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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

leading his forces in person tonight
/ He seldom did SO, The commanding
generals place is on convenient
hilltop; not in the vulgar thick of the
fray. And. for divers reasons. Blake
had chosen his son-in-law's apartment
on this night, asEhis hilltop. The tele.
phone admirably filled for him the dual
roles Of spy-glass and courier. Just
now, he was listening intently to
report from Tim Neligan at the Capt.
toll. s3.l d n
Good old Tint" he broke out after
moments close attention to the re-
ceiver. What dye think of that. Van
Dyke? We get the roll-call." ss
"Good!''' pronounced Van Dyke
CHANGING up from his reading. %
"standish still in his seat? queried
Blake into the transmitter. Yes?
All right. Keep right On with the pro.
gram gave you. No need to change
1t unless something unexpected cuts
loose. And 1t won't. What? No
Not yet Cant get q word out OF her
But we will. Don't you worry. 50
long" z Xxi; q: s.
Well he added to Van Dyke, az
he hung up the receiver and pushed
the telephone back on the table desk
fiat surface. This roll-call gives us
another hour to breathe in"
wen need it. And more" said Van
Dyke, returning to his reading.
"Sure you're making that strong
enough, Van Dyke?' he asked. Don't
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

8 = 81 i ST Y
I Blessing OF ! Good Name.
j One Of the purest and most endur.
ing OF human pleasures II to be found
in the possession of . good nams
among ones neighborS and acQuaintr
ances. ~. N 5.j n 81 s5i1t
This is not fame, or even distinc-
ton; It is local reputation among the
few scores or hundreds Of persons
who really know one. It Is q satisfac-
ton quite of this world, and one OBJ
tanned by large number Of quiet men
and women whose names are never
mentioned beyond the limits Of their
respective sets Of acquaintance. Such
reputation regards not mental power
or manual skill, but character; it 10
slowly built upon purity, integrity.
courage and sincerity. To possess 1t
Is a GROWING satisfaction which 10
oftenest experienced to the full rath-
er late In life, when some other pleas
ure begin to fade away.-''The Dur.
able satisfactions Of Life" Charles w.
Eliot S5tGs5 n E@7 5$
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"Does n she queried sweetly,"Not

Does it r. she queried sweetly.. Not
with me, it doesn't"
~ Look here, young woman! snarled
Blake. his habitual calm giving place
to a sort OF vulpine savagery. Don't
you try to hold me up! If you do you'll
find you've got wildcat by the tail
Dear mel" she cried In pretty ter
ror. well. I'll-1'll have to think It
over. Here's your New York wire.
Governor Robertson" she called to
Mark. What was the number you
wanted. please p 4. III :#sss.,s 5as'
Robertson. came across to the rail.
Get Mrs. Robertson--my wife-on
the phone" said he. II she's not in.
get one Of the servants. T."
''You didn't tell me the number
she reminded him. S 81 81
"Oh." he laughed Careless Of me-!
l forgot wasn't talking TO my sec
rotary. He generally calls up my New
York, home for me. The number is
Plaza ne-double cone" "
There was an imperceptible pause.
A momentary contraction Of Wanda's
throat. Then, In her everlasting pro.
fessional monotone she droned Into
the receiver: 81.
lilo! New York? Plaza one-o.
o-one!" u d 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
HAVE GREAT FAITH IN TREE
Natives Of Egypt eeilsvs Saint With
Healing Powers Has Dwelling
4 In the Branches.

The tourist who Is ferried over the
Nile from old Cairo to the island Of
Rhoda is shown the Nilometer. which
dates from Roman times. and the old
gardens near 1t, and is then hurried
back to resume the usual route OF the
guides. BY SO doing. however, he
misses one Of the most curious sights
IN all Cairo-the huge tree known to
the native as the mandura, says Wide
world. It is so called from saint
Who is supposed to work miracles and
effect cures upon those who visit this
tree and perform certain traditional
rites, The patient must offer to the
saint the cloth which enveloped the
affected limb, pluck OF two leaves
from the tree and tie them on the dis
aaaed part with another cloth, leaving
the sfirst behind. The natives have
great faith In the tree and the visitor
viii always find one or more present,
performing the rites OF duplication
The tree, while not very high. has .
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

