manure. or all fertilizers
this is the most popular. Early Ro-
man writer's called attention to the
fact that the addition Of the excreta
OF farm animals to the soil resulted
in increased production, and from that
time to the present the majority of
farmers have placed their reliance on
this class of manuree for maintaining
the fertility of the land.
A well-kept manure heap may be
safely taken as one of the surest indi-
cations Of thrift and success in farm
ing. Neglect of this resource causes
losses, which, though little appreciat-
ed, are vast in extent. Waste OF
manure is both so common as to breed
Indifference and so silent as to escape
notice.
According to recent statistics there
are in the United States, in round
numbers, 28,300,00O horses, mules, etc,
100000 cattle, 100000 hogs and
57,50O,000 sheep. If these animals
were kept in. stalls or pens throughout
the year and the manure carefully
saved, the approximate value of the
fertilizing constituents OF the manure
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

generating as we'll as dying-what are
the. conditions that produced this re.
suit? T.5
In some measure they are purely
physical, according to the students of
the eugenic problem who met at the
national conference at Battle Creek.
In the last SO years there has been an
appalling shift in the center Of grav-
ity, due to the worlds progress in me-
chanics. Frederick L. Hoffman esti-
mates that in the last decade the city
population has increased IS per cent,
while the rural population has in
creased but one per cent.
Cities" he said, boast Of their
growth in population. when they
should be weeping" X H.
Hence factory degeneration" as re-
ported from densely populated milling
sections of the south. In senate docu.
ment printed at the request Of Sena-
tor Townsend, the statement 1t made
that Sin Manchester and other English
manufacturing districts the police
force Is largely recruited from the
country districts, because the home
grown men are not large enough"
In Is years tho British Association
for the Advancement of Science found
the average height Of men had de-
creased one inch. The same authority
found the we'll to do Briton on an av-
erage Of 31a inches taller than an en-
ploye in the, mills, and that at the age
Of twelve the height of their respect
i've sons differed by five inches. In
IS years the height required for ad-
mission to the British army was lower
ed from s feet 6 inches to feet, and
still the proportion Of reflections for
this cause remained the same.
Z. Similar testimony as to race deteri-
Grafton comes from Scotland, Ireland.
Germany and France. DR.. Alexander
Graham Bell points out that asylum
treatment and the very natural inter-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
RoUGHAGE TO FATTEN LAMBS
Test at North Dakota Experiment Sta.
.%' ton Shows Corn SILK Not the n
Best Of Feeds.

Several years work in lamb feed
ing at the North Dakota experiment
station are reported in bulletin 143.
The result shows that corn silage does
not make the best Of feeds as a sole
ration for lambs. No matter how
thrifty the lambs were they could not
be induced to eat enough silage to fat
ten them. The station recommends
pea hay as good roughage with corn
for fatten!ng, as it made very uni.
form gain in their work.
Shredded fodder made the poorest
Of roughages. Tried with a corn ra-
ton, gains were not at all uniform,
ranging from six to 33 pounds per
head in 70 days. The average gain
per head was not as large as they
made when fed with good prairie hay
with some sort of grain ration. They
found. however, that shredded fodder
has certain value for fattening, but
it is not to be compared, ton for ton,
with prairie hay. q.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
VIVA. EUGEN|S7S Of THE WORLD
ARE ENDEAvOR|NG TO- ACCOMPLISH
Some Insist the Race Is Deteoratg Says Herbert Carey
Rush to the Large Cities and the Completely Modern Life
Given as Among the Causes-Many Depressing Facts
H. Are Revealed r. "

New York.-To the lay mind scienti-
DC eugenics seems to be founded upon
q the blacklist pessimism, says Herbert
Carey. Perhaps scientists see more
q clearly than the rest Of us-though
3 they do not all see alike. or get the
same conclusions from the same facts.
Some Of them are sure we are going to
\ the apes very fast Death and degen.
! Grafton and insanity and gibbering
idiocy seems to be the only possible
end for the human race they think
unless something is done at once to
B check our sliding tendencies. Per
haps the most disheartening revelation
4 II that we are no stronger or more
capable aentally or vigorous morally
than our forefathers were in the days
when they dressed in pigment pen
and ink sketch. 4.
I'VE speak with pride Of the advance
7 OF human civilization" says Doctor
Metcalf, land that blinds us to the
fact that since the dawn OF history
there has been no clearly recognizable
evolution of mankind. We reach larger
results in the problems OF life than
I did our progenitors 5000 years ago.
\ because we build upon the experience
of the generations between.
Other scientists swell this despond.
ent chorus. Prof. Ray Lancaster
1 sounded the keynote in 1892. when he
wrote that compared with the fore
fathers Of our civilization. the ancient
Greeks, we do not appear to have i'm
proved so far as our bodily structure
I Is concerned, and assuredly not 50 far
as some Of our mental Capacities are
concerned" i.{ y 81
Dr., J. H. Kellogg declares that "the,
4 human race is dying" Rev. Newell
+ Dwight Hills is quoted as declaring
that within 400 years we shall all be
insane The superintendent Of the
asylum at Austin. Tex, in an official
report published some years ago. held
that "the insane in this state may soon
outnumber the sane" He jocularly
added that in that event the insane
might turn themselves out Of the asy-
$lums and put the sane in. S.
H. H. Laughlin of the Cold Spring
Harbor eugenics record Office learns
from the thirteenth census that there
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
DAIRYMAN MUST WORK BRAIN
Ono Farmer Succeeded on 12o-Acre
Farm With sixty.three Cows Where
( Another Failed With Twenty.

