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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
A Bird Joker.

A most surprising Australian bird Is
the kookooburra, or laughing jackass.
All at once in the quiet bush come loud
peals of uproarious. hooking laughter.
One is not inclined to join in the mer-
riment-it all seems as foolish and
weird as if an idiot boy were disturb
ing a congregation in church. When
the source of the laughter is located it
turns out to be silly looking bird,
with clumsy, square body and open
mouth, sitting unconcernedly on a
stump. National Geographic Maya
zine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Use Pure Bred Sires

The pure bred sire is the best means
of live stock Improvement. Whether
good or bad, he is half the herd ana
sometimes more. For this reason the
selection of the sire demands equally
as much attention as the entire groul
of females, and it is far more imror'
tant to have good sire, both i'll indi'
viduality and breeding. than to have
one or two good females. If sacrifices
must be made, let them occur in the Sc.
lection of the females. Better still, let
every one be good one, both in breed
ing and individual observation-disclosures
Farmer,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
PROFITABLE
SOIL CULTURE
CORN PLANTING METHODS.

fundamentals Of Culture, Especially
Under Droughty Conditions.
Special planting methods often must
be used for corn in regions where Ell
Their moisture or heat is insufficient.
Listing, or planting in burrows, is the
most common and best method Of
planting corn in large part Of the
semiarid area. 1t is not only econOm-
ical, as it permits large acreages to be
handled at the least cost, but it also
places the plants to the best advantage
to withstand drought. AS the burrows
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Police Wireless Stations.

With an eye toward making her
police system more efficient, the city
of New York has installed wireless
system at police headquarters. The
apparatus has a range of 500 miles.
In the near future, every police sta
ton in the city will have its own wire
less outfit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
GETTING Bald.

"Mr. Sorrell proposed to me, mother.
"And you accepted him, I hope"
"No. mother. | could never love a
man with red hair"
but, my dear girl you should con-
slider the fact that he has very little
Of it."-ChicagO Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

o Cut out all dead trees about
O the place and make irewood of
@ them.
o One quarter acre Of berries will
@ not cost much to plant, and it
o will give an abundance of fruit
o the season through.
o There is still time to do some
O root grating Of apples. The cion
@ should be two or three times as
o long as the root.
@ Plan to do some topworking
o this spring. This is good way
O to get returns FROM unproductive
o trees that are thrifty.
@ When ordering seed for the
O garden try some vegetables you
o have not used before. Satisfy.
o Swiss chard and endivc are good
@ sorts to try.
o The Wealthy is one Of the most
o widely grown and profitable Of
= the fall apples. 1t Is a money
= maker. even in apple districts.
AAAAAAAA "a 4 a a q & a a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
HARDENING tho Team.

Give the horses all the work possible
from now on to fit them for blowing,
the hardest work they will be called
upon to perform. Begin to feed them
full rations and spend much time in
cleaning to rid them of their winter
coat Of hair and dust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Silver in Early Times.

In very early times silver was used
for ornaments. Spain appears to have
been the chief source from which silver
was obtained by the ancients. 1t is
thought the hills of Palestine may have
furnished some supply of this metal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
His Color.

Little Ben ITO gentleman GALLERY
You aren't black. are you? Mr.. Moo
ney-Black. child? Why. no! should
hope not! What made you think !
was? Little Ben-Oh nothing! Only
pa said you were awfully niggardly.-
London Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Recharue Your Batteries.

If you don't feel enthusiastic get up
and rub up against some fellow who
does. Recharge your batteries, and do
the hard thing first; it will stimulate
your nerve.-Jed ScarbUrV
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Hard Lines.

"ln financial trouble? What is it,
"Oh. ! promised to pay Brown SlC
today. and I'VE got it. and he knows
I've got it. ard he knows | know he
knows I've got it'-Pnck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Had Felt Like Doing the Same.

'What was the gunpowder plot?"
"Some Englishmen wanted to blow up.
their whole legislative body" "Well,
I couldn't go that far. Still, l under
stand their point of view."-Louisville-
COurier-JOurnal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
To Clean Hearthst stone

When whitening a hearth or step
dip the cloth in a drop Of milk and
rub over after applying the hearth
stone; this prevents the white from
coming off.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
Lucky.

First Scribe-"SO the editor took
one of your poems and then asked
you out to lunch?' Second Scribe
''Yes-and the lunch only cost 81 more
than l got for the poem !''-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20
His Evident Purpose.