the nest boxes on top Of strips A
and B, and tack a strip to each end Of
the cage Just above the nest boz
cover to hold down the back edge
Gig. ~. When the cover is un
hooked, It can be slipped from I'M
der this strip and removed.
Make the stairs leading to the
nests out Of strip 3 inches wide,
tack cross,pieces to it about IN
inches apart, and fasten 1t to strip A
and to the floor, In the center of the
cage. IA, ,t.$ + y
strips A and B, together with the
platforms in front of the nest boxes,
furnish an elevated race track
which your rats will make good use
Of. especially the risky young ones
who love to chase one another about
as well as any children do.
Ordinary screen wire cloth 10 the
most satisfactory covering for the
front OF the cage, and the best meth
Cd Of putting this on is by making
wooden frame out Of strips )
inches wide, with the corners inter
ed and nailed together Gig. 81, and
lacking the wire to the inside face Of
this. The frame can be nailed OF
screwed to the cage Gig. y. This Il
better method than that Of tacking
the wire over the edges of the box,
as the wire can be stretched tighter
and looks heater, and, what 10 more
important, 1t prevents the wire from
bullying out between the tacks and
providing the rats with 9 chance to
gnaw away the edge of the box at
those points until the space :is big
enough to escape through. 4.
The top of the cage should project
about n inch over the ends and q
inches over the front. First nail Z
hinge-strip across the top at the
back, then batten together the remain
Ing boards, and hinge them to this
strip Gig. 81. BY driving staple
into the under side Of the cover and
another into the screen frame, 80 the
two will come together side by side
when the top IL closed Gig. 81, the
cage may be padlocked. .;f5
Whitewash the inside Of the cage
and cover the floors with : thick
layer of sawdust You can get saw
dust from your grocer. Clean out the
cage twice = week, and replace the
old sawdust with fresh, to keep condi'
lions sanitary. Place hay In the
breeding compartments for the nests
Use q shallow bowl or saucer for z
drinking water receptacle. n
,t a. n, 1 n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

u /. e. o. i
yu Indicate the same condition. Most
Of the troops have gone. as there Is
now no disturbance other than occa-
sional robbery, which is no uncom-
mon thing in that section Of the
country at any time. The present
magistrate is very able man. and
will doubtless be able to handle
these things.
ut is to be regretted that the So
called sixteenth emperor the leader
of the opium rebellion, has not been
captured, though do not anticipate
much further disturbance from him
He and his cause have been too badly
beaten, and the element that held his
followers together. the poppy. has
been destroyed"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
"A CAGE FOR WHITE RATS.

White rats are interesting pets for
q boy to keep, they are little trouble
to take care Of, and raising white
rats is profitable pastime by which
q boy can easily earn spending mon
ey. A pair Of rats of good breed
can be. bought for dollar, aad the
rat cage need cost you little OK moth
ing, because pickup material may
be used in its construction. s.
Fig. l shows good form Of home
made cage. It Is built out OF box
IA inches deep. IA inches wide, and 8
feet long, which is a size that can
generally be obtained at grocery
store. After procuring the box. re-
move one side (this side will be the
front Of the cage) Gig. q, then cut
two strips inches wide by the length
Of the box inside, and fasten them
midway between the top and bottom
OF the box, one along the back and the
other along the front "a and B, Fig.
p. ts5
Make a couple Of nest boxes, as
shown In Fig. 1, as long as the cage
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
DESTRUCTION OF THE POPPY
Only Few Fields Left In Region In
China Where the Plant Once
FlourIshed.

A letter from a missionary in Hing
Hwa has just been received by the
international reform bureau. Picking.
The writer says he has been in Hing
Hwa about three weeks. andN that
the poppy is. to all intents and pur-
poses, completely destroyed.
81 have travelled through part OF
the region where most of the poppy
was grown. and where most OF the
fighting was done. in all this region
saw less than 100 stalks Of poppy.
these having been left scattered in
the fields from the otherwise COM
plete destruction OF the crop" The
writer continues: "Some Of our lead
ing Chinese have been still further
into the regions where the poppy was
grown, and report the same thing.
In out-of-the-way places they have
seen field or two. which. because Of
the obscure location. have escaped
destruction. zs;s2
"Reports from the direction of Sien-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
HAD 10 SAVE HIS REPUTATION
Farmer Swallowed Horrible Compound
Rather Than Have Fellow Diners
4 Laugh At Him.

