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DUNHAM. E. B. STILES
DENTISTS.
O. A. DUNHAM, D. D. S.
r\ENTIST&- Office over Carhart & Adamu'
AS
hardware store, Franklin St.
Iowa.
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DUNHAM. NORRIS STILES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES
ci- Public. Speoial attention given to Collec
tions Insuranoe, Real Estate and Loan Agts.
Dflloe In City Hall Block, Manchester, la.
C. YORAZV. H. F. ABHOU). U.J, YORAN.
YORAN. ARNOLD YORAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and Real Estate
rv-
Agents. Office over Delaware County State
Bank, Manchester, Iowa.
C. E. BRONSON. IC. M. CARH.
BRONSON CARR,
Manchester,:
FRED 8. BLAIR.
TTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the City Hall
Block. Manchester, Iowa.
PHYSIOIANS.
A. J. WARD,
"PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, will attend to calls
promptly atttll hours of tho day or*nlght,
^amont, Iowa.
H. H. LAWRENCE.
SICIAN AND SURGEON.
Special at-
,, Intention given diseases of children. Havo
aiso made a spoclal study of Gyneooology.
Obstetrics,-and Rectal Diseases. All chronic
diseases successfully treated with the aid of
various Thermal ana Massage treatment. All
ohronlos solicited. Consultation free. Office
over Work's market. All oalls promptly at
tended. Resldenoe on Main street, tho old Dr.
Kelsey property.
Manchester,
C. W. DORMAN,
Office on Franklin Street, north
of the Hotel, Manchester, Iowa.
Dental Surgery In all its branches, Makes
?nquent visits to neighboring towns. Always
at office on Saturdays.
C. LEIGH. D. D.S.
Dentist.
Office over Ander & Fhlllpp's Drug
Store Corner Main and franklin stroets,
Manchester Iowa. Telephone 18B. I7tf
E. E. NEWCOMB.
T\ENTIST. Office over Clark & Lawrence's
JJ store on Franklin street Crown
bridge work a specialty. Will meet patients at
Farley Wednesday of each week. 82tf
VETERINARIAN.
DR. J. W. SCOTT,
YRTJSRINARY
Surgeon, and Dentist. Offioe
in H. O. Smith's Drug Store, Main St. At
night can be found at rooms over Ralph Con
ger's Store.
MANUPAOTURINQ.
MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
Monuments and Head Stones of various de
signs. Have the oounty right for Slpe's Pat
ent Grave Cover also dealer In Iron Fences.
Will meet all competition. 9tf M.
WM. MoINTOSH.
THOMAS GIVEN,
/"lontraotoy. and builder. Jobs taken In town
or coun'ry. Estimates furnished. First
olass work guaranteed. Prices reasonable.
Shop on Howard street near Pranklln, Man
chester, Iowa. 95tf
W. N. BOTNTON,
J.
F. MCEWBN.
BOYNTON ft MoEWEN,
7 ATOHMAKERS, Jewelers and Engravers
dealers in Watches, Clooks, Silver and
Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Speotaoles,Outlery,
Musioal Instruments, eto., Main street.
WJ
A.
D.
BROWN.
ealer in furniture etc., and undertaker,
Main Street.
P. W&RKMEISTER,
/GENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
VJ Coffins. Ploture FrameB, Eto. A oomplet?
stoolc of Furniture and Upholster Always on
band, at prices that defy oompetluon. A good
Hearse kept for attendance at funerals. Earl
vllle, Iowa.
J. H.ALLEN.
CLOTHING
and Gents furnishing goods. Cor
nerHulnand Franklin streets.
L. R. STOUT.
CLOTHING and Gents furnishing goods,
city Hall Block, Franklin Street.
KIDDELL & CO.,
T~lRY GOODS, Carpets, Mllltnery, Hats and
i-r Caps, Boots and Shoes, eto.t Main St.,
UanoheBter, Iowa.
