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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
or ORDINARY
PEOPLE,
DOCTOR JORDAN, PEACE ADVOCATE

Among the peace advocates Of the
United States, place in the front rank
must be accorded DR.. David Starr Jor-
dan, chancellor OF Leland Stanford
university, because of his consistency
and persistency. Everywhere and at
all times he spreads the doctrine OF
universal peace and disarmament. No
sooner did Representative Gardner
and others begin their campaign for
more adequate national defenses than
Doctor Jordan sprang into the arena
and hurried East on lecture tour.
Japan, he declares, is financially I'M
able to carry on war against US, and
by the time the present war is over,
lasting international peace will have
been assured by the pacifist move
ment. e@&' -
Politicians, start all this var
scare and war talk" he says. They
do it to bring themselves into the
limelight. Every naval officer knows
that the outlay of millions for arma-
ments ia NOT for efficiency. but waste.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Feed the Scraps.

The waste from growing crops, the
grain scattered at harvest time, the
litter from the barnyard at feeding
time, the scraps from the family table
and the bugs and worms in the grass
all these will go far to maintain a
stable flock Of poultry, so that the
outgo will scarcely be noticed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

The princess has
been from SIAM Z: /
than five feet tall several years
military
the Oriental On he
His fingers
supplied with rings ~
the princess sat hudded
constantly
and a tall
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

a54 A Personal Matter.
II cannot bear the autumn" said the
temperamental person. When the
leaves begin to fall my heart Is filled
with gloom" q s' Az, MI ..S
Autumn depresses me, too, but
strictly from a selfish point of view"
said the practical person. 4
How it that?" ~
II begin to speculate how long I'll
have to shiver before his majesty, the
janitor, turns on the steam"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

No. Showing Average Line Of Chest
for. Twenty Draft Horses at Begin.
s. ming and Close Of Experiment. ;.
No. 2-Showing the Average Outline
at Middle Of Paunch for Twenty
Draft Horses at Beginning and Close
Of Experiment. NJ e'3'E' &c. p.
little muscle the changes were insig-
nificant. ~ -r~E .s.s; r.
4 One very marked change in the
form OF the chest is noted in the loca-
ton OF the point of greatest width,
which Is nearly two inches higher in
the fat animal than one In thin con-
dition. There is a smoothness in out
line and rotundity Of form after fat
tening which is entirely absent before
the finishing process is started. ~
= In the outlines of the middle Of
paunch of thin horses there is a fat.
tened appearance above the median,
while the same measurements after
fattening result III almost a perfect
circle. While there is some change in
the lower half OF. the middle girth, the
greater change in the upper half elimi.
mates from the fat animal that degree
OF paunchiness which is displeasing
and adds very much to the neatness
Of the Individual. .+ t ~. Y. G., ~.
As q few OF the horses used In the
experiment we're kept at heavy work
Immediately after the close Of the ex-
pertinent, 1t is interesting to note that
as they lost in weight and condition
they assumed form similar to that
which they had before the fattening
period. S5 F|s $s.5 y %$5 5sys.,
= These changes are SO striking as to
need little or NO comment but show
that the horse 1t hard work may not
only utilize his daily ratfons for the
production Of work but may draw upon
the reserve energy which is stored
up in the form Of fat on his body. MI NIL
While additional data should be Sc
cured along these lines before final
conclusions are made, the results here
presented seem to-! indicate that the
greatest change in fattening horsesfis
one of width rather than DEPTH that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Sheep DESTROY Wee ds.

One advantage in keeping sheep on
the farm is that wherever they are
kept, the farm presents a heater and
cleaner appearance. Sheep rightly
managed can BIZ made to aid the
farmer materially in Kidding the land
of noxious weeds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

ing drained of mules. The big west
ern markets at st. Louis and Kansas
City have none for sale. Some south
erners see danger in this heavy draft
of mules from the South. Many coun-
ties are farmed largely by negroes,
and every negro who has mule has
offered it for sale. 1t is feared that
next years crops will suffer for lack
of mules to work the fields. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

Runs Churn With Rocking Chair.
Old Orchard, Mean inventor here
has mounted a churn under rocking
chair in such a way that butter is
made by the occupant of the chair
quietly rocking.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Corn 10 Fattenino.