my, but this coffee tastes ood!s'
said Mr.. Lackey. as he ate late sup
per after . long day at the county
seat. \,
Didn't you have good coffee at the
restaurant today?" asked Mrs. Lackey,
cutting another slice Of bread.
cit didn't taste very sweet to me-"
replied Mr.. Lackey. with chuckle.
Wasn't there any sugar on the
table 2"
."Oh, yes. there was plenty, OF sugar
on the table, replied Mr.. Lackey;
..but you see made mistake. and
put in a spoonful OF salt. /" & $s
Mercy mel" exclaimed Mrs. Lackey.
"You surely didn't drink it. Hiram"
'I had to-" answered her husband
..You see there was q young fellow sit
ting right by me. and saw right
away that 1 had done something
wrong, because he sort of grinned.
and winked at another young man at
the table. didn't know what the
trouble was, though. The coffee tast-
ed kind Of queer. but l didn't realize
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

large spread, and, as 1t Is partly CON
cealed by others near it, even the Wis
itor who has knowledge OF its exist
ence 10 apt to give up the search in
despair, though he may be within .
short distance OF 1t. The tree at pres
emit is entirely denuded Of its leaves
except in the upper branches. while
the trunk and lower branches are a.
most concealed by the mass Of rags
that are nailed to it and there left to
rot in wind and weather. Patients may
be seen pressing their faces on these
or rubbing the afflicted parts against
them, as they mutter prayers and gaze
earnestly up among the branches,
where they believe the saints spirit
resides. The upper branches are
plentifully decked with little pennons
or colored flags. which give it quite q
festal appearance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

years the manufacturers have com.
bined to keep the prices at such low
level az to render the cinchona cult
walton Improbable. although the man
ufacturers OF quinine have been earn
ing large dividends.
To Meet this combination 1t was re-
solved to. establish quinine factory
in Java. says the British consul at
Batavia, and this has Sbeen done at
Blandong, where the first Java quinine
has been produced. This Is described
as Of excellent quality and equal in
all respects to the best European
brands. Last year the total produc-
ton Of cinchona In the island was g.
100000 pounds avoirdupois.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
Solution for spraying Roses.

Solution for Spraying Roses.
"a Into one pound Of fresh Stacked lime
mix two pounds powdered sulphur.
Stir this into one gallon water and boil
one hour. This makes q golden brown
liquid. Let settle and bottle the clear
liquid This win keep for months. For
spraying dormant trees to eradicate
enemies that secrete themselves In
the bark, add one part Of the above
solution to six parts Of water It Grad.
icates scale and aphis.
For spraying the foliage Of trees
and plants use one part solution to
is parts water, OF as strong a.
foliage win bear. A few ounces Of
fresh Stacked lime may be added to
mark the foliage sprayed. II desired.
This will destroy. lice. slugs, hop
pers, thrips, ETC., that work upon roses
and other plants. It should be applied
early before they injure the plants.
then, ii needed, once In two weeks dur
ing the early summer. A good spray
er holding one quart may be pur.
chased for IS cents. Home Depart.
ment, National Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
is EPILEPsY coNovEREp,

New Jersey Physician Said to Have
Many Cures to His Credit. s.
Red Bank, N. ]. (special) .-Advices
from every direction fully confirm
previous reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admin
istered by DR.. Perkins Of this city, 10:
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly
benefited and many patients claim to
have been entirely cured. 4
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Dr.. a. w.
Perkins, Branch ~. Red Bank, N. J..
for supply OF the remedy which 10
being distributed gratuitously.-Adv.
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NJ A0a6S1dEAaZ G0H4lWs

