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a Clje .*ocrat.N VBRY WDWiaPAYy I. M..O%RH. A OARf*. •ONSON Edliori and Preprlelsfl. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Yearly, in advaaoe. ft £o not paid la advance 8 00 NOTICE.—On the allp of paper npon which the name Is printed, appears the date to which respectfully soUclted.aDd The writer's namo must aooompanr any art!* ole for publication, as an erldene of rood faith of theedltor*. $1.25. WtsHT THE FEET. «•.« C. YOUAK. H. F. AIWOU. YORAN. ARNOLD It is a little early yet for PLOW SHOES, but we have just received our new spring stock, and want to assure you that we can give you more shoe value than ever. Men's seamless plow shoes, firstclass leath er to wear and a No. 1 fitter, only -.Shoes in stock like cut, lace or buckle, are made from solid leather and warranted to wear well, usually sell for $1.50. Our price for spring of 1903 Only E. ST. Grassfield, (5ucce«or to QraMfield Bros.) Our Business Directory. ATTORNEY*. .W. DURHAM. K. B, BCTUS W. B- KOBBU DUNHAM, NORRIS STILCS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIXS a*- Publlo, Special attention tlven toOolleo one Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agte. )ffloo Is City Hall Block. Manchester, la. BC. J, YORAN* YORAN A TTQRNEYS AT LAW. and Real Estate Agents. Office over Delaware County State ^Bank, Manchester, Iowa. E. Brohsob. &. U. Cab*, BRONSON CARR. A TTOHNEYS AT LAW. Special attention A given to collections. OCoe In Democrat HuUdlnR, Franklin Street. Manchester, Iowa. PREO B. BLAIR. A TTORNKY AT LAW. OfflMtn UwOttrHlll Blockt MmcUetler, Iowa. PHYSIOIANS. A. J. WARD, v^pHYSIOIAN and Surgoon, will attend to calls 'K promptly at all hours of the day or night, Lamonttlowa. J. J. LINDSAY* Ma D., PHYSICIAN, surgeon and Bye Specialist. Office houn for eye vases ana fitting glasses 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Office corner Main ana Frank lin streets. £*0, C. Bhadley,M. D. n. M. Bradley,M. D. Zr BRADLEY & BRADLEY. HY8101AN8 AND BURUEON8. street, Manchester, Iowa. Franklin DENTIST*. O. L. LEIGH. Dentist. Office In the Adams building oo Franklin Street. Telephone 216. C. W. DORMAN, i"lENTIST. Office on Franklin Street, north of the Globe Hotel, Manchester, Iowa. Dental Surgery In all Its branohes. Makes .TsquentvtBjw to neighboring towns. Always office on Saturday**. E. K. NBWOOMB. r\ENTI8T. Office over Clark 6 Lawrence'* 17 store on Franklin street Grown bridge work a specialty. Will meet patients al Farley Wednesday of each week. 82tf VETERINARIAN. DR. J.,W. SCOTT, VETERINARY Surgeon, and Dentist* 601B Main Street. Telephon 289. MANCHBSTBR MARBLE WORKS T8 prepared to furnish Qranlte and Marble JL Monuments and Head Stones of various de signs. Have the oounty right for Slpe'a Pat .-ent Grave Cover also dealer In Iron Fenoea. Will meet all oompetltion. 8tf 91 WV. MOINTOSH. W. N. BOYNTON. TO ATOHMAKERS, Jewelers and Bngravers VV dealers in Watches, Clooks, Silver and Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry.fipeotaolee,Cutlery, .Musical Instruments, etc., Main street. A.D.BROWN Dealer in furniture etc., and Main Street. F. WURKMBI8TBR, •72.ENEBAL DEALER IN FURNITURE, Coffins. Picture Frames, Eto. A oomplete stook of Furniture and Upholstery always on hand,'at prices that defy competition. A good Hearse kept for attendanoe at funerals. Earl vide, Iowa. GiLDNER BROS. YiLOTHING and Gents furnishing City HaU Blook, Franklin Street. EKT1H1D AT TH1 POSTOmOK AT I KAJfOHSSTBB. IOWA, AS SSOOKD-OLAM llATTSR. $1.65 MANCHESTER. OWA. HOLLISTER LUMBER OO. LUMBER and all kinds of. building materials. Posta and Coal, Corner of Delaware and Madison streets. THOS. T. OARKEEK. Architect and buildino sdperin- TENIJENT, 8. B. Corner, 8th and Main St. uubuque. Iowa. eCHARLB*. THE TAILOR. MKo™d^MaTn^hi5eHr,*Iow£ 'n', F»ral'bl« WM. DENNIS. PARP1.NTER, CONTRACTOR ft BUILDER, I am now prepared to do all work In my line in a good and workmanlike manner. Satis faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur nished. Work taken In town or oountry. Shoo near the stand tower on Weak Side of river. O. E. OATBS. prompt attention. A share of your pabonan is solfoited. Charges right. Give your draying to a man who has come to stay. LAWR8NOE A GRBMS. DBYte.8, aty1a5fbfe(SfM0I,ery' DEADER 1'ata"-OU'' A. E. PETERSON,.. IN Qrooarlei,*' Provisions, ery, Fruits, etc. MUn Street, J. M. PEARSE. TU8TIcEOPTHB PBAOB AND COLLECT O OR. All biulness entreated to him given prompt attention. Offioe In City Hall Hock, Mnnrf HAA* second floor. ALEX. SEP8TROM. f± RUBRAL BLACKSMITH, horsesholng no pay. Prloes reasonal worfc guaranteed A share of the publle patron* ageUsnllelted. Shop on Franklin street/near the brloge. CYCLONE AND TORNADO Insuruoe in Brat olaaa eompaiues written and poUoles Issued by Bbomsoh ft Cabb. Business Opportunities For AIL Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minne sota sind Missouri on the Chicago Ureal Western Hallway the very best agri cultural section of the United States where