Il e. r .
A dairyman with a poor herd re-
ceives quite large check at the end
Of the month and he may fail to dis
tinguish between receipts and net
profit. This delusion has been the
cause of many a failure. rs
+ All over this country are individual
dairymen whose success is noticeable.
One dairyman lost a 120-acre farm
keeping 20 cows that produced two
to four. cans Of milk per day. hiring
two men. AZ E <.
His successor on the same farm
hired three men, kept 63 cows and
produced 80 cans of milk per day dur
ing the flush OF the season. one
months return being $40. This is an
example, Of brain fertility and not soil
fertility. A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

/ are 914.7 inmates Of institutions OF
various sorts to the 100, 900 OF popula.
& ton in this country-or almost one
per cent. He has recently declared
that ten per cent OF us are so far IAN
stisocial' as to be unfit for parentage.
E. 3. Rittenhouse, president OF the re-
Gently formed Life Extension insti-
tute, Of which former President Taft
Is an active member. in recent paper
said that rs per cent. of the 20,O00000
school children in the United States
are more or less defective. Dr.. v. v.
Vaughan of Ann Arbor-who speciti-
cally declares he is not an alarmist-
says .'the American people are threat
4 ened with spread of mental and NOR
al degeneracy through the multiplica-
ton of the unfit"
DR. Gertrude Hall says that only
y one-haH Of the dependent children we
I have examined and tested in New
York state are up to normal standard
\ Cancer is killing $4,000 annually in
the United States and 100000 die from
4 tuberculosis, not to speak Of the other
chronic diseases, some Of which, on
/ the authority Of statisticians, have
{ doubled their mortality rate in thirty
years.
Reports show that in certain parts
of England, Scotland and Ireland the
physical condition Of the Inhabitants
has degenerated. On the moral side we
are getting no better fast-and we're
q little worse here than our neighbors
Rittenhouse, who is an authority, says
that 5000 murders are committed In
! the United States annually and an av-
erage Of 116 murderers are executed.
We have the appalling homicide rec
ord OF over 100 per million OF popula-
ton, against seven in Canada, nine In
Great Britain and is in Italy. The
birth rate is declining and the span
Of life shortening. About $4,000 men
and women commit suicide in this
country each year. Kellogg says that
the daily average dose Of poison--al-
cohol, nicotine, caffeine and opium--is
1858 grains Our eyes and ears and
teeth are going back on US. Over Is
per cent. Of the rapidly increasing
number OF insane are paretic. because
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
OF one Accord.

81 Two men who had long been on bad
terms with each other met one day
and said one to the other, whats
the sense Of two intelligent men goin'
along month after month like q couple
Q. wild cats spittin' at each other?
It's burnin' shame that we two be
actin like q couple of boobies. Shake
hands and come and have a drink"
The. other asserting, they went to the
nearest bar. After the drinks had
been taken, silence fell between the
two. What are you thinkin' about? p
asked one. "Orm thinkin' the same
thing that you, are" was the reply.
$50" n said the first. "ye're startin'
agin. are yer? 2"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Pluto,cerat w. Noble man.