CONGRESSMAN Staudish and the Woman.
believing themselves in love. spend q
trial week az man and wife IN q motel
In northern New York under assumed
names. The Woman awakens to the fact
( that she does not love Standsh and calls
their Engagement on; standlsh prote5ss
phone girl at the Hotel ,Keswick., wash IN
POLITICAL boss Of the house. a He proposes es
one ri her reasons her determination 10
Y father. Congressman Frank p: Kelly.
4 Congressman Standish, turned insurgent.
III fighting the Mullins bill. q measure IN
4 the interests OF the railroads. the ma
1 chine ID seeking means TO discredit STANG,
4 ish in the hope OF pushing the PHI
through. Robertson. .on-in-laW OF i'm. jim
Blake and the latter's candidate for
speaker OF the house. tries to win stang
3 sh over. and falling, threatens to aug
Into hts past. Jim Blake fnds out ABOUT
Ithe# episode of five years back az the
northern New York hotel He secures all
4 the facts except the name OF the woman
and PROPOSES to use the story as a cup
\ to force Standlsh to allow the Mullins Dill
4 to pass. Tom Blake and his father nave
family row over the fathers political the
cries Jim Blake lays "a trap to- secure
the name Of the Woman. He tells MISS
& Kelly that he is going to have talk
with. Standish. and that at Its conclusion
tha latter will call up q number on the
telephone to warn the Woman. He offers
\ Miss Kelly 3l00 for that number.
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into the transmitter. ANY name. Mr..
Standish ?" si Il nj Z. & &
NO" he answered huskily. lust
the number b. 3s
'"'A'ri! Here you are--number one
booth, please. H'lo New York;" she
continued into the transmitter. SHOW
Ing a, plug in and out OF the switch
board three or four times. Plaza one
o-o-oae. Yes, Plaza one-o----o- o.
ONE!" #
standish had gone to the first Of the
numbered booths. At its door he
paused. 4 s.
Miss Kelly" said he, would you
mind taking that receiver of your
head while I'm telephoning?" )
Certainly she answered in evident
ill;temper at the slur implied by the
request. Il q So
She carefully removed and hung up
the metal crescent that held the re.
ceiver to her left ear Standish had
closed the booth door and. from the
corner Of her eye, Wanda could see
him through the glass pane, speaking
into the transmitter. But she had
barely noted the first. movement Of his
lips when Blake and Mark Robertson
appeared from the dining-room. She
turned her attention to them.
RI Blake glanced unobtrusively toward
the row OF telephone booths and his
halfshut eyes lighted ever so little as
he made out Standish's figure behind
the glass. But he made no other
sign that he noted IS the successful
springing Of the trap he had SO pains
takingly set. In fact, he was talking
interestedly to Robertson on indiner.
ent topics. sss y
1..Tom tells me" Wanda heard him
say, that Grace is coming down.
Eyes,, answered Robertson, his face
Frightening at mention Of his wife'a
name. either tonight or tomorrow
morning. And that reminds me:
meant to ,call her up and ask which,
want to meet her at the station
Miss Kelly" he went on, can you get
me New York wire?'' .s sf
"Yes, sir" said Wanda; but It'll
take a few minutes to get the connec'
ton" Il
"All right" replied Robertson, as she
busted herself amid the labyrinth OF
switchboard plugs. "Ill wait here 70.
1t. T.. - .ss. b. = II
He stopped as standish came out Of
the booth and laid down a bill fol-
Wanda to change. Robertson. the
happy light OF anticipation dying out
Of his face at sight Of his foe, turned
his back ostentatiously upon him. MOI
did he speak again till Standish had
gone away. Then he looked around
to find his father-in.law In eager con
yersationl with the telephone operator
'''Well,"' Blake was saying. Gould
you hear anything q .a
mo" answered Wanda, still deeply
offended at standish's request. mot
a word. He made me hang up the re
ceiver."' 4 Il :5s} IL
"Huh!" grunted Blake. Hes got
more sense than thought. But the
number? You got the number. Of
course. Didn't you O. 81 \. !:
"Oh, yes" she returned. y got the
number. all right.
Blake unceremoniously reached over
the rail and picked up the pad On
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what the trouble was till had about
finished 1t. Then / got taste of pure
salt that hadn't dissolved at all"
"Well. ! hope you had another good
cup after that one" said Mrs. Lackey.
Eyes. I had another" replied her
husband. II gave my cup to the
waitress, and then when it came back
said to the young man. win you
please pass me the salt?
Hiram Lackey!" exclaimed Mrs.
Lackey. in Mortified tones. You sure
ly didn't put salt in your coffee
again! :" e - "a
Il just had to-" replied her husband.
"You don't suppose wanted those
young fellows to think was such an
old farmer ! didn't know salt from
sugar, do you?" Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
Norman Fell From Balloon

y woman FeII From BALLOON.
About the only misadventure In bal
looming in America is an occasional.
and not repeated-fall with a para
chute that failed to open. As the usual
thing, OF course, an amateur landing is
made without the spectacular leap by
the expedient Of letting out gas until
the bag comes more or less gently to
the earth.
In attempting landing Of this sort
near Munich recently a Swiss balloon
list fell out Of the car. This caused the
balloon to reascend rapidly with q
woman hanging half out Of the car.
One Of the men in the basket was en-
gagged with the ropes, trying to let out
more gas, while the other grasped the
woman and held her. Overpowered by
the strain, he finally let 60 OF her and
she fell 900 feet to earth. The balloon
was brought down almost Immediately
by the pilots, both OF whom went in q
motor car and picked up her body.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
Hennsry's Love Token. !.

