uiljc Democrat. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. BRONSON. B. M. OAK*, BRONSON CARR. Editors and Proprietors SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Yearly, in \dvanco '. 12 GO If not paid Id advance 9 00 NOTICE.—On the slip of paper upon whloh tho name is printed, appears the date to which tho paper is paid for, and a renewal Is always respectfully solicited. The wrltor'H name roust accompany any arti cle for publication, as an ovldenc of good faith of the editor*. Stop and WB PIT THE FEET. tuntiuu given dlsensus of children. Have also m*de a ttpecial study of Gyneooology, O»%lctnos, and Kucval Diseases Allohroulc Diseases successfully treated with the aid of .. Various I'hermal and .ttansag treatment. All obronlCti solicited. Conuultation free, Omoe over Work's market. All calls promptly at tended. KeflldcaoL- on Main ntreet. the old Dr. Kelsey property. ALEX. SEFSTROM. /^ENEUAL BLACKSMITH, horseshoing Vj specialty, luterierrinv: and corns curea or no pay. l'rlceu teabouuble. nnd the best of wori guaranteed A shate of the public uatrou age solicited. Shop on Franklin bireet, near tho bridge. DENTISTS. O. A. DUNHAM. C. L. LEIGH DUNHAM & LEIGH. teutUts. Oillue iu the Adams bulUlng on FranKllu ^treet. Telephone *J16. De £JENT1ST. Dental Surg requenl visits to neighboring towns. Always at oHlo. on Saturday*. E. fc. NtWCOMB. DENTIST.aon YV dehors In Watches. Clocks, Silver and FMafod Wure, Pine Jewelry, Speot&clOB,Cutlery, KLu»lcal Instruments, etc.. Main street. A. D. BROWN, furniture etc., and ealor lu Main Street. GENKKALPicture Comns. Frames, Etc. stock ot Furniture and Upholstery alwayBon baud, at prices that defy competition. A good Hcurbv kept for attendance at fur.er.ln. Dan ville, Iowa. ALLEN & STOREY. CLOTHMain O ir A fft f- *9. iQ ^9 *9. aitc "DUHK CCV*IWH»*» Ask to see them, only Grassfield Bros. 4 Our Business Directory. ATTORNEYS. Q.W. DimOAM. B. B. 8TILBB W. fl. HOBRI8 DUNHAM, NORR'S ft PTILES ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES cx Public. Spoolal attention given to Oolleo* Dns Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agte. )fikouiln City Hall Block. Manchester, la. C, YOHAN. H. P. ARNOLD. M.J, YOBAH YORAN. ARNOLD ft YORAN A TTORNEYS AT LAW. and Real Estate A. Atrenw. Office over Delaware County State Bank, Manchester, Iowa. 0. E. 13BONSON. ifi. M. OABB. BRONSON ft CARR. A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Speolal attention xV. given to oolleotions. Oflfce tn Democrat Uullainit. Franklin Street. Manchester. Iowa. A TTORNKY AT LAW.. OH _,'^X Rlfeti- MAWibftttrar. Iowh. FRED B. BLAIR. Office In the City HaU PHYSICIANS. A. J. WARD, OHYSICIAN and SurgiKjn, will attend to calls promptly at all houn ot the day or night, Lamout, lowft. J. LINDSAY, M. D., 1:00 to y:iW Un streuts. IlltUUKglasses fToo to :iio p. m. Oftice comer Main una rank- H. H. LA WHENCE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Speolal at- DEALER Ofllce over Clark Lawrence's store Franklin street. Crown orldge work specialty. Will meet patients at Parley Wednesday of each week 82tf VETERINARIAN. DR. J. W. SCOTT, V'ETKRINARY Surgeon, and Dentist. eto„ Ualn St. rvHY GOODS, Carpets, Millinery, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Manchester. Iowa. A.THORPE. Pd3r ROPRIETOR OF KALAMITY'S PLUN Store at.i I'oaler in Clothing. Boots, tihoos. Notions. He. Masonic Block Manches ter. Iowa. GRAf.SFIELD BROS IHuccf siiors to Seth Urown.J BOOTS AND SHOES of all grades and prices. Custom Worn and Hepnlrlng given special attention, store In City Hall Block. CEO. S LISTER. rT AKDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETC. 11 Keeps a tlrst-olasa tinner and does alt Kinds ot ropairing with neatness and dlspaton. Store opposite PHrat National Bank. Halu St. T. F. MOONEY. (Successor to Lee Bowman.) BLACKSMITHdone and Wajronmakor, Delhi, Iowa. Work promptly and a work manlike manner. Charges reasonable. Your Pntronage solicited. '6tf W GRTEIUBD AT TBI POSTOrflOl AT I .vHahchsstbr, IOWA, AS SCOOTO-OLAM MATTBK. I ts /V Annals ot Iowa IN Hour, feed, hay straw, Maquoke ts lime, Ktucco, aud common and Atlas ce ment Telephone 113. Lower Franklin St. PETERSON BROS. "The 4 i*?