A. THORPE.
tor. Iowa
GRASSFIBLD BROS..
(Successors to Seth, Brown.)
J. J. HAWLEY.
TVEALEK IN HARDWARE, Stoves, Tin
XJ warfl, etc ., Manohesterlowa*
INSURE
YOUR PROPERTY against cyclones
and tornadoes In the old reliable Phoenix
Insurance Co., BRONSON ft CARR, Agents.
A 8 EVERTSQN.
HE ARTI8T1U TAILOR. Shop
sonic blook, Manchester Iowa.
HOL,LISTER LUMBER CO.
UMBER and all kinds of building materials,
AJ Posts and Goal. Corner of Delaware and
Madison streets
MANCHESTER LUMBER CO.
IOWA,
uualB of Iowa
:4--
HIGH
GRADE
BLACK and TAN
$3.00 SHOES for
Men go at sflSBIil
MEN'S COLT SKIN SHOES,
SOFT and TOUGH Leather, at
only
$1
6MSSFIELD
Hanches ter,*Iowa WE FIT THE FEET
Our Business Directory.
'.(BIBIAIBBBIETT'JH#1# MUHJJSGSJBBE
ATTORNEYS.
GEO. S LISTER,
fIARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETC.
Keeps a first-class tinner and does all
kinds of repairing with neatness and dispatch.
Store opposite First National Bank, Main St.
T\RUGS, Wall paper, Stationery, Paints, Oils
etc. City hall blook.
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AB SKCOWD-CLAMS
MATTER,
ENTBUKD AT TI1B POSTOMCS AT I- tv
R. 1
BROS.
THO8. T. CARKEEKI
JILDING SL
Cor. 8th and Main St.,
RCHITECT AND BUILDING SUPERIN
A E N E N S E
Dubuque, Iowa
WM DENNIS.
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur
nished. Work taken In town or country. Shop
aear the stand towor on West Side of river.
E. S. COWLES.
PjlTY DRAYMAN. Am prepared to do all
*k in my lino. Moving household goods
aud pianos a specialty. All work will reoolvo
prompt attention. A share of your patronage is
soliolted. Charges right. Give your dr&ying
to a man who has come to stay.
CLARK FT LAWRENCE
nRY. GOODS, Notions. Carpets, Gents fur
nlshlng goods, etc. Franklin street.
QUAKER MILL CO.
T^LOUR and Feed, Manufacturers of the ceio
brated White Satin and White Pearl Flour.
GREQG
ft
WARD.
T\rupglsts and dealers In Paints, Oils, Wall
If Paper, Stationery & c. Atwater's block.
Franklin street.
W. A. ABBOTT.
ANDBRS.
DealersPHIL1PP
in Drugs, Wall Paper, Stationery,
Paints, Oils, otc. Corner of Main and
Franklin streets.
PETER BOARDWAY*
Ttoalerlu flour, feed, hay, straw, Maquoketa
JJ lime, stucco and common and Atlas cement.
Telephone lis. Lower Franklin Street.
RACKET STORE.
T\RY GOODS. Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots,
-L/ Shoes, notions, cto. West side Franklin
streot south of Main.
NOBLE ARNOLD.
/7J.ROOERIES, Provisions, Fruits, eto. First
door north of Delaware County Bank.
PETERSON BROS.
Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Crockery,
Fruits, etc. Main Street.
T. P. MOONEY.
BLACKSM1THdone
(Successor to Lee Bowman.)
and Wagonmaker, Delhi,
Iowa. Work promptly and In a work
manlike manner. Charges reasonable. Your
patronage solicited. iett
C.E. PRATT..
pAINTING ANDJPAPER HANGING.
prepared to do paper hanging and painting
on snort notice, In town or country, will give
estimates on all work In my Hue. Leave orders
at H. C. Smith's drug store
J. M.
PEAR8E.