Out in Connecticut they claim to
have discovered four-eyed frog.
Must have beeh built for the purpose
of navigating a road held in favor
by motorists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

Friends may be affrOnted in fun and
lost in sober earnest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

Admirers of the Duroc- Jersey
breed of hogs claim that this type
will make greater gains on less
feed than other breeds. The Duroc-
Jersey is of the lard type, is
quick maturer and ready to mar
ket at six months. The sows are
prolific and will raise two filters a
year. The SOW shown is a Duroc-
Jersey.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-06-20

A western Kansas cornfield. show
ing rows seven feet apart. Wide
spaces between rows retain a part
of the soil moisture for the critical
or ear forming period. Cultivation
and the drilling of wheat. peas or
beans in the corn are made easier.
as we'll as the harvesting Of the
corn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Do You Neglect
Your Machinery =?

The machinery of the body needs to
be well oiled, kept in good condition
just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that of
his horse or his engine? Yet most peo-
pie do neglect themselves. To clean
the system at least once week Is to
practice preventive measures. You will
escape many ills and clear up the coat
ed tongue, the sallow complexion, the
dull headache, the lazy liver, If you will
take a pleasant laxative made up of
the May-apple, juice of the leaves of
aloes, root of jalap, and called Pleasant
Pellets. You can obtain at almost any
drug store in this country these vege-
table pellets in Walls for 25c-simply
ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
There can be no counterfeit If they
have the DIR. Pierce stamp. Proven
good by so years use.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
WAS Determined TO ENLIST
Applicant, When Found Too Old for
Regular Service in Navy, Declares
He Will Go as Pearl Diver.

Many humorous incidents have
marked the rush for recruits which
have been made at the army, navy and
marine corps enlisting stations dur
ing the last few days, says the Inaian-
apOliS News. One day at the navy sta
ton in the federal building big, raw
bOned fellow applied for enlistment
as an apprentice seaman.
On examination, the officers at the
station found that he was just little
over age for this class Of service. He
was asked whether he had any recon-
mendations for that sort of work.
II haven't got any recommends
tions," he said. "But if you order some
ham and eggs will show you what I
can do along that line"
That didn't seem to satisfy the off,
GERS and the man appeared to be up
against it.
''Well, won't ship as fireman." he
said, "that sort of work is too tough
for me. If you won't have me as a
cook guess / will have to enlist as
pearl diver"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Eminently Qualified.

A tiny boy wearing smoked specta-
cles sat on the curb and watched other
boys playing ball in the street. He
made an excitable audience, jumping
Hp, moving his arms and calling out
as if he really had something to do
with the game. And sOmetimes-just
sOmetimes-a boy would think to wave
back. He was rather a pathetic little
chap, but he didn't know it, for when
a man paused to ask him if he was
having a good time, he piped out with
happy Importance:
Eyes, sir; I'm the umpire"
That's a fine position. How did
they come to give it to your
Because I can't see straight"
The man said it was a most excellent
reason, but he doubtless knew that
the boys had finer one.-Washingto
Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Rinht From the Heart.

A little boy in the city followed the
suggestion of his father (who some
how, in the midst of 1.-The turmoil" has
managed to live for the good things OF
life and let the banalties which take
up the popular attention alone) that he
keep a diary.
The little fellow found it rather diff
cult to make records, not understand
ing that the human document must be
beautifully simple. But one day he
struck the keynote of life with just one
bold unconscious stroke:
This has been a fine day. Mother
did not go anywhere all day. III
diaanpolis News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Something Like 1t.

In going down the elevator at no.
tel the other day little tot was being
taken to the basement barber shop to
have her hair trimmed. A man got on
at one of the floors and accosted her
cheerily with the remark:
"Well, Isabelle, and what are you go
ing to do this morningY"
aim going down to the cellar to
have my hair-hair-to have my hair
- the word would not come, so she
finally concluded with, ito have my
hair sharpened."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Business Opportunities in Mexico.

The following was received by q
local firm of manufacturing plumbers
Mexico City. 10 January.
More than one caballero:
Might I impress with pleasure the
above peoples to dispatch Juan Var
gas completely enumeration of shower
washes BETTING bathing rooms. 1t
should be the impress of shower
washes in American club for Mexico
City. Rapidly can the above peoples
say yes. With purity of heart.
JUAN VEGAS & SONS.
1872 Las Gales Independence,
Mexico City.-Buffalo News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Hard TO Believe.