farmers are prosperous and busi ness men successful. We have a demand for competent men, with the necessary capital, for all branches of business. Sons special 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. Beed, Industrial A^ent, 604 Endicott Building, St. Paul, A Most Liberal Offer. All our farmer readers should take advantage of the unprecedented club bing offer we this year make, which in cludes with this paper The Iowa Home stead, Its Special Farmers' Institute Ed itions and The Poultry Farmer. These three publications are the best of their class and Bhould be in every farm home. To them we add, for local, county and fbe ALLEN & STORBY. /CLOTHING and Genta furnishing goods. Cor ner Main and Franklin streets. eneral news, our own paper, and make price of tba four one year only 81.90. Never before was so small an amount of money. The three papers named, which we club with our own, are well known throughout the west, and com mend themselves to the reader's favor able attention. The Iowa Homestead is the great agricultural and live stock paper of the west The Poultry Farmer is the most practical poultry paper for the farmer, while The Special Farmers' Institute Editions are the most praotl-, cal publications for the promotion of good farming ever published. Take ad vantage of this great offer, as it will hold good fof a short time only. Sam ples of these papers may be examined by calling at this office. 53-w81 goods. B. CLARK. BRY GOODS, Notions, Carpets, Gents Pur nlBhlng goods, etc. Franklin Street. QUAKBR MILL CO. FLOUR and Feed, Manufacturers of the cele brated White Satin and White Pearl Flour. KIDDBLL A CO., rtRY GOODS, Carpets, Millinery, Hats and IJ Caps, Boots and Shoes, eto., Main St. Uanoheater, Iowa. A.THOBPB. Pdar HOPKIKTOR OF KALAMITY'S PLDN Store aid Dealer In Clothing, Boots, Bhoou, Notions, sle. Masonto Block Manches ter, Iowa. E. T. GRASSFIELD, si given Special nOGTg AND SHOES of all grades and prloes, Jj Custom Work and Repairing gi tttontlon. Store In City HaU Blook. GBO. S LISTER, HARDWARE. STOVES, TINWARE, ETC. •LL Keeps a Orst-olasa- tinner and does all kinds of repairing with neatness and dispatch. Store opposite First National Bank, Main St. T. P. MOONBY. ESUBE^ftPMPEB^^tggOjng SUB always rcmirnmi fliaa. iMwt.. mire* George WasW- •"i .. CUCUMBER And Elder Flower Cream Is the beat protec tion for the face from the Sprint Winds, Heal IniE and soothing, It keeps away black heads and other blemlihes. Guaranteed pure and will not grow hair on the face. All kinds of Hair Work done to order* MRS. O. B. EATON. Oyer Harness Store, Main Street. IStf Manchester, Iowa. F. E. RICHARDSON, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Delhi, 1 a work manlike manner. Charge* reasonable. Your -patronage solicited. istf Office over the Racket Store Manchester, Iowa. SSB siHi The Globe Journal queries "Why should we pay a weather man a stipend fat and large if on the ancient time tried plan the ground hog In charge?" Coleman Younger, survivor of the three brother* who were sentenced to life Imprisonment because of connec tion with the bank robbery and murder at Northfield, Minnesota, In 1876, has been granted a full pardon by the state board of pardons on condition that he promises never to place himself on ex blbltion and that he leaves the state of Minnesota, never to return, voluntarily. The youngest brother, Bob, died in the penitentiary ten years ago of consump tion. Nearly two years ago Coleman and Jame. were paroled, under the acts of a new law enacted for their special benefit. Last fall, discouraged by poor health and his Inability under the law to marry the woman of bl. choice, Jim shot andjfcllled himself In bis rooms In this city. Goleman's friends sought bis full pardon, but the petition was denied. Recently be filed a petition on his own behalf and this has now been granted, Better Than Prohibition. After a trial of fifty years Vermont has abandoned the attempt to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors and has substituted local option. The action Is In line with that of other slates. The total prohibition of the liquor traffic Is now recognized to be Impracticable if not Impossible. Prohibition Is, as Gen eral Hancock thought of the tariff, a local question. It has taken a good while to bring some very well meaning people to the admission that their own convictions, no matter how sincere and consci entious, are not necessarily binding upon their neighbors. Men and wom en who believe—and with reason that alcohol is a curse to humanity have labored long and earnestly to save people fromtbemseives, but, as is the history of all such attempts, they have been compelled to confess failure. Tbey are now about ready to admit that the remedy for the drink evil 1b to be found not in prohibitory legislation but In ed uction and public sentiment. And that remedy Ib proving effective. Drunkenness is undoubtedly diminish ing in all classes of society. Neither the professional man nor the mechanic can nowadays afford to be known