JUSTICE
OK THE PEACE AND COLLKCT-
OK. All business entrusted to him given
prompt attention, OAlce ID city Hall block,
second floor.
The Best Offer Of The Tear
is that made by Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly, justly termed "the monarch
of the 10 cent magazines." For a limit
ed period, this famous and popular
magazine, now 81.00 a year, will send
free with each yearly subscription, the
beautiful "Little SweetheartB" Calen
dar. This calendar is in six groups of
water-color designs by Frances Jirund
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each group in twelve colors, size 10x12)4
inches, on fine Whatman paper, tied at
top with a Bilk ribbon each sheet con
tains two months' dates—thus being a
complete calendar for 1900. Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly, edited by
Mrs. Frank Leslie, now publishes tbe
b?Bt literature and illustrations that
money and energy can obtain, .from
such authors and artiBtB as Budyard
Kipling, William Dean Howells, A.
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kinson Smith, Joel Chandler HarriB,
Uret Harte, "Josiah Allen's Wife,"
Henry James, Will Carleton, Edgar
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B. Wenzell, H. Chandler Christy, F.
Luis Mora, W. Granville Smith, Clif
ford Carleton, F. W. Bead, Ch. Grun
wald and others. Prospectus for 1900
and a pretty folder in colors sent free
for tbe asking. Specimen copy for
three 2 cent stampB. Frank Leslie
Publishing House. 141-143 Fifth Ave
N. Y. 48tf
on South Franklin Street, does
HORSESHOING and GEN
ERAL Repair Work, guar
anteeing satisfaction. Experi
enced workmen.
HARRISON & SMITH
Almost every aspiring politician has
a remedy for trusts that generally in
volves a long and coBtly course of legal
proceedings. Patting trust articles on
the free list Is short, sharp and de
cislve. It doesn't fool away any time.
It accords with the principles of some
of the best men of the republican party,
John Sherman said long ago that trusts
should be deprived of every scrap of
protection. Do that and we will be in
a fair way of terminating the regime of
the trusts and reforming tbe worst
abuses of trust and monopoly pro
tection.—Pittsburg Post.
lludiierelleld, a city of Yorkshire,
England, is perhaps the best illustra
tion of a city governed on munici
pal ownership ideas to be found any
where in the world, says an exchange.
Every municipal monopoly is operated
for the benefit of the citizens—gas,
Btreetcars, waterworks, electric light
ing, markets, abattoirs, sanitariums,
lodging houses, and even the cemetery.
In 1872 tbe gas works were taken over,
the object being to reduce the price of
gas and increase Its nse by the poorer
classes. To this end the departmant in
troduced p»nny-in-the-siot meters,
which have been so well received that
about one-fifth of the population is
now supplied in this way, When the
meter is used a Btove is supplied "fixed"
free of charge. Not one penny need be
invested, except for tbe thirty feet of
gas sold for two cents. This is a great
boon for th, poor, who find it very diffi
cult to save enough to purchase fittings
outright. Stoves alone may be returned
at ten per cent, off cost price per year,
and the department has its own stoves,
containing styles to suit the poorest of
the most fastidious. Tbe price of gaa
has been steadily reduced, until now it
is 2s ltd (Gftcents) for lighting, and 2B
(48 cents) for heating and trade pur
poses. Indeed, the city has been so
considerate of public welfare in every
way that practically the whole popula
tion consume municipal gas. Electric
ity is supplied in much the same way,
and throughout tbe principle of monop
olization
IB
carried into effect when­
ever practicable and possible.
The Prosperity of Spoliation.
There never was,and never can be,any
valid objection to equal taxation the
justice and absolute fairness of a sys
tem that makes all property bear its
proportionate share of the public bur
dens is acknowledged all. And "yet
we vainly boast of tbe equality of our
government, in tbe face of the amaz
ing inconsistency, that the property of
the country la not taxed a single dollar,
to help pay the enormous expenses of
tho nation, which will probably be not
less than 650 millions of dollars for the
current year or an average of ten dol
lars for each man, woman and child,
white and black, in the country an
average of fifty dollars for a family of
five, which a wrongful and relentleBB
tariff makes labor pay, by Increasing
tbe price of the comforts and necessi
ties of life.