# MANCHESTER, IOWA. HOLLISTFR LUMBER CO. LIJViBEK and all kinds of building materials, Posts and Coal. Corner of Delaware ana Madison streets. THOft. T. CARKEEK. ARCHITECT AND BUILDING SUPERIN­ TENDENT, S. E. Corner, 8th and Main St. Dubuque, Iowa. SCHARL&8* THE TAILOR. MERCHANT TAILOK and Genu Famishing Goods, Manchester, Iowa. WM. DENNIS. riARPENTER, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. \j I am now prepared to do all wort in my Hue in a good aod workmanlike manner. Satis faction guaranteed. Plans aud estimates fur nished. Work taken In town or oountry, Shop near the stand tower on West Side of river. C. E. GATES. CITY DRAYMAN. Am prspared to do all work In my line, Moving household goods aod i»anoA a siteolalto AU work will receive prt-a^tfo attauJvh fetaafe of jour patsoimge is boltolted. Charges right. Give your draying to a man who nas come to stay. B. CLARK. EADERH iN Groceries, Provisions, Crock ery, Fruits, etc. Main Street, D. M. PEARSE. JUSTICE OF THh PEACE AND COLLECT »lt. All business entrusted to him given prompt attention. Office In City Hall block, second floor. C. C. BRADLEY, M. I). II. M. BRADLEY, M. D. BAADLEY & BRADLEY. PHYSICIANS C. W. DORMAN, Ofllce on Franklin Street, north Globe Hotel, Manoheeter, Iowa, iurgery in all Its branches. Makes AND SURGEONS. Franklin btreet, Manchester, Iowa. 12U Acre F&rm For Sale. We are agents for the sale of the O. A underwood Farm of 120 acrcs, situated about 7 miles north east of Manchester. There Is a bargain for some purchaser in this property. BKOKSON & CAHR. House for Bent. A good house situated on Franklin street Just south of my residence, now oouup «-i by Burton Clark. Jos. HUTCHINSON. CYCLONE AND TOBNAIIO Insurance In Ant class companlei written and policies Issued by Bbonbox 6 Cabr. THE SUBE WAT TO CALIFORNIA. You can go to California in a through Tourist car, which leaves Cedar Rapids every Tuesday at 8:40 p. 601 E Main Street. Telephon 239. MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS I prepared to furnish Granite and Marble Monumenta and Head Stonoa of various de sirns- Have the county right for Slpe's Pat er-t Grave Cover also dealer tn Iron Fences, Will a...t all competition. MolN W N.BOiNTON. J. F. MCEWIN. BOYNTON dk MoEWEN. vv ATCHMAKKKS, Jewelers and Engravers 44w23. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The large and increasing circulation undertaker, of The Iowa Homestead in this county is a matter for congratulation to the publishers and to good farming, for, of F. WKRKMEISTBR, all the papers of its clasB in the coun DEAL.ER !N PHRMTCRE, try ja eaaily the beat and most help A complete Ua Sp 'ecla, Oor 1 NO and Gents furnishing goodB, nor and Franklin streets. L. R. STOUT, 1LOTHING and Gents furnishing goods. City Hall Block, Franklin Street. HIODELL & CO., Hata and Fartnew treasury can stand S I At our asssortment of NEW SPRING SHOES, and you will be convinced that we giving are more style and better 0, value in Leather* than ever before offered for the money. The new Golf Pattern in Men's Fine Dress Shoes & is a favorite and a trade winner. 