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»3®l! Ai ®t)e JHemocra*r The wrlter!s name must aocompany any artl olo for publication, as an erldeno of cood faith of the editor*. JBI The. very finest out in Men's Christinas bhppers are the brown and dark red Calf, white kid lined, at Ladies' black felt slip pers, far trimmed, leather sole, a big bargain at ATTORNEYS. O.W. DUHHAM. B, B, 8TILX8 W. O. FTOBBIS DUNHAM, NORRIS 9TILB6. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES A- Ptfblio. Speolal attention given to Oolleo ons Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agts. )mco in Olty Hall Blook. Manchester, la. O. YORAV. H. F. ARNOLD. M. J, YORAH YORAN. ARNOLD YORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and Real Estate tx Agents. Office over Delaware County State Bask, Manchester, Iowa. C. E. BB0H80N. E. M. OABB. BRONSON CARR. A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Speotal attention A. given to oolleotlons. Office In Democrat ButldlnR, Franklin Street. Manchester, Iowa. PRKD •. BLAIR. A TTO&NKY AT LAW. Office In theGlty HaU ^piook, Manchester, Iowa, PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, will attend to oalla A promptly at all hours of the day or night, Lamont, Iowa. J. J. LINDSAY. M« D., PHYSICIAN, surgeon and Eye Specialist, oases ana fitting glasses corner Main and Frank- Office hours for eye :00 to 8:00 p. m. Office corner Main and tin streets. O.O. BRADLEY,M. D. II. M. BRADLEY, M.D. BRADLEY & BRADLEY. PHYSICIANS DENTISTS. D. A. DUNHAM. 0. L. LEIGH DUNHAM LEIGH. Dentists. Office in tho Adams building on Franklin Street. Telephone 215. C. W. DORMAN. tlENTIST. Offloe on Franklin Street, north of the- Globe Hotel. Manchester, Iowa. Dental Surgery in all lis branohes. Makes 79quent visits to neighboring towns. Always at offloe on Saturdays. E. B. NEWCOMB. DENTIST.aon Office over Clark & Lawrence's store Franklin street. Crown Dridge work specialty. Will meet patients at Farley Wednesday of each week. 82tf VETERINARIAN. DR. J. W. SCOTT, VETERINARY Surgeon, and Dentist. 601E Main street. Telephon 289. MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS T8 prepared to furnish Qranite and Marble A Monuments and Head Stones of various de signs. Have the oounty right for Sipe's Pat ent Grave Cover also dealer in Iron Fences, Will meet all competition. StfM. pigjjpppw1u1 lOV PUBLI8HIP BVBRY WBPNtOPAY. O. •.-BftONSON. m. M. OANR. BRONSON & OARR. ,-v Editors and Proprietor*. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. yearly,Inadvanoe. II 60 .. not paid In advanoe 00 s".NOTICE.—On the slip of paper upon which the name Is printed, appears the date to whloh the paper is paid for, and a renewal Is always respeotfully sollolted. 1 .-•• Ooze E. T. Grassfield, (Successor to Orassfleld Bros.) WB FIT THE FEET. MANCHESTER, IOWA. WX. MCINTOSH. W. N. BO\NTON. 4. F. MOEWBK. BOYNTON MoBWBN, WATCHMAKERS, Jewelers and Engravers dealors in Watohes, Clooks, Silver and Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Bpeotaoles, Cutlery, Musloal Instruments, eto., Main street. A. D. BROWN ealer In furniture etc., and undertaker, Main Street. P. WBRKMBISTBR, riENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE, VJ Coffins. Picture Frames, Eto. A oomplete stock of Furniture and Upholstery always on hand, at prioes that defy competition. A good Hearse kept for attendance at funerals. Earl' rilie, Iowa. ALLEN A STOREY. /"1LOTHINQ and Gents furnishing goods. Cor ner Main and Franklin streets. GILDNER BR08. 1LOTHING and Gents furnishing goods. City Hall Block, Franklin Street. B. CLARK. iRY GOODS, Notions, Carpets. Gents Fur* nlshlng goods, eto. Franklin Street. QUAKER MILL CO. ILOUB and Feed, Manufacturers of the cele brated White Satin and White Fcarl Flour, A. THORPE. Pder tinrtnvnrTiirtTi^j Our Business Directory. HOLLI8TER LUMBER CO. LUMBER and all hiiKlff of building materials, Posts and Coal. Oornor of Delaware and Madison streets. TH08. T. CARKEEK. AROHIT^T AN1 LAWRENCE A GRBMB. •BUGS, Wall Paper. Stationery, l'alnu.oiu, eto. Olty Hall block. PETER BOARDWAY. DEALER AND SURUEON9. Franklin street, Manchester, Iowa. IN flour, foed, liay straw, Maquoke* ts lime, stucco, and common and Atlas ce ment. Telophone 113. Lower Frauklln St. A. E. PETERSON. DEADER IN Groceries, Provisions, rock ery, Fruits, etc. Main Street, m. m. PBfinOB. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT OB. All business entrusted to him Klveo prompt attention. Office in City Ball Mock. SMnnri flnnr ALEX. 6EFSTR0M. /1ENERAL BLACKSMITH, borsesholnK a VT specialty. Interlerrlne and oorns cured or no pay. Prices reasonable, and tho best of work guaranteed A share ol the public patron •we la solicited, Shop on Franklin street, near tne bridge. Business Opportunities For All. Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minne sota and Missouri on the Chicago Great Western Hallway the very beBt agri cultural section of the United States where farmers are prosperous and busi ness men successful. We have a demand for impetent men, with the necessary cap' al, for all branches of~buBinesB. Solue Bpecial opportunities for creamery men and millers. Good locations for general merchandise, hardware, harness, hotels, banks and stockbuyers. Corres pondence solicited. Write for Maps and Maple Leaflets, W. T. lteed, Industrial Agent, 604 Endicott Building, St. Paul, Minn. The large and increasing circulation of The Iowa Homestead in this county is a matter for congratulation to the publishers and to good farming, for, of ail the papers of its class in the coun try, it Is easily the best and most help ful. Its Special Farmers' Institute editions, issued with the regular edition the first week in each month, have been for yearB E. T. GRASSFIELD, AND SHOES of all grades and prices. om Work and Bepalrtag given .pedal Attention, store In City lull Blook. OBO. 8. LISTER. CTARDWABE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETO. XX Keeps a first-class tinner and does aU kinds of repairing with neatness and dispatch. Store opposite First National Bank, Main St. T. P. MOONBY. fSucoesBor to Lee Bowman 1 LAOKBMITH and Wagonmaker. Delhi, Iowa. Work done promptly and In a work manlike manner. Charges reasonable. Your "Patronage solicited, tstf RNSUBE YOUR PROPERTY and tornadoes In the old reliable IIIWBMOo., BBONSON AOABB, Agentl, the admiration of all practi cal farmers. Written wholly by farm ers, they are full of actual experience, and smell of the soil. We have been fortunate enough this season to secure terms for The HomeBtead and its 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 offer the four in connection with our own paper for 81.90 for the entire fiye, one year. This 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 Eeen HIDDBLL & CO., T~VRY GOODS, Carpets, Millinery, Bats and Lf Caps, Boots and Shoes, eto.. Main St. Manchester, Iowa. HOPRIETOK OF KALAMITY'8 PLUN Store aul Dealer In Clothing Boots, Bhoes, Notions, ale. Masonlo Block Manches ter, Iowa. ractlcal farm reading nothing has ever offered before that equals H, A county paper, a farm paper, a poultry paper, a farm insurance paper and the Special Farmers- Isntltute, all for 81.90 Come in and order them. CUCUMBER, And Elder Flower Oream la the best protec tion for tlie face from the Spring Winds, Heal* IDS and soothing, it keeps away blaok heads and other blemishes. Guaranteed pure and will not grow hair on the face. All kinds of Hair Work done to order. F. E. RICHARDSON, Real Estate, Loans and iiSP Insurance. !f|| mk ... ali Office ovC,the Racket Store M4°nid iPter, Iowa. I,lUtY. VAgent. 1 Tuque, I»" te£lSg^ CLFTXRKD AT TDI POSTOITIC* ggQueen Quality At Patent Leather-^ .v.. Shoes for Christmas Presents. Just received ft new stock of the Queen Quality, Patent kid shoes for full dress wear, the very lat est out, only $3.00 stock of the Queen "$ slippers, Chenille Em broidered, Patent leath er quarter, going now at I MANCHESTER, IOWA, AS SBCOND-CLASB XATTIR. 50c Men's black velvet BUILDING 8UPBBIN- TENDENT, S. E. Comer, 8th and.Mulii st. uubuque, Iowa. 8CHARLE8. THE TAILOR. MKGood^Mjr„cbe ?e",aiowa°BlS WM. DENNI8. piAltPUJTER, CONTKACTOB & BUILDER. 