as a drunkard. It Is only in the very lowest stratum of society that habitual intem perance in the use of liquor Is regarded with comparativelndlfference, and even in the slums the growing popularity of ilnst whisky ha. caifted a de crease in the bestial, insane dipsomania which renders drunkenness terrible. It may very well be doubted whether men will ever abandon the use of alco holic beverages altogether, but there is good reason to hope that the time is not far distant when the use of such bevera. ges will be so restricted and so moderate as to constitute practically no menace to humanity. Men are seeing for them selves the physical and moral evils at tendant upon excess, and with this real ization the triumph of true temperance becomes assured. nxk Prohibition has failed because prohi bition was Bn attempt to make men moral b? act of parliament, a vJ specialty. Interferrlng and oorns cored or ble, and the best of wheresB morality comes from within the man not from without.—Chicago Chronicle. Hedern Board of Trade Tactics. As the Sioux City Journal recently pointed out in an editorial review of the latest operations of the Armours in the wheat pit, board of trade opera tions instead of becoming safer for the unsophisticated as time goes on, are ac tually becoming more dangerous. In the days of the old-fashioned "corner" outsiders were sometimes able topioflt. They took notice when some well known and successful operator was buying large quantities of some par ticular grain, and believing that be would wage a successful campaign for the accomplishment of his object, which was almost Invariably to get control of the visible supply and then force the price up to the highest point possible and compel a settlement on that basiB without mercy, traded along with him in small quantities. When the day of settlement came these buyers reaped proportionate rewards. Of course there were losses then just as there are now for in board of trade trans actions there Is always a loss for every gain. But the modern bull does not operate as he used to. The Armours for In stance started in a short time ago when wheat waa low, buying large quantities of that grain, and outsiders who had not caught on to the new methods bought also, just as they had been ac customed to,-and kept on buying, ex pecting that Armour would keep the prices going upward untU the day of settlement,when everybody who was on that side would reap a profit but after Armour bad played the part of a bull for a time, be quietly began to unload, using for this purpose brokers who Were not supposed to be his agents. The outside lambs kept on buying, thinking they were buying, with Armour, when in reality the were buying his grain. When everything was to the liking of the big operator be put his whole stock on the market, disposed of It in a day or two, cleaned up bis half million or mote, .leaving those who supposed they were following him to pocket their losses, and hide their chagrin if tbey could. Board of trade operations are Invar iably conducted for those who are on the inside. The vast fortunes made In the wheat pit and on the Btock market would be impossible were it not that a sucker is born out in the country every minute and seemingly never learns to be anything else than a suaker, no mat ter how long he lives.—Cedar BapldB Republican. Mizpah. "The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another."—Gen. St: 49, Go thou thy way, and I go mine Apart, yet not sfar nly a thin vail haugs between Ool The pathway where we are, And, "God keep watch 'tween thee aod me/*— This Is my prayer, He looks thy way. He looketh mine, And keeps us near. I know not where thy road may He, Or which way mine will be If mine will load thro' parching sands And tbtue beside the sea let "God keep watch 'tween thoe and me," So never fear. He holds thy hand, Tie claspetb mine And keeps us near. Should wealth and fame perchance be thine. And my lot lowly be Or you be sad and sorrowful. And glory be for ine. Yet 'God keep watch 'tween thee and me," Both be Ills care. Oneftfm 'round thee and one 'round me. Will keep us near. I sigh, sometimes, to tee thy face-. But slnee this may not be. I'll leaTe thee to the care of Him, Who cares for thee ami me, "?3L?weP ,?ee1)0111 In presenting this subject for discus sion 1 consider it one of the most im portant problems with which the farmer has to deal. There is such a variety of circumstances and conditions as we Qnd them on different farms. Ueneral management of the farm like other vo cations is presumed to be carried on for the purpoie of a livelihood and the ac cumulation of the almighty dollar. However the making of money on the farm should not occupy ail our thoughts and require all our energies. The edu cation of our children and the welfare and happiness of our families should ever hold a prominent place In our minds while we are wrestling with the problems Incident to the management of the farm. If we would improve or even retain the fertility of our farms, and every farmer should