2 $2.75 institute editions, issued with the regular edition the Urst week in each month, have been for years the admiration of all practi cal farmers. VV ritten wholly by farm ers, they are full of actual experience, and smell of the Boil. We have been fortunate enough this season to secure terms for The Homestead and itB in connection with our own paper for 31.90 for the entire five, one year. ThlB is emphatically a good thing, and no farmer in thiB county should fail to take advantage of this offer. For a large line of thoroughly practical farm reading nothing has ever been offered before that equals it. A county paper, a farm paper, a poultry paper, a farm insurance paper and the Special Farmers' Isntitute, all for $1.90 Come in and order them. F. E. RICHARDSON Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. mWf Office over tlie Racket\Store Manchester, Iowa. vi a riductloii of taxes to the extent of $70,000,000 or $80,000,000 annually," says Representa tive Cannon, chairman of the bouse ap propriations committee. This redoc lion he would accomplish by repealing the balance of the war taxes. The Spanish war was ended three and one half years ago, ret the taxes levied are still in force to the amount of $60,000, 000 revenue per annum. Mr. Cannon would repeal the tax on luxuries and vices, such as beer and swell the coffers of brewers, for it Is on such commodi ties that the war tax was largely levied. It seems strange that it ha" never oc curred to the gentlemaf luQicIent clearness 10 beadvocqf reduc tion in the regular tariff ou oagtir, steel, iron, leather, etc., would corneas a boon to the average man. It 1b a demon ated fact, given out from so reliable au thority as R. (i. Dunn that the cost of living has increased 40 per cent, since 1890. Wages have not increased in proportion. Of course Ur. Cannon may be right In the belief that it will be a grand thing for the workine man to have the tariff taken off his diamonds. Bilks, beer and champagne.—Anamosa Journal. Co-Operative Management of Local Tele phone System. The company was organized on this baBie: a capitalization of *5,000, divided into 100 shares, each representing the cost of installation ot a single telephone ($50) each stockholder to be permitted to hold one share of stock for each telephone rented by blm, and no more ownership of stock to be absolutely con fined to renters of telephones dividends of at least 1 per cent, per month to be paid on the stock. The estimates of expenses made by the promoters of the new exchange were verified by experience for at the monthly rates established—$2 25 for stores and offices and $1 for give good service, but increased its dlvl dends from the 1 per cent, a month re quired by its charter to 1% per cent., so that in time the members bad to pay only $1.50 a month for business service (after deducting the dividend), while for residence service the extremely low rate of 25 cents a month was paid. will be RY GOOE)S, N 'tlnns. Carpets, Gents Fur nishing goods, etc. Frankllu Street. QUAKER MILL CC. FLOUR IIYSK'IAN, surgeon and E^'e Specialist JP Olllee hours for eye and Feed. Manufacturers of the cele brated White Sutln at White I'earl Flour. LAWRENCE A GREM8. I)11 .RUGS, Wall Fap«r Stationery, l'alnts, Oils, iTbl-*- etc. City Hall block. PETER BOARDW Y. remembered that for the same services the monopoly had demanded $4 and $3, respectively.) The new company found that its op erating expenses wonld be, approxi mately, $9 a year for each instrument, Adding $3.50 to cover interest and de preciation of plant, it Is dear that an Income of 25 per cent, on as could county be reached by the old exchange under monopoly man agement, for the reason that the exces sively high rates charged by the mo nopoly prohibited the introduction of 'phones in many places where they were needed.—From "Co-Opera tive Telephone Service A Local Kx periment in Wisconsin," in the Ameri can Monthly Review of llevleWB for February. Do You Want Small-pox? In m., R. & N. Ky. Our via B., C. rates are as low as via any other route and the service first-class in every respect. If you are thinking of making the trip, do not fail to secure your berths ahead through any agent of this com pany. 3 NO. G. FARMER, ... A. U. P. &T. A. 13., C. R. & N. Ry. Be Strong. Bo strong! We aro not here to play, to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do. and loads to llfi. Sbun not ihe siruffgle face It. 