"We've got a flag at our house so
big, oh, so big it goes nearly up to the
sky" said baby Alfred
"Well," declared Gertrude, with
contempt, ''the sky must be falling at
your house."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

Within the case or a new clock Of
the grandfather type is concealed a
and cabinet for records.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

A man likes to be chased a little by
the women. but he ehates to be run
down.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Goo Manu
Operations
The Right Medicine In Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.


Des Moines, Iowa-"My husband says would
have been in my grave today had it not been for
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. suf-
fered from serious female trouble and the doctors
My husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound . !
soon commenced to get better and am now well
and able to do my own homework. I can recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
any woman as wonderful health restorer"-Mrs.
BLANCHE JEFFERSON, 703 Lyon St., Des Mones, Iowa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

and cured me of this nervous con-
dition. Since that time have always
taken the 'Favorite Prescription and
it has always been such help to me
in keeping me well and strong, and my
babies were all fine and healthy.
consider the Prescription one Of the
best things a woman can take."-MRS.
DAVID DUBRY, 1928 e. Lake st.
Liquid or tablets. All druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

Take a day off occasionally and let
the rest of the crowd do the worry
ing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

Love and logic are not on speaking
terms.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

Some men would also repeal the law
of gravitatiOn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

All some men do in this life is to
hope for the reaction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Another Operation Avoided.

Richmond Ind"For two years sick and weak from
when going stairs had slowly
with my steps, then sit down at the top to rest The
thought would not live to into house MY daughter
Lydia Pnhas Vegetable Compound she had
with good results did weakness disappeared,
gained strength moved into home do all kinds
hundreds chickens and ducks cannot
enough praise Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound"
M. o. JoHrsToN Route D. Box $780, Richmond Ind.
OF course there are many serious that only
surgical operation will relieve. We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters and many others like them,
amply prove that many operations recommended when
medicine in many cases is all that is needed.
you special advice write to Lydia e. Pinkham Medi-
letter will be opened,
a held in strict confidence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Getting Even.

Surgeon Ito auto agent)-Don't wOr-
ry, the operation will be as safe and
easy as that last car you sold me.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
April 10, 1916. Diagonal, Ia.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

Send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot.
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at ell drug
atores-Ady
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
MOTHERS OF MINNESOTA
HERE is ADVICE FOR YOU!

~ WV - 80 49, - - =
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Dur
ing my early mar
ried life it was
recommended to
me during expe&r
fancy. I was rum
down and in a
n erv ous state,
and the 'Prescrip-
ton built me up
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26

Aliens Foot Ease for the Troops.
The antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes or used in the foot bath. Young men In
every community are using Aliens Foot.Easo
in their drills for Military Preparedness. Used
by the Allied, French and English troops be-
cause it rests the feet, takes the friction from
the shoe and makes walking easy.-AdV.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-04-26
Fourteen Years Experience With
Good Kidney Medicine

been selling DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
and we cannot recall a single instance
where it has failed to accomplish benef-
cial results in the diseases for which it is
so highly recommended It is remedy
that always brings satisfactory relief to
those who use it and they always speak
in the highest terms regarding the results
obtained. Very truly yours,
DIAGONAL DRUG & JEWELRY co.
j. r. Book, Phi. G.
10 annn T:.4..-aa1 Z.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-07
FLIES CAUSE LOSS
TO STOCK FARMERS
Insects Which Gather Around
Stables and Yards Are Cause
of Irritation and Worry.
tBy c. II. M'ELROY, Department of
Veterinary Medicine. Oklahoma A. and
NJ. College, StillWater.l

tBy C. H.. M'ELROY, Department Of
Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma A. and
NJ. College. Stillwater.)
Flies cause losses to live stock farm
ers in various ways, making it difficult
to estimate the damage done. Those
which gather around stables and yards
where animals are confined are the
most difficult to handle.
They are seldom If ever the direct
cause Of death to animals, but the ir-
ritatiOn, worry, loss In flesh and dimi-
mutton in milk production are a few
probable damages.
Preventive measures are practiced
in handling these pests. The removal
of all material affording breeding
places should be practiced. Manure
heaps and %decaying organic matter af-
ford a fertile place for insect devel-
opment. Stables often can be dark
cned and screened. The use of skin
washes are practical ways of check
ing their efforts. A good solution con-
sists of emulsified laundry soap one
pound in four gallons of. water to
which add one gallon of crude oil. To
this mixture add four ounces of pow
dered n~aphthalene. Spray animal one
two times per week.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-07