A prominent society matron, apro
pos OF an international marriage that
had ended badly, said:
This scoundrelly foreigner ought to
have been treated at the start as old
Gobsa Golde treated the .Vicomte
pOignon. a{5
'.The Vicomte rOignon, presenting
himself at Codes cream-colored pal.
ace in Fifth avenue, demanded the
hand Of Miss Lolita. y E.
"Old Gobsa Code shook his head
and pursed his lips. Then. with a
kindly smile. drawing out his wallet,
he said: is ,3 & &.
oh. no.; I can't give You my
daughter. That is asking too much.
Here. however, are half q dozen soup
tickets ~,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

marriages ID resulting IN race Of
deaf mutes.. DR.. Lillian South, the
state bacteriologist of Kentucky. in
discussing the fight being made
| against hookworm in that state, said:
| Hookworm victims are stunted men
tally and physically. There are not
enough able.bodied men in some Ken.
lucky counties to hold the Offices. OF
the 10000 inhabitants Of Rowan coun-
ty, 1000 were illiterate not long ago"
Doctor South told one very striking
story of the effect hookworm has upon
its victim: o. IN -" ~
"One farmer" said she, sold his
farm for $4,000 in gold because Of
the deposit of coal beneath the sur
face. He kept that gold hidden about
his house., because he didn't know
what to do with it. Nor did he change
his manner of life" .,..s.. f.,
The growth of city population is
grave factor. British Investigators
found that not only does life in city
tend to make the next generation
weaker, because of the noise, stresses
and infections, but that the people
who move In from rural district are
apt to be of weaker type to start
with. 5 Hence progressive deteriora-
ton. Alcohol is charged with much
of the responsibility. Prof. Alfred
Gordon studied 1T alcoholic families
of Philadelphia, to find that all of the
200 children In 80 Of these families
showed signs of degeneracy, and OF
them $50 were epileptic. Of5"7S chill
dren found in 20 families whose pa
rents and grandparents We're both al.
coholic, IS were imbeciles and rs in
sane" The use Of drugs has largely
Increased in the last few years-of
which a disproportionate increase oc.
CURED in the cities-with deleterious
results. ft% ~
The increasing complexity Of mod
ern life was favored cause for decay,
in the opinion of several speakers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
A Good Feed Rack.

+ @@SA Good Feed Rack. VIII Y
OF its live weight, only show beasts
may be reckoned to do THAT. The
primest may kill to II per cent. when
cake-finished. A good average is So
per cent. Mutton sheep newly shorn
will kill about 3 per cent. more than
cattle. ~
+ If any single mistake in winter calf
raising could be designated as the
greatest, 1t Is that Of allowing the little
fellows to run with the grown stock
where they are hunted about, cheated
of their share Of feed and made 70
stand in the most uncomfortable paris
of the sheds or barns. w.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

Of syphilis, the ulcer which is eating
into modern civilization" The whole
racial situation. as viewed by the sci.
entists, recalls one Of Booker Wash.
ington's stories. He met an old colored
woman one day. 80. ~ -:
Where you goin'. Aunt Calline?" he
asked. *, 4 VI
Lawd bless you, Misteh Washing
ton" said Aunt Caroline, Use done
been where rs gwine." s5s ~ :. ~.
Conceding that the scientific eugen-
lists have established their contention
that the human race is rapidly de-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

that he was acting for what he con-
ceived his fathers welfare in fasten-
ing him with a chain, as the father
gave evidences Of insanity and had
made threats against members Of the
family. A policeman, who took the
father to the city hospital. reported
that the son had been arrested, but
later it developed that when the cir
cumstances had been explained to the
police officials in charge Of the station
to which the patrolman reported. the
official decided there was no ground
for arrest. The son said he had not
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
WOODEN LEG AS a WEAPON 'l:'
One Duelist Hurls Glass Eye at Other
When Hit With Hair.Growing
Peg Leg.

Charleston. w. Va.-A unique fight.
lin which q glass eye and a wooden leg
were the chief weapons used, was
fought In Charleston the other night,
Alexander James OF Paint Greek and
James Edwards, who came here from
Kentucky, were the principals.
It Ill happened over q wooden leg.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

Edwards, who is peg-legged man,
loaded up with liquor and lay down for
a nap. A practical joker applied coat
Of paint to the wooden leg and then
sprinkled handful of horse hair over
it. making it appear hair had grown on
the artificial leg.
s When Edwards awoke somebody told
him James was responsible for the
trick. A few minutes later Edwards
met James, who has glass eye, and
calmly unstrapping the wooden prop
struck James over the head. INJECTING
a severe CASH.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
PROFIT FROM MANURE
GREAT ANNUAL LOSS Is CAUSED
BY CARELESS MANAGEMENT.
Well-kept Heap Is surest Sign OF
Thrift and Success In Farming
Importance Of Fertilizer Is
Not Fully Appreciated.

Every crop removed from the soil
takes from it materials which have
been used in building up the plants
tissue. Soil with no fertility added
and which annually bears crop, must
in time become exhausted Of its store
Of valuable plant food. and unfit to
bear further profitable crops Sub
stances which are added to the soil
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Profits In Sheep.