1 am now prepared to do all work in my Une in a good and workmanlike manner. Satis faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur nished. Work taken In towu or country. Shop near the stand tower on West Side of river. O. E. CATE8. CITY PHY6IOIANS. DRAYMAN. Am prepared to t£ aft work in my Une, Moving household goods and pianos a specialty. All work will receive ftrompt A. J. WARD, attention, A share of your patronase solicited, charges fight. Give your draylnic to a man who nas come to stay. n" Zr^W^l So far BB the shipping subsidy bill is concerned It may be said that the peo ple are already paying as many subsid ies as they care to endorse, and the com mercial pirates of the nation may stretch patience to the breaking point. There Is nothing In morals that compels an intelligent people to stand and be loot ed when they know they have the strenght to exterminate the robbers.— Cedar Rapids Gazette. Democrats and Subsidy. West of-the Alleghanies the woods are full of republicans who are utterly opposed to the scheme for taking money out of the national treasury and bestow tng it upon men who without any sub sidy are prepared to invest Bcores of millions in foreign-built ships. They did not have an opportunity to vote on the subject last month, as the party bosses took good care to keep it out of the platforms, but they assumed that their representatives would represnt them in this matter and not put them under obligation to contribute 8180,000, 000, more or less, to the further enrich ment of the MorganB and the Gris coms. What do they think of the situation now They see their representative al most to a man standing in with the Hannas and I'ayneB, with no hope of defeating the most brazen grab on re cord save in the democrats. How long will it take our western re publicans in the ranks to learn that their representatives do not represent tffem, but the men who contribute most to the party treasury How long will it take them to find out that if they wish to protect the treasury against subsidy raiders and If they wish to deprive monopoly of HB tariff shelter they must cut loose -from their republican bosses and employ as their agent for euch purposes a party which does not depend for its very ex istence upon tLe sheltered monopolists and the shameless subsidy beggars.— Chicago Chronicle. Tne Penitentiary Cure. "Taking advantage of heavy receipts, the packers have worked in harmony and depressed the market. For the past three weeks they have maneuvered to secure low-priced hogs to fill their sales of January products. Two weekB ago, for several days, there was no buy ing of stock by the packers. All the pens In the yards were full and the re port spread that the market was de moralized. When the shippers were becoming desperate, the packers linally stepped In and purchased their regnlar supplies at much reduced prices. The houses ran at their utmost capacity for a couple of days, and then there was another simultaneous unwillingness to purchase. Prices went still lower, and the packers again purchased." The above excerpt was taken from the market reports of a Chicago news paper. It might easily be duplicated from the market columns of almost any Chicago newspaper of the past several weeks. It is as plain as the lioman nose on a man's face that the big packers of Chi cago are acting, and have been acting, in conjunction. In other words, these packers are dally violating the injunc tion filed against them in the federal courts. And in the meantime there Is no de cline in the retail prlceB of meats. And no explanation is vouchaabed. When Attorney General Knox filed his plead IngB in the case of the United States against the big combine elaborate ex planation was made respecting the high price of beef and pork. The reason al leged was the scarcity of feed and of cattle and hogs. The' condition at that time made the plea plausible. But conditions have changed. There is abundance of feed. Barring a few eectionB where the corn is Boft, the country has the greatest wop in the his tory. And there is no scncity of cattle or hogB. ,* •«~w,.t \ii" "*.