AZ young colored woman. tall and
slender, was standing at the corner
when two women acquaintances stop
ped and addressed her.
.".My, my, Liza, who done black 70
poo eye dat-a-way l,5i n @9y
"Who done black my eyer" said the
tall, slim one. lou want to know
who done black my eye? MY Hem
merry done black my eye. OATS who! N
II wouldn't let any man black my
eye,"" said one OF the acquaintances.
''Ah, yo' don know my Hennery.
Dis black eye jes' shows how he
loves me, an OATS de kinder man ]
likes. indianapolis News. II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14

use the word 'utensil' when spade
will do Just as well. Cut out any
fiowery stun and bang away at the
point
Il have, replied Van Dyke, handing
Blake the edited pages. Look it, over
and see how 1t strikes you.
Blake took the manuscript and
scanned its contents from beneath his
dropped lids. AS he read, look Of
unqualified approval replaced the
doubt on his face. He nodded en-
phatically, once or twice. In his In
terest he unconsciously muttered, half
aloud. a. $.gs 4, Z -
.,standish. the arch reformer, /" he
murmured. "A moralist dethroned---
scandalous past OF a house leader
brought to light-disciple Of purity in
politics convicted OF dissolute private
life HIM! That's the stun. It'll
make 'em sit UP, ] guess" S5
IF we can use It." corrected Van
Dyke. ""As 1t stands. it represents
nothing but three spoiled sheets Of
white paper <:
It'll represent one perfectly good
insurgenta CHIEF split up the oack. Dc
fore another hours past, retorted
Blake. ,.1'll have the Woman's name
by that time" e III rs
What IL that stubborn little tele-
phone girl holding out for. I wonders"
"It's past mel" growled Blake: II
it was man could size up the game
at a glance and I'd know just what
move to make. Every, man has always
had his price. Except One. And We
crucified Him. But with women It's
different. You can't tell what . wom-
ans going to do. For the mighty good
reason that she doesn't know, herself.
This Kelly girls got me guessing. She
let me think I could buy her dead easy.
Then she played for time. And now
she's thrown us down altogether and
won't say word" y, ssis
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
. World Beyond Our Ken.

world Beyond our Ken. " q.
There are noises louder than thun-
der which we cannot hear, the roar
that lies on the other side OF silence.
We men are poor, restless prisoners.
hemmed in by our senses as by the
wall of q cell, hearing only a part
OF Natures orchestra and that part
imperfectly; seeing only thousandth
part of the color marvels about US
and seeing that infinitesimal part in
correctly and partially.VFrom 'Un-
pathed Waters" by Frank Harris.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
Wild Rice a Valuable Food.

Wild rice, according to consular
report, is "the most nutritious cereal
In America" The plant has long
black grain, and hence is sometimes
called black rice. 1t has been used
from time immemorial by certain In.
dian tribes as their principal food. In
recent years it has come into the whits
mans markets, selling for consider
ably more than ordinary white rioA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
Calling.

There is nothing sweeter," says
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, than to hear In
the serene hour Of q starlit night a
gentle voice calling, calling you"
Well, it is not SO alfred sweet when
the other fellow has full house and
you can't show more than q measly
pair OF queens.-New Orleans States.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
Enemles Of Household Pest.

Among the enemies Of the house ny,
including fungus diseases. protocol.
nematodes. mites, spiders. the house
centipede, parasitic insects. birds. and
ay.catching rats, Mr.. H. E. Ewing Of
Corvallis. Ore. describes in Entomo-
logical News a strange parasite which
attaches itself to the central body wall
Of the fly. It belongs to the gamasid
family, and as it feeds it hangs on in
q manner nicely calculated not to
throw the fly out Of balance In flying.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
oulnlna Factories.

Java produces about two-thirds of
the worlds supply Of cinchona, and it
has for years been regularly shipped
to Holland. The large quinine manu-
factories, mostly situated in Germany.
supply themselves with the raw mate
rial In the Dutch market and Of late