Nor Is this all. Labor is robbed of at
least six times as much more to enrich
the so-called, protected industries, prin
cipally manufacturers, because they
say, they cannot otherwise compete
with foreign products. ThiB IB not so,
and even If it were, they have no right
to go into the pockets of other people
to make good their losses, in defiance of
the wholesome rule of political econ
omy, which declares that any business
undertaking, not self-sustaining, has no
right to a moment's existence, except at
the expense of its promoters and pro
prietors.
The vicious system of tariff spolia
tion, legalized by the government, con
centrates wealth in tbe hands of the
few BO rapidly that one tenth of tbe
people already own at leaBt nine
tenths of the property of the country.
It follows, then, on any principle of
equality, that nine-tenths of the inhab
itants instead of paying an average
percapita tax of ten dollars, each, to
support the government, and sixty dol
lars ,each, to the protected industries, or
three hundred and flftv dollars a year
for each family of five, should pay an
average pro rata tax of lesB than one
dollar and twelve cents for each indi
vidual, in support of the government,
and nothing at all to protect and enrich
privileged industries, making an aver
age saving of sixty-eight dollars and
eighty-eight cents for each Individual,
or $344.40 for a family of five in a single
year.
There are nineteen millions of labor
ing men in this country who work for
wages many of whom know they are
being robbed by unjust taxation, for
the benefit of the privileged class.
They know, too, that men who belong
to the business classes are organized
and united,'under the direction and In
the interest of moneyed men.
Many farmers grumble at the small
profits of their business, and some, per
hapB, almost rejoice when other coun
tries are stricken with the distress of
famine, because of the prospect of
higher prices for their products, and yet
not a few of them are in favor of a tar
iff that is robbing the consumers of
this country, their own would-be cus
tomers in order to give the protected
industries, not less than 3897,450,000 a
year, a sum greater than tbe value of
all the farm products of 1889, in tte
seventeen Atlantic Btates, with the
District of Columbia and the state of
Ohio added, in which territory is found
nearly half tbe population of the
United States. With such spoliation
of the consumers of this country, what
marvel that for the four leading crops
of the United States' the farmers t,
on an average, less than eight dollars
per acre, (see report of secretary of
agriculture) out of which to pay for
the labor and all other costs of raising
and handling? Thus, is the prosper
ity of the turner Illustrated.—National
Bqual VkmttonOiab.
The Old Books.
They are gray with the gray of ages,
Borrowed, and begged, and sold,
Tlmmd-markeil of saints and sages
In the scholarly days of old.
Hose leaves prest for a lover
Rest In their pagos dim,
Though silent centuries cover
All that is left of lilm.
And I foel. In the library's shadows,
With this ghostly company,
The breath of forgotten meadows
And the centuries over me!
And when twilight bells are calling—
When the day with Its strifes Is o'er—
There are ghostly footsteps falling
Faint on the library floor.
Singers, nnd saints, and sages—
In tho fame of a name we trust.
But time will cover our pages.
As even our tombs, with dUBt.
For.tiere In, the library's shadows,
Whore the famed and tameless be,
I roam In forgotten meadows,
With tho centurlos over me!
—Atlanta Constitution,
Report of Spring Branch Creamery
for Month of December.
No. pounds of milk received- 188.092
No. pounds butter made. 8,917
Average price 11.20
Average test 4.3
Average yield 4.85
Will Have a Thr.e Day.a Fair.
The Buchanan County Agricultural
society has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
President, S. T. Spangler vice-preB.
Irving Bain:-secretary, A. H. Farwell.
treasurer, D. F. Bisbee Marshall, J. W.
Farris superintendents of grounds, A.