&•£ p1' 7*"* It is easy to prove this latter assertion from recent Chicago market reports. Several times recently word has been sent out that the supply of live stock exceeded the demand, The crux of the matter is this: There is a beef trust and it la robbing the people with both its greedy hands. With one hand it maneuvers the mar kets to depress normal priceB, and with the other it monopolizes the meat sell ing of the country an^ manipulate prices to the consumer, mulcting the people. The beef trust IB the .meanest trust extant. Dealing in a necessity of life, it adopts the methods of the highwayman, save only that it robs by proxy, and where the ordinary .Btand-and-deliver selects a single victim, these robbera hold up an entire people. The trusts takes meat from the mouth of labor and filches the puny purees of a million poor. The beef trust is meaner than the Standard Oil monopoly. While the latter monopolizes supply and controls production, It d'oee not raise the price of Its product to the consumer. .Robin Hood robbed the rich and gave to the poor. The beat trusts robB both rich and poor and gives to none. It robs by stealth and strategy and denieB its theft on oath! The fact is, the Sherman anti-truBt law as It is "enforced" is a fraud. N MBS. O. B. BATON. Over Harness Store, Main Street. 13tf Manchester, Iowa. There is a provision in that law call ing for criminal prosecution. Why is it never Invoked These millionaire packers with their able lawyers care nothing for injunc tions or. for civil proceedure. Let the government institute criminal proc66diDgB find show this gentry tho open door of the penitentiary? And if the anti-trust law needs strengthening along thiB point it should be done .by congress this winter. Constitutional aiu&:dcents are too slow. Put one of these offenders agafcst the law in the penitentiary and there will be no more illegal combines of this kind.—Des MoineaWs. s^K-K^t Ingratitute. A Sansklrt Fable. A holy hermit rescued once a mouse A Huvafie bird had seized for pray And kept the Uttle rodent in his house, And fed It from hla table day by day. Soon SOCIUR how a cat*the mouse distressed, And moved In pity for his pet thereat, The saint, with power of miracles possessed, Transformed nts protege into a cat. itutnow the mouse, or rather cat Instead, Of every cur was quite as much afraid. Whereon the saint, to end tho feline's dread. Wrought a now charm, and puss a dog was made. Again his change is filled with doep alarm. Tho beasts of prey that roam the forest through Will surely some time do It cruel harm, A further change—the dog a tiger grew. Now hear ihe soquel, you, and liecd it well This creature with an lugrate'a heart within, O'erheard his guardian once another tell How ho (the tiger) first a mouse had been. Chagrined that any one his past should know, And so give honor to his human friend, lie foully purposed by a sudden blow Ills savior's life to take and body rend. "For thought he. "If this man bo only killed Twill atop his praMng of my former state All. too. will be with foar and reverence filled That I should conquer one so wise and groat." With such resolves tho hermit's haunt he sought. Drew near to nprlug, when, warned through mystic lore. Ills master read the truth, and quick as thought The thankless tiger was a mouso once more. A noble moral, easily coostrucd, Llos 'neath tills story's superficial sense— What viler Is than base logratitude- Or surer of a speedy recompou e° HONORS FOR IOWA. Students Win Spoor Trophy and Every Flrit l'rlje in Slock JmltilneContost Overall United states end Canada. College Livestock Won Grand Championship Prizes, Having Grand Champion Steer. Grand Champion Herd and First Price on Carcasses. The Greatest Itecord Ever Made by Any Institution or Firm. At the recent International Live Stock Show held In Chicago from Nov. 29th to Dec. Gth, the showing made by the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Student Judg ing Contest and in the live stock exhi bits has already attracted world wide attention. The student judging contest was open to students from all the agri cultural colleges of the United States and Canada aud to farmers sons under 25 years of age. The contest waB keen containing representatives of all the leading colleges and some 40 bright farmer boys. Students from the Iowa College won every first prize and the 8700 Spoor trophy champlopship prize. In no instance did any of the farmer'B sons do as good work as was done