Professor Wilson of the department
Of agriculture says it has been clearly.
proved by experiment that corn should
not form very large proportion of
the grain ration for laying hens. 1t
is too fattening, especially for hens
kept in confinement.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

Changes in Cross Section Of Chest Of
= One Horse From Beginning Of Ex-i
pertinent to Close, and After Six
Months Hard Work. ~
No. Horse at Beginning.
No. 2--Horse at Close. a.
No. 3-After Six Months Hard
Work. -ss5 .srs' gar w.
the smoothness, symmetry and gen.
eral appearance are greatly improved
by the rounding OUT. process due to
deposit of fat within the muscles, and
that the form of the individual horse
is largely matter of condition, while
the type is almost entirely due to
breeding. III e. - .
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Worthy Of Farmer. Attention.

'st'y " Ut'1'o' . sKHsST1StO1ts = :
Any animal on the farm that will
destroy weeds is worthy of the farm
er's attention; anything that will
maintain the fertility of the land also
demands. attention. Sheep will do
both and are, therefore, entitled to the
attention of every grain grower in a
dry farming country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
sati.fyi1a ones Conscience.

N Never pass by or palter with the
clear voice of conscience, with the
plain command of duty; never let it
be doubtful to your own soul whether
you belong to the right side or wrong.
whether you are a true soldier or a
false traitor. Never deliberate about
what is clearly wrong, and try to per-
suade yourself that it is not.-Fred-
erick Temple. II B
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Indi,nrI ImpIem,,ents Found. !.

Indian Implements Found. K.
Bemidji. Minn.-Tools and imple-
ments from elk horns made by In.
dams many years ago were found by
Charles Warf1eld while excavating for
the foundation of steel supporting
tower. The specimens were found
buried in about four feet of earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Study Farm Details,

Study your farm in every detail from
underlying strata to top dressing and
find what it wants in the way of fer
tilizer and crops to make it give you
the best returns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

coffee and make it last me month by
boiling it as long as it will color the
water" ,'& IT, ~ 80
i Friends who know the old man well
say he persisted to the last in living
on his allowance Of ten cents day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
sIanay, but sincere.t

:, That's my, beau" hi .t@ lf.<t isst;.s
II suppose he considers you the
apple of his eye?" .5 ss
well, something like that. He
says I'm pippin." .s.{.s. % ! Ken
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
DOCTOR MUNROE, EXPLOSIVE EXPERT

When dispatches came from the
war, zone telling OF the wonderful
lethal gases thrown of by the explod-
ing turpinite shells and of how those
gases destroy instantly all life over, a
considerable area, the Washington
correspondents turned at once to DR..
Charles Edward Munroe. who pro-
nounced the stories to be "bunk." II
II = What Doctor Munroe has to say
about explosives Is interesting always.
He knows his subject. He is, per-
haps, Uncle Sans most distinguished
expert op explosives. Now sixty-five
years old, from his youth he has ex'
.perimented with and investigated ma
.terials that explode. His publications
on the subject, totaling some one hun
dred volumes, are standard.
Heredity and environment made
Doctor Munroe student, for he was
born at Cambrtdg sc, Mass. of a schol.
arly. family. Ho was, Of course, edu.
Gated at Harvard, from which institu
ton he was graduated with the degree
OF bachelor of science in 1871. For tt
soF OF chemistry at Harvard. Chemis
familiarity with every portion of it, b
portion in which he later specialized
fascination for him. a.
Then for IL years ne was professo
1886 he. has been In the employ of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Best Layers.

a 1t is true that old hens lay fewer
eggs than do pullets, but some old
hens are better layers than are some
nullets. Learn to judge your stock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
WANTED

Bdtternut and Black Walnut Meats.
Write, stating price per pound. number
OF pounds you can furnish. Address
p. o, Box 1913, Omaha. Neb, ADV. 5s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOu
Try Murine BYE Remedy for Red. Weak, Water
lust Eve comfort Write for Book OF the 1ys
81 mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
The Reason.