H. Farwell, J. W. Farris and N. 1{.
Sargeant superintendent of floral hall,
Mrs. N. B. Sargant assistant superin
tendent of floral hall, Mrs. C. W. Stites.
Superintendents of departments were
elected as follows horses, Z. A. Com
fort cattle, C. E Bovack hogs and
sheep, W. G' Shilllnglaw: farm products
B. L. Bouse: poultry, E. A. Chapman
fruits, B. Dunlap machinery, S. Miller
speed, A- H. Farwell.
A committee composed of Messrs,
Farwell, StiteB and Sargant were ap-'
pointed to revise tbe premium list, with
instructions to BO increase premiums on
live stock as to double the total amount
of premiums paid by the society.
The secretary, A. II. Farwell, reports
that tbe receipts last year,were ®2,275.84
and the expenditures 82,206.12, leaving
a net balance in treasury of $69.73. One
of the most important moves made by
the society is the reduction of the num
ber of dayB of the county fair from four
to three, tbe belief being that expenses
will be thereby reduced without cutting
off receipts or lessening the interest in
the meeting. The date of the fair
Ibis year, is announced to probably be
September 4, 5 and (.
Test Milk From Silo-F.d Oows.
The attaches of tbe State Agricul
tural college at Champaign, 111., think
they have settled the controversy, which
sprung up between certain buyers of
milk and the men who produced it, the
former refusing to buy the milk of cows
fed on silage.
The college has just announced the
result of a series of tests concerning
this matter. Samples of the milk taken
from the cows on the agricultural farm
were Bent, first to a dozen different
professors of the college, then to a
number of students, and later on a
number of women and finally to several
milk expertB. In addition, the samples
were sent to hotels In Chicago and
Springfield. In each case both silage
and nonsilage milk was sent, and in no
case was the object of the undertaking
disclosed. In each case a person was
asked which sample was preferred and
whether there was any objection to the
milk of a certain designation.
The result of this test, which cov
ered several weeks, was that 118 tests
favored tbe silage milk, 65 the nonsil
age and 37 had no choice. To 360 sain
pies of silage milk there were no objec
tions. The tests were double in char
acter, milk from cows being taken both
before and after feeding the silage.
Prof. W. J. Frazer, under whose di
rection the testa were made, says that
there can be no reasonable objection to
silage as a feed if the feeding is proper
ly done. This is considered a very im
portant matter, aB a vast amount of
money has, within the last few years,
been spent by farmers in building silos.
The condenser people claim that milk
from cows fed on silage takes on an
undesirable taste.. ThiB the professors
claim comes from decayed Bilage. When
the milk is exposed to its odor, and if
care is taken not to permit any feed of
the kind to reach the barn there will be
no trouble.
The Curillnitl aud tho Ucportcr.
Mauy iustauees are related of Cardi
nal Gibbons* broad n.hulirdiioss as well
as his tact and diplomacy in avoiding
religious discussions with persons
whose views aro opposed to his own.
Upon one occasion, so the story runs, in
Baltimore a young Journalist was sent
by his chief to Interview his emineuco
upou a topic of local iuterest. When
the interview was over, the cardinal
and his caller had a friendly chat upon
a variety of subjects, including tho
church. Tho Journalist was a Protest
ant, and in the argumont that followed
be became excited and expressed him
self freely from his point of view.
Upon returning to his office ho reftoct
»d upon the outcome of his visit and
came to the conclusion that ho stood a
fair chauce of being discharged should
the cardinal repeat tho conversation to
his editor.
The next day bis eminence dropped
Into the uewspaper office In question
and asked to see the proprietor, who
was his personal friend. The reporter
was told of the call and quaked In his
boots. The publisher and the cardinal
discussed a mutter of mutual iuterest
to them, and beforo leaving bis emi
nence said:
"By tho way, you sent a young man
to see mo yestorday, and 1 was rather
impressed with him. Ho appears to
have tho courage of his convictions.' It
would please me if you could do some
thing better for him." Within a mouth
tbe reporter who had anticipated dis
missal received a gratifying promo
tlon.—Raleigh Colston Smttb in New
MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 24. 1900.