'Tig Gods gift. He strong! Say not the daya are evil,—Who's to blamo-.' And fold tho hands and acquiesce—O shsme: Stand up. speak out. and bravely, In tiod's uaino. He stronKt It matters not how deep tntrenchcd the wrotw. How hard the battle goes, tho day, how loiur. Faint not. tight on! Tomorrow comes the sodk. Some of the Tax Payers. The following Is a list of some of the tax payers of this county, whose taxes amount to more than $50. It Is im perfect, in that many of those who pay more than $50, but are taxed in differ ent townships in no one of wbicb tbelr taxes amount to $50 are not shown. 1'he list was prepared by the Preps and kindly furnished to us for which it Acers, Wilson Atkinson, Cary Amsden, S Allen & Storey Bulknap. Christine Blair, AS Bradley & Sherman Brown, Seth Bronoou, O Beardidee, A Boynton, N dtt.bel, «lane it Brown, Austin Branson & Carr Burke, James Beehler, Max Boardway, Peter Ballard, AucuotaM Blake, AH & Son Cooley, SP *.... Clark, Burton Carpenter, 0 11 Carpenter. Rebecca Conger, i£lma Carr. fi Clark, Alvin Cooley, W Coolidge, Amelia Durey, Fred iiudluy, Frank Delaware County State Bank Duffey, UP Dentou, Mary A residence —the company was not only able to Dittrarr, A Drew, WL Davis, Edwin, fist Elder, Cornelia Ford, S First Natioual Bank Ford, WW Graham, II Graves, 11 W Graham, John F...'. Iloae, Sarah Hutchinson, llenry, fist llockaday, Wm Hanna, CM Bines, W A Hoag, Uoatr, E, Est H.11 ichini«jM,Joa. Uiuby, John Hollister, A floag,Mary...... li'enueseey, llennest-ey Bros.... (It the Invest­ ment was required. The rates reread lifted to secure this income and at the same lime to maintain a small sipking fund to provide for improvements in the service. Starting with an ex change of '83 'phones, the business steadily increased from year to year, until at the present time there are about 300 instruments in use, or one to every 17 personB in the community. ThlB growth, it should be noted,bBs in itself greatly increased the value of the service to every patron, since each 'phone communicates with four times as many persons Hoyt Bros.. Hollist ister Lumber Co -i (Iowa Health Bulletin,) Would you like to have small-pox in your community It is in almoBt every the state, and you can have it if you would like to. The Burest plan we can recommend is to ignore the pro tective influence of vaccination and Iowa today, and that have occurred previously, have been caused by this means. As a result of neglect to re port these cases many unprotected per sons have been exposed unconscious it was In too late to protect them. The best and only reli able means of protection are vaccina tion, isolation of the patient, quaran tine of the premises and thorough dis infection. Spec­ ial Farmers' Institute Editions,together with The Poultry Farmer and The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal, four of the most valuable farm publi cations in the country,that enable us to oiler the four Bixty days from tion of these measures there would not be a case of small-pox in the whole state of Iowa—unless it would be an occasional importation. In such cases it would get no further than the person of the party thus Imported. Instead of this almost every day the secretary Is one to assist in quarantining. There has been no organization of the local board—no literature on hand for distri bution—no preparation for it whatever. They are too late waking up to their duty. In giving the above four essentials in the protection of a community we omit ted two important ones that we here emphasize—a competent and honest physician and an efficient local bojrd