"A Baltimore judge says q man has
. right to box his wife's ears"
"Sure he has"
~ 1T, you believe you have that right
why don't you exercise it?,,' s5 II
I'm too fat to run" # 4l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

You might as we'll smile. You will
have to bear 1t anyhow. Is;.,...' 4. q.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

Z Gets Marriage License by Wall. Z
Greensburg, Jnd.--Marriage license
u mail is the latest wrinkle. County
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

military Soldiers police They only
is
thing million to do but sit tight
socaled
against agitation Tor more
crumblng other
perfect equipment"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Increase in Lenuth of Life.

The average length of life, it IN
stated, rose from Fix years in the
sixteenth century to 401s years in the
nineteenth century. .5,5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

& tg 10 st4s4
When an unpopular man is!stuck on
himself he probably loves himself for
the enemies he has made. H. s.E
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06
Zap. !.

fif5 = IS "A Zap. Il :. stl5.
3 Bishop ]. S. Flipper. in an address
in Atlanta, gave q sllrewd rap to the
worldly habits which desecrate the
modern Sabbath. TN the millennium"
said Bishop Flipper, "all the churches
will be crowded to the doors; for
since every day will be Sunday in the.
millennium, people will get surfeited
at last with golf and motoring and
turn gratefully to the church for a
change" g "A ~ s.s.a...., Z, fg -,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

life SMILE
to angry working
havet
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

Telegraph operators do business on
a sound basis, even If it is done on
tick. 81 a u Ii s$7. rs 81 .s}4
Evening star., 1915-03-21

"Bah!' sneered Big Welcf, letting Nc
Phcrson's 'riginal remarks as to his ter
minal facilities pass for the time but
mortal sure to recall 'em when stepped
in ticker. White Hoss is bigger'n us
in shacks and pie-faced tenderfeet, be-
cause we're fussy bout who settles here.
But when it comes to encouraging a
honest horrorscopist to earn her canned
beans by the sweat of her intellect |
reckon Red Ant takes back seat for
nobody
"Then, says I, let's shake the bones
to see who shall be the first man to visit
this here horrorscopist.'
"That percolates to me as being a
mountain o logic warmly agrees Big
Welch, reaching for the box what we al
ways kept at hand, Miss, to decide various
questions of puzzling natur'.
"Sudden death or long, lingering ILL
ness?' eagerly asks One an Half, whose
loss of lower limb never substracted
any cunning from his long fingers when
it come to shaking the best out o three.
"'Sudden DEATH rules Mcpherson,
giving One an Half a threatening look.
Jest one flop on the bar, the left hand
kept down out o sight
zone an Half took on that we was
Evening star., 1915-03-21
By HUGH PENDEXTER