try to do this, we must keep all the livestock our farms will maintain. Just what kind of stock or bow much for any given number of acres, no one can state. The variation in soil, the difference In the construction of buildings, arrangement of yards and stable*, the quantity and accessibility of watp»K and' vatlous de tsifrall tiave a boarik^'oa what can be produced and the amount of labor re quired to handle the stock on the farm Not long since I heard two or three men dlBcussIng stock and dairymatters, one thought if a man had land" enough to keep forty or forty-tlve head of cattle he might just as well have them all cows as he would be likely to take bet ter care of them than he would if he only kept ten or fifteen and the balance young Btock. I presume It did not oc cur to him that It would be very diffi cult on some farms to obtain milkers for forty or more cows. On the other hand if there are three or four children in the family old enough to milk, a large dairy may be carried on with success for a period of years. Let us not forget that one or more of these children Bbould be in school a good part of the time for six or eight years. Again, the older of these children soon attain the age at which they go out to rustle for themselves and the farmer must hire help perhaps both in the house and out. ThiB question of hired help has be come quite serious the last few years and doubtleBB hdB somewhat to do with many "tired" farmers moving to town. If one is bo situated that he can devote bis entire farm to the production of milk or butter I know of no other farm product that will bring bo much money and at the same time take bo little fer tility from the farm. Suppose you sell one ton of butter at twenty-five cents per pound, you have 8500 for your load, which if you had spread the butter on your farm it would not have enriched the land equal to one load of barnyard manure. The production of good meat is per haps the next best item from which we may obtain the "stuff" that heipB us over the rough places. In the manage ment of the farm one should produce a variety of good meat. I would empha size the word good, fur like butter It is the good article that brings the remu nerative price, I care not whether it be beef, pork, mutton, poultry or horse meat. Yes, horse meat. Oo not mis take my meaning, If you raise a good, well bred horse, weighing 1200 pounds, and he brings you 8120., not an extrava gant price, you have ten cents a pound for that piece of horse- flesh, while we were doing fairly well for a period of five or ten years if we could sell a bunch of steers of equal weight at five cents a pound. Beef and mutton can be pro duced somewhat'cheaper than pork or horses from the fact that they may be grown mostly on grass and roughage, while the hog requires more grain acd in growing horses there is more risk from accidents, let us keep this fact in view, it is the best bred and best bandied stock that brings the top of the market. When it is known that a farm er has a lot of choice Btock «5i1 beneath my wings," This comforts, dear, One wing o'er Mteaand one o'er me So we are near. And though our paths be soparate, And thy way Is not mine, Yet coming to the mercy seat, My soul will meet with thine, And "Got* keep watch tween thee and me." I'll whisper there, .• He blesseth thee, Heblesieth me. And we are near. DELAWARE COUNTY FARMER'S INSTITUTE. (Continued from last week.) General Management of the Farm liy Wattaon Chlhla. there will be some one at his farm every week In the year to buy it. 1 cannot urge too Btrongly the keep ing of all the live stock our farms will carry. To illustrate—in 1870 I talked with several farmers of the Mohawk valley who were loading baled hay on a canal boat for shipment to .New York City. On asking the price on board they replied only 810 per ton, they could not understand why it*should not bring 915 to 818 as It had ten years before, and at the same time the crop was growing less every year, it issaid that some of those eastern farms will not MANCHESTER, LOW A, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY VOL. XXIX—NO bring more than half what they would thirty years ago. Why? -Because the owners have robbed them of their fertility ad shipped It to the large cities, and fear it will be a cold day before It is returned. Oa the other hand 1 call to mind several farms in Northern New York on some of which I worked when In my 'teens They were w?ll stocked then and have been ever since, it being necessary to some times buy western feed stuff to carry over the stock during a period of scarcity. Some of the owners have fine residences In town and rent their farms which are valuable property and cannot be bought for a song. The rotation of crops should receive more careful attention. There are some lands along our rivers and brooks that oannot*well be utilized only as per manent pasture, but nearly all our prairie lands may be made tillable by tiling and when the rock are taken out they are bb productive bb any part of ouSfatms. On