American business houses and mer.
chants may well learn a lesson from
the military authorities in the care of
keeping trucks in service up to their
fullest efficiency, according to w. Owen
Thomas, a well = known consult
ing autOmOtive engineer of Detroit,
Mich. Since trucks in war work face
the severest tests known, and since
they must be kept in the best possible
condition all the time, in order that
battles may be won, says Mr.. Thomas,
the men In charge Of mechanical trans
port spare no end Of pains in prevent
ing trucks from falling by the wayside.
Features Of Equipment.
"A f1rst-aid truck and relief trucks
accompany all truck Conveys" says
Mr.. Thomas. who was head Of the Ca
madam mechanical transport, in speak
ing of the method pursued in war serv-
ice. "These trucks run the last In the
train and stop and help any truck that
falls out Of the line. If necessary, a
relief truck will tow the straggler or
take its load so that the first-aid truck
can work on 1t. The traffic is arranged
so that one class runs on each road,
and to q great extent in one direction
only, in order that vehicles may pass
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-07
Men Appointed to High Com
mand Have Proven Ability !
in Service.
PICKED FOR THEIR RECORDS
Most Of the 200 Major Generals and
BrIoadler Generals Recently Ap-
pointed Were Cadets Together
at West Point.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

Washington.-n there should be q
mobilization Of the 200 major generals
and brigadier generals appointed to
commands In the new selective service
army, the affair would be q reunion
Of men most Of whom were cadets to-
gether at the West Point Military
academy.
This means that there Is hardly a
new major general In the list who does
not know the methods and the manners
Of service of every brlgadier general
who will serve under him and 1t may
be said also that there is barely q
brigndier general who does not know
all about the record, the penalty and
the idiosyncrasies of the major general
who, as a division commander, will
give him orders.
Some Of these men who have been
appointed to high rank In the new
army are within one, two or three
years Of the retirement age. 1t may be
that out of their ranks will come a
Joffre. a Haig, or a Petain. but as many
In Washington look at 1t, 1t seems like
ly perhaps that the greatest American
soldiers of this war are more likely to
be produced from the ranks Of the
younger men, although military ex-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-07

leased from the days pressure on
them. Recalling your physiology lee.
lures, you will remember that each
spine bone has its two wings OF
hanges, each pierced by q small hole
about the diameter Of q lead pencil.
Through those holes the great trunk
nerves travel with the smaller nerves
branching from them. A few hours'
march, even without gun or pack,
says these v~ertebrae together az tight
as their cartilage cushions will permit.
Lying down helps greatly to remove
this pressure. but the japanese slow
pull on the head does 1t at once. A
man can do 1t somewhat for himself
by lifting his shoulders as he lies on
his back and launching" them along
as II trying to get them as far as pos
sible from his belt. When I'm on my
back for my two minutes rest cure.
l take two or three such lunches at
intervals, trying to hold my gain each
time by an anchorage Of the shoulder
blades against the carpet. Generally
I can hear the vertebrate as they slip
from their packed contact to an easier
adjustment. especially II In my hunch-
Ing I have lifted my head so that some
pull is put OF the spinal column. Six
ty seconds Of such rest Is worth an
hour In a chair. Richard Harding
Davis told me. or maybe 1t vas Irwin
Cobb, II heard tell Of the German SOL
oilers utilizing even a few minutes
halt to throw themselves on the
ground fiat and extended"
I wish you'd try 1t. especially over
there when they send you and fancy
It will help II you really believe and
know, as you yield yourself to the
ground, that 1t Is somewhat more than
rest-knOw that into your submissive
body the divine and wonderful cur
rents are flowing, curative, restorative
and replenishing.
It's really the big Medicine"
AffectiOnately,
FATHER.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-07

n another just as seldom as possible.
1.-THE ordinary motor truck route is
from the railroad toward the front un-
til the roads are too bad, and the loads
are delivered to the smaller units of
the horse transport. The truck then
returns to railhead by another route.
"Rest Camps" Provided.
after they are reloaded they pro-
coed again toward the front, and
somewhere on their route their rest
camp will be situated. This location
is chosen in as sheltered a spot as pos
sible, and 1t is moved whenever Ger
man guns OF airplanes become too
friendly.
"Here the reserve first-aid truck, the
workshop trucks and the stores trucks
carrying supplies and repair parts are
left working on the reserve trucks and
units. The repairs done here are linn
tied to those taking two days on any
one unit. If engine bearings need
scraping in slightly and tightening this
would be done, but If parts are broken
the unit Is taken to a railroad, shipped
to the advanced base and another
drawn in its place. This work has to
progress regardless of weather cOndi-
tions."