of health. The" above remarks apply equally to scarlet fever and diphtheria, except so far aa mended. llolllster, W Jones, S 115 50 Jones, Fauny 50 10 Keller, B11 78 25 Klonus, Augusta 85 87 Kennedy Buggy Co. 60 68 Keuyou. W 78 61 Love, Alleu 171 42 Le Roy, JeonieP 443 56 Lewis, 56 28 Loomls, LA 99 48 Lawrence, Helen 63 06 Lister, Geo S «0 i!3 Lindsay, Ellen 60 68 Le Roy, 79 83 Loomfe, Mrs II 472 88 Mcintosh, Jane 78 82 Munson, llassel 184 69 Merry, John 84 -8 Miller, Geo W 64 77 Morse, llulda A 58 86 Miles, BF 52 41 Norris, W H, and Stiles, E 159 11 Norris, W 11, Gnardian Lewis Atwater 60 68 Norris, B, Guardian Earl Toogood 58 20 Paxsou, Chas 160 OT Provost, Grace A 169 Pythian Building Association 121 SIchmond, uaker Mill Co 180 E A 69 85 Kutherfura, John 59 86 Richardson, Juliette Reynolds, Jennie A Raun, uiddell, F, & Co 815 25 »iy, Luther 64 68 *mitb, Avery N 57 83 Sheldon, MW 64 71 snermau, W 69 80 sneldon, Susan 60 18 achwager, Wm 180 0 Seeds, W 163 69 Stewart, 64 78 Steadman, S A 88 88 Stout, LR 61 18 Terril, AB 7003 Thorpe, Jane 67 78 Thorpe Bros & Co 3 '7 85 Thorpe, 97 00 Toogood, Geo E 69 66 Tirrill, W 309 01 Torrey, CO 158 65 Thorpe. Alfred W 68 Trlern, PE 64 07 Tattle, Mrs Myra W W 59 Watsou, W W 89 Willistou, 61 14 Wolcott, EN 67 20 Wolff. L& A 174 60 Wolcott BroB 189 17 Young, Serepta 101 85 re vaccination. It is true some one from another locality who has neglected this precaution, having been exposed, might come into your town or township aud comedown with the disease. Should this occur, and your people had been successfully vaccinated, there would be no other case. The incompetent doctor that cannot tell the difference between small-pox and chicken-pox and some other erup tive disease, or if able to is too disbon to re is caseB, an as is S3 13 121 SI ONEIDA. Doollttle, Davis, Robt 63 55 Harvey, S 56 54 Steve, Albert 62 22 Vanter, John 60 69 Ashburn, Harrison 66 60 Bisgrove, Edw 51 73 Bryan, Frank 92 03 Carpenter, E 67 81 Dlmond, Fanny 51 2S Ede, Wm 146 70 Holcomb, S II, and Kendall, A 64 4: Hunt Bros 66 4' Klaus & Holscher 114 88 LazsonBros 89 McCrum.Thos 68 Millen, Henry 91 Nieman.WC 71 Nieman, JC 71 Nieman, llenry 274 Richmoud, S. a great Oeal in spreading the disease in case it Bhould appear and your people have not been successfully vaccinated. We do not hesitate to say that three fourths, if not four-fifths, of the cases iu S....'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.v.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' Savings Bank of Earlville Stoner, MellBxa Schrader, Freda Staehlo, Geo Taylor, Wood, W Yelden, John Zimmerman, Catherine Breckon, John Bail, Jas Cruise, John Cattron, JAG Carpenter, Frank Clute, WmH Coates, Ezra & Si Ry Co of the character of the disease and there fore prevented from vaccinallou after such exposure until W Ry Co. the general adop­ Hosg, Elisabeth Johnton, Jennie Long, W Parker, Rector, A Rector, Thorpe Bros & Co vaccination is com­ hIT I. hi. iii. mi in .... 277 .... 72 40 .... 58 49 .. 63 74 .... 113 iV (.9 14 .... 82 18 .... 157 96 .... 62 13 55 17 .... 131 70 85 56 80 44 .... 123 14 .... 56 W 62 67 448 26 litfheftef Pe«0lfat i* MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1902. VOL. XXYIII--NO. 7. r^ocsche, John Lichtenbcrg, II Lovtfrhe. Cima Lappe. John Mulilkamp. Anton.... Morinann, llenry Nabtr, liernard Naber, ilenrv Naber, John Nachtmao, Jos Nnber, DD O^tvrhant), 11 Overman, Frank Ovel, John 0 bntbin^ior, (J bacsen, Hantev fcteger, Paul bteg»r. John SUiumaker, 'onrad.. Tabke. Elizabeth.... Tlerechel. Jos Weetemelcr, Casper., Wentemelep, Jo« Woederhoff. Wm et«che, Henry NOHTU FOBK. Bossier, Lorenz 61 06 Bnitikan. 98 88 BhII, John 68 86 Bruno, Henry 66 65 Buchholz, Fred 67 84 Cooksley, Wm 128 47 Cratty, Michael 60 96 4 St PRy Co 189 84 Dunkel, Henry 9160 Equitable Trust Co 70 72 Flecke&st