by the boyB from the colleges which em phasizes the value of college training. Steere from the college won first In open classes over all comers, the grand champion and reserve grand champion honors in two-year-old class, the grand champion heard over ail breeds, and Shamrock, a two-year-old Angus won the grand championship prize over all breeds and all ages. These steers were purchased In Iowa feed lots at beef prices, "Shamrock" costing five cents per pound, and sold at auction in Chi cago for fifty six cents per pound. Col lege swine won every first Bhown for and grand championship honors. The college cattle, sheep and swine .won first prize for the BPBt'dlsplay of fat stock. Seed Corn for the Soft Corn Country, From letters which we are receiving from week to week, we fear that some of our readers in the northern part ot our territory are liable to make a mis take in selecting seed corn tor next year. During the last three or four years, perhaps more, they have been aiming to get too large a variety of corn for that latitude, buying a great deal of the seed from sections too far south, and aiming to get too large a yield without keeping a weather eye out BB to the probability of Its maturing. To this must be attributed a good deal of the loss from soft corn this year. Early last spring we urged our readers to grow a few acres of such varieties as Sibley's Pride of the North, Longfel low's Yellow Dent, and Earliest Wis consin, and corn of that type, simply to have some early feed for bogs and thus save them from buying old corn at the high prices prevailing. These varieties of corn all matured this year and the danger is that farmers will go to the other extreme and get varieties of corn that will mature too early next year and lose two or three week's time. ThiB would be a mistake in the other direc tion. For example, a Ciay county, Iowa, subscriber bou bt Longfellow's Dent from Des Moines last year which ma tured away ahead of anything he had and he now wants to know if he had better plant of that variety next year, lie tells UB that Borne of his neighbors have contracted with an Iowa county Wisconsin, grower to furniBh kiln dried seed and wantB to know if It wonld be safe to plant that. Covering this entire line of inquiry, permit us to say that the farmer should grow as large a variety of corn as will mature in his latitude in the ordinary year and every year plant some of the varieties that will mature in any sea Bon, for the purpose of getting early feed. These early varieties will fail short of the larger ones some ten or fif teen bushels per acre, but even then it pays to grow a few acreB. It 1B always best to get seed corn as nearly as possi ble on tbe same latitude, or, to be more correct, on the same isothermal lines or lines of equal beat, which do not al' ways correspond to latitude, elevation, or the height of tbe country above the Bea level being a determining factor rnuA.n ...:11 E uvsvitutuiug xauwr. I There will be some dilllculty in get ting good seed in this northern section next year, There will be no difficulty, whatever, In procuring all the seed corn a man wants in the latitude of the southern half of Iowa. It is well, there fore, that farmers are thinking over this matter now. If they have com of the usual varieties grown on their own farms which haB been selected in tbe usual way and fire dried, not kiln dried, they should not think of buying else where unless they are sure of getting something better. That northorn coun try, and by this we mean northern Iowa, northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota IB in great need of thorough* ly scientific, up-to-date seed corn breed ers and the farmer who will turn bis attention to growing Beed corn, proper ly caring for it, and selling it in the ear, can make plenty of money in the next three of four years, for rest assured that there will be more Improvement in seed corn in the next four or five years all over the west than there has been in the last hfty. The corn breeders of Illinois have aroused public attention SB to the type of corn that can be grown most profit ably. That is one question. A closely related one is the varieties of corn ap proximating thiB general type as close ly as possible that should be grown in a' particular elevation. We would .advise our readers to get the beet bred corn they can of the dent types as nearly as possible OA their own latitudes.