taking advantage of cripple; but Big Welch soothed
him by saying he could shake last and all began,
excepting Uncle Feeble who was incoming off by his
lonesome somewhere Sailor Dutch took the lead, and
held it till oafed along with cluster OF aces which
One an a Half couldn't beat after being
caught wettng side O the dice.
"Then the Painkller bows and in his polished manner
says, Sinful Plunkett is duly elected by the bones
ntevoow this yere goddess o fortoon and report back
what she spills
shall keep shut bout what she says answered him.
aye keep mum bout the past, sternly says Big
Wech; but as to the futur' ye must show yer hand.
"'That's fair, cried Lonesome Bean Everyone else
must do the same, and we can compare ores. Thank
Heaven amt got nothing in my futur' to be ashamed
of
"'Being put them highly moral grounds, I'll pass,
says l. For, Miss, when ye're in a Red Antish crowd
it's wisdom side in with the majority, it being the
custom to bury all minores as fast as they develop
50, with the men peekng arter me in dscommoding
way projected myself down the trail to Ma msele
Fortoona's shack.
"She was little, dark haired, darkeyed woman,
what would look like kid if we didn't try to outstare
her She shore had steady eyes, all right. The minute
she fastened 'em on me could feel em beginning to
pump in questions, and wished I'd stopped long
enough to fix up Bit being somewhat demorazed in
clothes because of the hard work and my last debate
with Dutch.
tossed sweet, maple-syrup sort of smile, and
says, Ye would know yer fortoon told by the
stars?
"The same being yer pleasure NIaam,' says L. 4
opine the shot costs an ounce. Go the limit
"An for plain reading she explains in soft,
kitty voice; but when patron has an interesting
natur' and personality what holds my attention |
spend more time and go into details, which course
runs into more money.
"Niss, take it from me- there's nothing what tckes
a man living at sxty-seven degrees north canned
fodder so much to be told by likely looking young
woman that he's got personality. l seen in a second
she was more observing than Big Wech and his
ciated highbinders; so bows and scrapes hoof and
says:
"Go far We like. l want all the frills and the
fxings. Wherell we operateo'
Here in the open door,, says she. 1 do better
when close to natur'. When was We born''
SIN the spring O 65 Ma'am, to be exact, says I.
"She grabbed my hand and turned it like it
some curious sort of fish, and bleats, Ah-ha! in jest
Evening star., 1915-03-21

CINFUL PLUNKETT hitched about uneasily as
y Nurse closed the novel predatory to leaving him,
and humby pleaded, "Jest minute, Miss Did
them last words the elers horrorscope warned him
against dark womano'
"TIis horoscope said dark woman would come into
his life and that he would have great sorrow replied
Nurse, making to rise
"Then he's in for it," sighed Sinful shifting his head
in search of a soft spot in the pillow. "Mine was
man, the Dark Man o Red Ant"
"Your horoscope" ncredulously asked Nurse, set
Ting back for an additional minute.
Sinful nodded his head gravely, and explained, at
was back in the bamy days O Red Ant, when the camp
at the height of its luck and we all was busy
innercent bees Ye see, the glided into lives
first
Il thought you said a man, dark man." puzzled
Nurse.
"An' so it was but the woman come along first
eucdatcd Sinful. aye see, Miss, there never
more chldlike crowd O men the Arctic Circle than
them Big Welch, Mcpherson O the Imperial Cafe,
Uncle Feeble, yer humble servant, and variety Of
others What with working hard at the diggings and
gathering nights at the cafe to absorb few stmuaters,
which shore forced on man by that brand o
climate and is always took as meGcine,-we hadn't
time to get wise in wckedness and deceit. Excepting
a knife debate atween Hardtack the breed, and Lone
some Bean problem in old sledge, and Luny Wat
kins trying shoot up the camp with only gun,
the days sort O melted tother from being that
sm'lar-lke in innercence. So, when Ma'mselle For
oona drifted in and lowed she high in pryng
into the futur at per pry agitated,
believe mel
"Mademoselle Fortuna"
"The same Miss interrupted Sinful, now speaking
in stronger voice. "rhe only who didn't enthuse
and show an interest Uncle Feeble, thin, sour
naturd ingrowng sort of man, who kept much to his
self and was O. looked down being coniden-
tial drnker-which in perlite angwidge, Miss,
he stung the bottle when alone and never bought back.
Being classed invalid, no paid any attention to
him except got up pool as to when he would be
found dead in his bunk.
"She are like the flowers in the valley. She tolls not,
neither does she spn,' says the Pankiler-the same
being poetic after his fourteenth housewarmer,
him being mildly addicted to drink, Miss Il seen her
setting in front of Buggsy Williams deserted cabin
when come up the trail
"'Wherefore should she spn' asks Sailor Dutch,
ignerant dog because O spending his schooldays on
tramp steamers and sealing sohooners She couldn't
sell yarn up here, as none of us don't know how to
knit
(Which fool remark stamps We as being minus of all
knowledge o the educational game, Big Welch
She could spin roulette wheel, couldn't she' Ye
bonehead' being his, not my words Miss. The Pain
Evening star., 1915-03-21