A great teal Of the profits in sheep
raising depend upon the quick
growth Of .he lambs If they are to
be sold early in the fall they should
be kept growing every minute posi-
BILE. When they get good start in
their growth, and are placed on the
pasture. their development is never
checked. lf,-:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
CHAINED FATHER FOR SAFETY
st. Louis Butcher, Whose Parent Was
Insane, Not Arrested by
the Police.

st. Louis.-The statement given
out that Morris Glazer, who runs a
butcher shop here, had been arrested
after the police found his father, Max
Glazer, chained to the floor Of q room
in the rear Of the butcher shop, proves
on investigation to have been untrue.
Morris Glazer convinced the police
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Good Weed Destroyers. #
The value Of sheep as weed de.
stroyers should not be overlooked.
uncultivated Land,

Uncultivated land is growing scarcer
all the time, but, according to govern
ment statistics, there is yet sufficient
to supply nearly a million with home
steads Of 100 acres each. The home
steadier has to travel farther than he
once did and has not as choice pick
ing, but he can still find good farm
If hi hunts for it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Cow. Must Have Comfort,

Keep a sharp lookout for the COW
that is failing to pay for the unusual
amount Of care she requires during
the winter months; for ! the main
tenance of clean. comfortable quar-.
tiers ana for the extra quality Of high
priced feed she consumes-which is
just as much as that eaten by your
best cow. ~. I- n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
His Fad.

mo-" said Abner Meddergrass. d.
rector of school district IA, Hooppoole
township; mo, I don't imagine as you'll
do nohow for our school teacher. I
wants one as is we'll up in grammar.
It's a fad OF mine. You don't seem to
know, nothin' about that important
study Good morptn'."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

y e. IL F.. .E,E q. p Z 2 "a
produced by each horse or mule
would annually be $27. by each head
Of cattle $40, by each hog 81, and by
each sheep 81. 1t is fair to assume
that at least one-third of the value
of the manure is annually lost through
careless methods OF handling, and this
estimate is conservative. Even at this
figure we have the tremendous sum Of
$S25, 100000 as the annual loss in the
United States. This condition Is the
more unfortunate because practically
all of 1t could be prevented. 8$-
The great Importance of farm ma
nure is not appreciated to its full
extent by many farmers. A great
many OF those engaged in agricultural
pursuits seem to have little realization
Of the immense loss incurred through
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Girl kun. "Ma.her" with HatpIn.

Milwaukee, Jan. 2s.-Daniel Swee-
ney Of Cleveland, O., tried to mash"
Miss Catherine Hermes on New
Years eve. The girl jabbed him
three times with a hatpin. The hatpin
broke in his back. Sweened died two
weeks later from blood poison.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
: !. "a. "a SECRET Marrianea

Ia Is Bar to Secret marrtd0eo.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Secret marriages
cannot be kept secret If the bride
wishes to vote In California. Deputy
County Clerk McAleer handed down a
ruling which declared that women
must state under oath whether they
are married or single. ii Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Death NeMs Tanaled.

Union Hill. N. J.-simultaneous
troubles on their phones. each trying
to get the other. delayed only few
minutes news of the simultaneous
deaths OF Archibald Boyle. forty. here
and Arthur Boyle. his nephew, in New
York III
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Ruv Some Sheep.

Why not invest little money in
few sheep. Yearlings will give you
the quickest and best results, and will
do you good, but you must first do
good by them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Have TO stay In.

5EE Have TO stay IN. =
Yeast-This paper says that the Civ
&c federation, in Boston would have
rug beating In the back yard stopped.
I Crimsonbe ak-Too bad. Those Bos.
ton husbands won't be able to "beat
IT, over the back fence at night now.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Its Drawback.

NJinks-"You don't mean to say your
wife wants to sell that prize toy ter
rier you bought for herr" Binks Yes.
she does" why, I thought that dog
was said to be the smallest dog in
the world" That's the trouble. It's
SO small she keeps mistaking it for q
mouse!" IA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18
Many Rotten EdQa,

-------- tk01sS1t1 -I39us = |-1-----
. During the twelve months ending
July 81, Of, 100000 dozen eggs reach
ing New York city from IS different
shippers in nine different states, IS
per cent. or more than one-third, were
either dirty. cracked or rotten.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

intended to be cruel. but thought 1T
necessary to restrain his father.
Reports that the father had had
neither food nor water for three days
were not substantiated.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

/ philadelphia has established new
city bureau to care for transportation
matters and projects.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

James, knowing he had done nothing
to provoke the assault, snatched out
his glass eye and hurled It at Edwards.
cutting a deep cash in his temple.