—Wa% face'fl Farmer lWB s-r*. fp •£$ £T .• 'f -v ",vs ,cy ,y Vf "'*V *?V 4v". iz -S,t/r ,«• MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1902. FAMOUS ILLUSIONS. SOME SECRETS OF PROFESSIONAL CONJURERS REVEALED. How the Mynterica Arc Destroyed and tlic Tricks Sliorn of Their Charm by a Peep ut the Mcclinnlam llehiad the Section. A behind tho secnes view of the fa tuous illusions with which conjurors have mystified and delighted genera tion after generation has peculiar fasci nations. There are few of us who value our own childish illusions so highly that we will not part with them for the fun of seeing how wo have been fooled. Here are examples of some of the best known tricks: The box trick is as clever as well known and as old as any. A heavy, brass bound chest is exhibited. An as sistant is placed in a large canvas bag, the mouth of which is securely fas tened, and the bag is placed in tho chest, which is locked and roped. The box Is concealed for a few sec onds, and when it is revealed the occu pant is sitting upon it, the closed and sealed bag beside him. The cords and seals on the box are intact. This astonishing feat is accomplished thus: The occupant of the bag lias in serted a wooden plug in the mouth while the tying is being done. When tho chest is locked, he pulls it out, slips out his hand, pulls off the cords, gets out and replaces the cords over the top of the sack. By the time the chest is roped he is free. The chest has a secret opening, usually at the end, aud while it is hid den he crawls out. A slim man is usually employed to do the trick. The vanity fair trick is one of the most baffling in the repertory of tbe black art. A woman stands beforo a large mirror about ten feet high and placed in a heavy frame. About three feet from the lloor is a small shelf placed against the mirror, the bottom of which la about eighteen Inches from the floor. The glass having been duly inspected, the young woman mounts the shelf. She then turns to arrange her hair by the mirror. She is asked to face the audience, but again and again turns tier back* hence the name of the trick. very Finally, iosing patience, the perform er thrusts a small screen in front of her, fires a pistol at the spot where she was Btanding, snatched away the screen, and she has vanished. The top, bottom and sides of tho mir ror have been in view all the time and only ttic center has been hidden for a few seconds. The secret lies in the fact that the lower part of the mirror Is made double, the bottom of the upper part being* f?aceaJed by a sooond cb*iet of silvered glass placed in front of it. The shelf fits against the line of junction, and enables the mirror to be examined by the audience. As soon as the screen is placed the mirror slides up about a foot into the top of the frame. The bottom of this mirror is cut away in the middle, leaving a hole about eighteen inches square, which was previously concealed from view by the double glass at the base. Through this hole tho lady Instantly slips, and escapes by a board which has been pushed forward from behind the scenes while the vanity fair by play was going on. Tho glass then slides down again, the screen is re moved, and the mirror appears Just as solid as it was before. Another of the most astounding feats of modern magic is that of making a person or object apparently float in the air. A couple of ordinary chairs are placed on the stage—well toward tho back, which is draped with black cloth —aud upon these is laid a broad, thick plank. A young lady Is then intro duced aud is assisted to place herself in a recumbent position on the plank. lie then draws aside the chairs, and the piauk, with the lady on it, remains apparently suspended in the air. To prove that the plank is not supported, tbe exhibitor takes a large hoop and passes It backward and forward over and around the plank. Yet there Is au attachment. As soon as the lady is placed in position on tbe board a