(Which is some personal and ondgnifed language,
and venture to resent it,, gravey informs Big Wech,
making the customary pass for heavier glass.
ashes ortoon teller says, hoping to stave off
trouble, being that fond peace and whole winders
from my infancy, Miss.
al don't take no stock in her. growled Father Time,
ancient sinner what claimed to be the oldest thing
alive the Circle, barring few glaciers.
"'Prob'ly because she's told ye that ye amt any
futur left pry into and made pay ounce to keep
her about yer past gently suggests the Painker
"'If | was eighty years younger, I'd make .ye eat
them words my man. says Father Tine his old lamps
lighting most wicked.
"'For Heavens sake can't ye dolts act like human
beings and for talk subject without Citing
into rows? beats Uncle Feeble rising and haughtly
leaving the
"'Unkie Feeb is more blunt than perlite; but he
speaks hoss Let's not git PERSONAL Gents, says
Mcpherson, still keeping his eye on Big Wech who was
brooding sort O nasty acrost the bar and handling
heavy glass uncertain like.
Lonesome Bean rubs his whiskers and chips in See
ing how she's the only petticoat in camp, oplne
up to be horrorscoped SOS to encourage industry
She's been here day, and nary mans been near her
except he's raced by her shack like startled fawn
"'The mail carrier told me she took morc'n a hun
derd ounces down to White Ioss informs the Pam
Evening star., 1915-03-21
Drawings by L. T. Dresser

killer means she don't even
spin that. She's a hor-
rorscopist.'
"'Scuse my setting in
says One an a Half, jerk
ing forward on his one
limb; but what might be
the natur' of a horrorscop-
ist, Uncle Feeble?o'
aye see, Uncle Feeble
was always well tanked up
on book learning, and we
had a habit of taking
things to him to be assayed
out. But now he set apart
like the shadder of a crouch
and muttered something
bout 'ignoramuses,' and
One an a Half was begin
ming to let on that even a
invalid couldn't call him
by the name of the big
beast what lives in African
rivers when Mcpherson
takes over the talk by in
forming:
The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08

She Flung Herself Into tho Water.
G hydroplane little above here. You
might interest the feller that runs it."
"Thanks!"
But the aviator would not listen.
"A life may hang in the balance,
man." expostulated Norton, longing to
pommel the stubborn man.
What proof have l of that?"
Norton showed his card and badge
20, see!" jeered the aviator "A
little newspaper stunt in which l am
10 be the goat. 1t can't be done. Mr.
Norton: it can't be DONE"
"A hundred dollars!"
Not for five hundred" and the
aviator callously turned away toward
the young woman with whom he had
been conversing prior to Norton's ap
proach. The two walked a dozen yards
away.
Norton had not served twelve years
as a metropolitan newspaper man foI
nothing. He approached the mechan,
les who were puttering about the
machine.
How about twenty apiece?" he
The Glasgow courier., 1915-01-08
CHAPTER XVI.

Treachery in the Household.
The maid stole into the house, won.
defing if she had been seen. She
wanted to be loyal to this girl, but
she was tired of the life; she wanted
to be her own mistress, and the small
fortune offered her would put her on
the way to realize her ambition. What
had she not seen and been of life
since she joined the great detective
force! Lady's maid, cook, ship stew.
ardess, flash woman. actress, clerk,
and dozen other employments. Hel
pay, until she secured some fat re;
ward, was but twelve hundred a
year; and here was five thousand IN
advance, with the promise of f,va
thousand more the minute her work
was done. And it was simple work
without any real harm toward Flor;
ence as far as she was concerned:
The whole thing rested upon one diff,
Guilty: would Jones permit the girls
to leave the house?
One day Florence found Susan sit.
ting in a chair, her head in her hands
why, Susan, what's the matter?"
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