DIAMOND DOLLAR8 OF 1804.
Only Ponr of the Original Coinage
of 10,570 In iSxistenoe.
"Kvory now and then one roads about
tbe discovery of auother of tlio famous
'd'Ainond dollars' of 1804," said a gen
tleman of this city who owns one of
the finest private collections of coins
and medals In the south. "The dollars
of that date are popularly supposed to
be worth from $1,500 to $2,000 apiece,
and If a few originals could be pro
dticod I dare say they would bring that
figure easily enough. But It happens,
unluckily, that there are only four on
•arth, and they are locked up In the
vaults of the treasury building at
Washington and couldn't be bought at
any price. They arc what are known
as the 'test pieces,' which are always
laid aside whenever a new coin Is
struck, and the rest of the Issue Is at
this moment quietly reposing under
several miles of deep bine sea. The
true story li rather interesting. In
1804 the mint at Philadelphia is known
to have turned out 10,570 silver dollars.
That was the entire issue, barring the
test pieces I have just spoken of, and
It was never put into circulation. The
whole lot, Just as It came from the
•tamping prtsoeo, was dumped Into an
iron chest and put on board a mer
chantman bound for CMna. It was
directed to tbe captain of a United
States frigate then In oriental waters,
and was Intended to be used In paying
certain expenses connected with the
service. Tbe merchantman ran Into a
Chinese typhoon and wont to the bot
tom, where to the best ot my Informa
tion she still remains, iren chest and
all, and that Is tbe reason your Uncle
Sam Is the only collector in the world
who has a complete set of American
dollars. Every other collection, includ
ing my own. Is short ono Issue, and the
gap will never be filled until the sea
gives up Its own."
"Do yon mean to tell us, then," sold
a listener to the foregoing, "that all.
the 'diamond dollars' now in private
cabinets are counterfeits?" "By no
means," replied the collector. "I own
an 1S04 dollar myself, and there are at
least three others, to my knowledge, In
the south. Thoy were issued by tho
government and are perfectly good and
legal coins, but they are not originals.
They are what are known technically
as 'restrlkes.' In tho early days, when
the mints had a few coins left over
from one year to another, they would
change tbe date by striking them with
a special die, an operation that can al
ways bo detected by an expert. For
some reason or other, nobody knows
Just why, a few dollars of the 1800 Is*
sue were restruck In 1804 and put lo
circulation. It is probable that the total
number was not over 40 or 50, and a
good many have been lost Tbe ones In
existence are worth $150 apiece, and
you may reel assured that all the 'dia
mond dollars' not mere imitations be
long to thjj) little lot of restrlkes.
"Of course, some of them have been
sold to green collectors as originals,
and 1 was myself the lunoceut cause of
such a tr&nsactlou only a few years
ago. A friend of mine, who lives iu an
adjoining state, and who owns a great
many rare and beautiful coins, tele
graphed me one day asklug whether
$500 was too much for a genuine 1804
dollar. 1 took It for granted that he
knew the facts about the Issue, and
after puzzling over the message for a
considerable time concluded that it
was an obscure Joke of some kind and
that I was simply too stupid to see the
point So 1 wired back advising him to
buy a bushel at that figure, and he
promptly closed the deal. It turned out
afterward that tho coin was a restrlke,
and my friend has never quite forgiven
me. What deceived him was the fact
that the piece was known positively to
have been locked up in an old chest at
Savannah since 1812. That did away
with tho counterfeit theory, and the
only thing he was doubtful about was
the price."—New Orleans Times-Demo
crat
THE WINDOW IN THE TENT,
Old Soldier's Way of Secnriaff
Ventilation When In the Field.