carriage, placed behind the black curtain and supporting a strong Iron bar twice bent upon itself, is pushed forward by an assistant so that the iron bur, which is covered with black cloth, conies out through a slit In tho curtain while the exhibitor is pretending to mesmerize tho lady. The bar has at its end a very strong clip, and the performer, while making his hypnotic passes, guides this on to the board. The chairs aro then removed, and the board remains suspended by the Invisible iron bar. The hoop is passed along from one end until it reaches the bend where the bar passes through the curtain. The performer passes it round tho cud of the board and himself walks be hind, passing the ring along in the op posite direction. Next it is brought back again, and the effect is such that the average spectator is convinced that the hoop has really been passed oyer the lady and the board from end to end. Another very effective illusion, ar ranged upon the same principle, shows the head and bust of a lady supported on a threo legged stool resting on a small table. One can apparently see not only between the legs of the tablo to tho back of the stage, but through the space between the stool aud the ta ble. In this caso the three legged stool is arranged with mirrors precisely as in the tripod illusiou, but the table, which has four legs, is managed differently. A largo mirror is placed diagonally un der the table, joiuing to opposite legs. Thus the spectators really only sees three of the legs, the fourth bclug sim ply tho reflection of the first—New York World. COOKING HINTS. Chocolate is greatly improved by adding a teaspoonful of strong coffee just before serving. In adding flour to gravies, always use a flour dredger and there will bo no lumps in the gravy. Some housekeepers vary the flavor of potato salad by boiling the potatoes for it in stock, or, If it Is more convenient, in t'le soup kettle. In rslng sour milk the proportion for gjjgeiCg-aftl .hisculta-, Sftfea,ot almogt ISllSilflit Democrat. any lou£li or halter IS OIK* TMSPOUN UI baking sodn to two cups s-otir null If uiukiii^ 11 m'lalin tion a hot or a wet day, mill 11 lutlu inoro gelatin tlinn llie reeipe ri'ipiin'S, half as milch again If yon wish to mold fruit into tlie jelly. Eggs a la riinljiote is made by boil ing egps three a ml a hall minutes, roll In lieaton and line bread crumbs, fry in deep fat when brown, drain 011 paper, garnish with parsley and serve with ramgotu sauce. To make a small shortcake take a pint of pastry Hour, rub 111 lard the size of 1111 egg, teaspoonful cream of tartar, half teaspoonful soila, salt, anil mix with sweet milk. Bake iu quick oven, split and butter and add fruit. A GOOD PRESCRIPTION. taniclitcr na Stomitrh Cure nn«l (in Aid to Hrnltli, Worry Is but one of tho many forma of fear, so that worry tends to the production of indigestion. Indigestion tends to put the body of the subject in a condition that favors worry. There is thus established a vicious circle which tends to perpetuate Itself, each element augmenting tbe other. It is necessary to secure a cheerful, wholesome atmosphere for the dys peptic. lie should eat his meals at 11 table where tliere Is good fellowship and where funny stories are told. He should himself make a great effort to contribute his share of tills at the table, oven if It be necessary, as It was In one case under my care, for him to solemn ly and seriously collect funny para graphs from the press, und at first In terject them spasmodically during lulls iu the conversation at the table. The very effort^ and determination of the man to correct his own silent habits at table, to correct his feelings of dis couragement and worry, wero I11 them selves a promise of success. The ef fort made was adequate to the obsta cles to be overcome, lie succeeded, and the spectacle of that man trying to be funny at table when lie felt thor oughly discouraged and blue is one we shall never forget. Laughing is iu itself also a useful exercise from the standpoint of diges tion. It stirs up all the abdominal organs, it increases tho circulation of the blood, it increases peristalsis, it in creases the secretion of gastric juices. Five minutes' deliberate laughing after each meal would be an excellent pre scription for some people.—Family Doc tor. THE BIRTH OF JAPAN. Cttrloas Li'Rcnil of the Crcatlou Handed Down by the Jaimuewe. The following is the curious legend of tho creation as It Is told in Japan: Clouds formed tho bridge on which onco god Yzanaghi and his spouse Yzanuma stood pondering on the rid dle of existence, whether the begin nings of worlds and the beginnings of life lay slumbering in that sea of chaos. Yzanaghi, apparently more en terprising than philosophically in clined, seized his shimmering spear and plunged It into tho black and seething Hood. Pulling it up again, he discovered seven salt drops on its dia mond point, which, dropping, con densed and formed the Islaud of Cuso koroslma. Thereupon Yzanaghi and his spouse selected the spot of earth whlcll had thus been created as their permanent dwelling place and peopled it with in numerable geuli of animal and plant life and spirits of the elements. And around this "palace of immortality" rose eight other islands—Awadsi, the Island of foam the mountainous Cho, Yamato, blessed with fruit Yyo, un surpassed in its beauty the qulnquan gular Tsikousi, Sado, rich iu copper and gold Yki, one of the pillars of heaven, and Oko, surrounded by three satellites. Such was the birth of Japan, of that curious land of Fusiyania, with its amlablo population of artist artisans, its graceful teahouses, Its glistening silks, Its grotesque dwarf trees, Its white cranes and dreamy lotus ponds. —Harper's Magazine. Tho Tired Foot. A lady was watching a potter at his work whose one foot was kept with a "never slackening speed turning his swift wheel round" while the other rested patiently on the ground. When the lady said to him In sympathizing tone, "How tired your foot must be!" the man raised his eyes and said: "No, ma'am it isn't the foot that works that's tired. It's the foot that stands. That's it" If you want to keep your strength, use it. If you want to get tired, do nothing. As a matter of fact, we all know that the last man to give a help ing hand to any new undertaking Is the mau who has plenty of time on his hands. It Is the man and woman who are doing the most who are always willing to do a little more."—Philadel phia Ledger. The Mnn and the Wave. Once upon a time a man was telling a tale of woe that unveiled his matri monial experience. "It was all on accouut of a little dainty handkerchief," he said. "The llrst time that 1 saw the girl and be foro we had been introduced she waved that bit of lace at me, and I was car ried away. It was a fall In love and then matrimony. But, alas, that deli cate handkerchief was no index to the girl's nature, and I found myself wrecked on the sea of matrimony." Moral.—A mau may be carried away by a wave and wrecked without going near the water.—Now York Herald. Wanted Lower Key. Spatts—My love, I wish you would alter the key of your voice. Mrs. Spatts—What's the matter with it? Spatts—Oh, nothing only from the expression of Eliza Jane's face after our recent argument I'm certain it fits every keyhole in tho house.—Town aud Couutry. Supcratltlou, Parson (visiting prison)—Why are fou here, my misguided friend? Prisoner—I'm the victim of the un lucky No. 13. Parson—Indeed! How's that? Prisoner—Twelve jurors nnd one Judge.—Chicago News. Diamonds are .worth $300,000,000,.*-, ton. Remember this andjon't,- «K S2! K' -•JBSSf-1! VOL. XXVIII--I NO. 51. I Our Stock of I Christinas Real Ebony, and Toilet Sets. N I 1 Is Now in. For father or mother, Brother or sister, Husband or wife, Just what you^want, And the price you can pay. Ranges and heating stoves Razors and knives, Carvers and shears, Tools and utensils. The Central Pharmacy, Headquarters day Goods. We are showing beautiful line of Leather Goods, Games- ^E?TV srlt '***&$$$$ ^'-V €l)c RATES OP APVERTI8INO.^^ SPACE. AW IU 8JF 11 BO no MR) 225 SIW) 5 TS 8 00 4 no 700 8 76 5 75 10 00 4 50 "J 00 18 00 bO 8 00 15 00 ODO Inoh Two Inches.. Three inches. Fourlnchos.. Five Inches-. •M f«B0 000 :soo 16 00 woo 00 40 00 IT 1100 1 TO 8 00 3 &0 3 00 4 50 660 19 SO Column.... Column.... 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