'I never pull down the window at
the top to let In a little fresh air when
I go to bed," said the old soldier, "with
out thinking of how we used to open
tho wiudow in the tents in the army
in wartimes. An A tent, seven feet
square at the base and running up,
wedge shaped, to a ridgepole seven
feet above the ground, made comforta
ble enough quarters for four men If
you could leave tho tent open, which
was equivalent to leaving off the front
of the house, but if it were cold or
rainy and the wind blew on the front
of the tent so that you had to close it,
why then you wauted ventilation some
where, and you got it by making an
opening In the back of the tent.
"There was a seam, overlapped, run'
nlng down the middle of the back of
the tent from the ridge pole to the
ground, and wo used to cut the stitches
along that seam, up near the top of the
tent, and spread tho sides apart by
putting in a stick sis or eight inches
long across the middle, making there
a diamond shaped opening about a foot
long, which served tho purpose ad
mirably.
**The man's guns stood at that end of
the tent, butts restiug on a piece of
cracker box, the barrels held In some
sort of a holder socured to tho tent
pole. If the wiud changed ou some
rainy night and cume around to blow
against the back of the tent, the rain
would come in on tho guus and ou UB,
and then somobody would get up and
shut tho window—that Is, take the
stick out and let the cauvas come to
gether again thero and then open the
tent a little at the other end, at the
front.
"This all used to seem kind o'
strange, then somehow, though prac
tically It was Just whi I would have
done In the old house home and Just
what I'd do here now."—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
TryQrain-O! Try Grain-O!
Ask your Grocer to day to show you
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of cotTee.
The children may drink it without
injury as well as the adult. All who
try it, like it. GRAIN O has that rich
Beal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. the price of cofCee. ISc.
and S&cts. per package. Sold by all
grooera.
New Edition of Copp's Settlers Guide
The twenty-first edition of COPP'S
SETTMSK'S GUIDE, a popular exposition
of our public land system, is before us.
It is edited by IIENKY N. Corr, of
Washington, 1). CM the well kuown land
attorney. Its price is only 25 cents.
Mr. Copp desires the addresses of all
union soldiers who made homestead en
tries before June 1874, of less than 160
acres, lie has a matter of interest for
their consideration.
Mill Co.
The ever
increasing demand for
QUAKER MILL FLOUR
is sufficient evidence
that it is the 'j
FAVORITE FLOUR
of the household.
Try it and you'll not deny it.
A QUAKER ON EVERY SAfe
Mill Co.
J. W MILES. Prest. M. F. LaROY, Cashier
b\ As.st Cashier.
R?.13.
KMILES,
OUINSON
2d V. President,
It. C. AEBBHLK.lBt V. President.
irsl National
BANK,
MANCHESTER. IOWA.
CAPTAL.
Intersst Paid on Time Deposits.
SAFhTYlEPOSlf BOXES
FOK KENT.
SIS^CTCZSS.
H. Koi.ii.suij. i\ L.uRuy,
W. Milen, w. H. Norrls,
E. M. Carr, M. HeeUler,
H. A. Granger A. U. Blake,
IJ. P. MMes, tiaeberle,
K.
Anvater.
First Nittionui Bank, Dubuque, Iowa.
Ceutrnl National Bunk New York City.
Commercial National Hank. Chicago, ills.
VOL. XX VI--NO 4.
18
®5C, GO O
General
Banking
Business
Transacted.
1
WM. C. CAWLEY, CHAS. J. SKEDS,
President. Cashier.
R. W. T1RKILL. C. W. KEAQY,
Vloe President. Asst. Cashier.
DELAWARE COUNTY
State Bank
CAPTAL ©60,000
—DIRECTORS—
Wtn.O. Cawley. H. F. Arnold.
W. G. Kenyon. R. W. TirriU.
Edward P. Seeds. G. W. Dunham,
Chas. J.
Seeds. M. H. WilUstoii
C. W. Keagy.
INTEREST PAID on Time DeposlU.
Prompt attention given to all business. Pas
senger tlckcts from and to
all parts of Europe
direct to Manchester, for sale.
I .ONO Time ]VfORTGAQE TiO A N S
Made, Bought and Sold,
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
For tho storage of vuluablo papers,
etc. for rout.
Banking
House
Henrv Hutchinson
Hutchinson's Building, Manchester, Iowa.
CAPITAL, $70,000
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON, Cashier.
COLLECTIONS
DEPOSITS
on Time, Interest Al­
lowed and other deposits received.
DRAFTS
sold on New York, Chicago
and Dubuque also on Great Britain unci Ire
land and European Cities.
TICKETS sold to aud from all European
ports via Cunard or Allen or White Mar
Steamship Lines.
GOTSWOLDS,
Flock heaced by IMPORT
ED RAJIS. A nice lot of
breeding ewes and a dozen
ram lambs FOR SALE.
Eight hundred head to se
lect from.
W.
J. STRAIN & SONS
Masonvilie, la.
Another Carload
and Wheat Screenings.
MY FARM, of
240
ing elsewhere.
Reproduction cf the
$5.98 SUIT
Other Styles are Here
Up to $0.00.
®!)t {Democrat.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
SPACE.
Oneijfcch
TwoivicheH..
Three'inches.
Pour Inches..
Five Inches..
?4 Column....
WO ARE
still offering goods at the old prices, and will continue to do
so as long as our present stock lasts but owing to the sharp
advance on furniture the first of the year we will be unable to
offer such pri. ?s alter we have disposed of the stock we now
have on hand. In fact, we were particularly
FORTUNATE
in placing our last orders before the January rise and intend
giving our customers the benefit. 'si
34 pairs Ladies' Kid Foxed, Flanwel-lined coin toe, lace
I or button,
$2.00
and
$2
1W 9w 1M 3«f 6M IT
»l 00 11 no 99 no 84 50 $«50 tio 00
1 no a 2R 60 5 75 Willi 15 00
9 00 4 AO 7 (X) vi on SO 00
a mi 8 75 75 10 on 141 'Ml 95 00
a (Mi 4 Ml 7 (Ml iaoo 20 (X) 30 00
4 AO ft AO 8 00 15 00 'Ml 40 00
6 fiU tHX) 18 00 at on 40 00 65 00
ia 00 18 00 85 00 50 00 80 00 185 00
Column....
Ono Column.,
I®'"Advertisements ordered dlsoonllnued bo
fore expiration ofoontr&ct will be charged ao
oordlng to above scale.
Business cards, not exceeding six lines, 86.0
per year.
Business locals, ten oents per Une for the first
Insertion, and Ave cents per line for eaofc snbse
quest insertion.
A Special Drive in Couches! We are selling LOTS of
them. When you see our selection and the prices you'll no
wonder
WHY?
AUSTIN D. BROWN
SPECIAL
CUT PRICE
SALEpM
WOMEN'S®
SHOES
25 grade, to close, at
$1.49.
21 pair Ladies', same as above but not so fine,
and $1.90 grade, to close at
$I.2Q.
pair like the above in a regular $1.75 grade to close
at
$1.19.
These are great values which we wish to close out and
make room for spring stock.
....
$2.00
THE SHOE nEN
LANDCEMENT
a
Also Louisville Cement kept on hand. Maquoketa Lime,
Stucco and Callolite Plaster, Plaster Hair. -iu.
a
Flour and all kinds of Feed,
Hay and Straw, Wheat 1
acre*, in Fralrl* Township (or sale.
before buy- Boardway.
it
To Dress
Well
Visit tbe Clothing
House of J. H.Allen.
All the latest and fineat
Novelties in
1 Men,
Boys' and
Children's
Clothing:
Shirts
In all new designs, and
Neckwear of every
description.
We Will Satisfy
Any
taste in our large
selection
J. H.
Alien