a farm that can all be cultivated commencing with afield well seeded, mow for hav three seasons not turning stock on after haying till late in the fall, then pasture three years or longer, the longer the better for the land, break up in the fail and plant with corn not more than two or three seasons, sow to small grain and seed with clover and timothy, equal quanti ties by measure. Sometime the condi tions are unfavorable for a "catch"' of grass seed, in that event sow timothy as soon as possible after harvest on the Btubble and harrow lightly, follow with the clover early In spring. We may do with less hay laud and use it as pas ture providing we have a good silo which seems to be the best means yet devised to utilize a portion of our corn crop. It comes In about as handy for the farmer- in rough winter weather as a good cistern with plenty of soft water does for hlB better half. In relation to pure bred BtOck Iowa ranks as the leader of the sisterhood of states in the number of pure bred anl malB. She has more importers of draft horses and more high grade draft horses than any other state. Her 300 breed ers of pure bred Herfords, sold one fourth of all the pure bred Herfords sold in America last year. Iowa has one-third of all the Aberdeen-Angus cattle In America, also more Short Horn breeders than any other state in the Union, and more pure bred Galloway cattle than any other state. Also many line beards of the dairy type as shown by the 140,000,000 pounds of butter made annually. With suob a large number of pure bred animals within our atate to select from, would seem that In the near future our farms can all be stocked with pure bred ani mals of any breed or type the farmer may desire to keep, We need not go wild because meats have been unusual ly high the past year, or flatter our selves they are going to remain so. With careful selection and judicious handling there is little fear but there will will be a margin above the cost of production. Where the farm Ib large enough I prefer a variety of stock— horses, cattle, sheep and Bwine. Then plan to raise two or three colts so you can sell a good horse or pair every year, raise some calves, the heifers to take the place of cows you don't care to keep any longer, and the steers for the butch er or buy a few to make a carload and when ready, ship. Plan to have a car load of sheep or hogs to ship. In this way you get quite a sum of money In a lump and can use it to better advant age than if received in little dribs. While well bred-horses are worth ten to fourteen cents a pound, fat steers, hogs and sheep fluctuating around live or si!( cents, butter twenty-five cents, chickens and turkeys—well, they roost high—, with our daily mall delivery at our doors, with the telephone by which we may communicate with our neighbor at any time, our free school libraries, our experimental stations, our schools for stock and corn judging, all these Advantages and others are within our reach if we will put forth the effort. To the young people who are.hesitat ing whether it is best to have the farm sold and all move to town, 1 would ask in all candor—Is the future outlook for farming a gloomy one? 1 imagine 1 see a very material change in conditions as compared with fifty years ago. As my thoughts go back to those days it seems that nearly everv part of farm labor that we then called hard work Is now done by hors es while we sit on a spring seat and drive and yet we think carrying on the farm is such hard work. Let us endeavor so far as we can to encourage and assist those who have some knowledge of farm life and those who desire to follow that as a vocation that they may start aright, aiming al ways to produce the best of its kind, practicing economy, perseverance, in tegrity and industry, then in after years they will not regret the day when they assume the "General Management of the Farm.'' CHINESE PRINTING. The Comiio.ttum Are Staid and Dig nliiod «nd Never Raili. A font of type hi the Chinese lan guage requiros 11,000 spaces, and iu the large and spacious rack each word. Instead cf each letter, as In English, has a place by Itself. There Is also a peculiar grouping or classification .of symbols Into groups to further facili tate the mental labors of the typeset ters. Thus, in the Immediate vicinity of the symbol for flsli would be found the symbols of scales, net, flns, tail, gills. This simplifies the labor, which In any event must be so strenuous that It Is evident that the compositor's end of the Chiuese newspaper should, If perfect justice ruled, bo the highest paid. The compositor Is a'staid and digni fied Individual, nnd as he slowly walks from symbol, to symbol, picking up thqse whlcli its requires with proyote, calmness, the.Aaierigafl caiapw in[glit well wom'.cr fr v? WIIPII tne worn would be completed, uiul to set up the type required for suuill four piige daily paper the constant labors of eight or nine skilled Chluauicn urc required for twelve or thirteen hours, the entire work in every department being the antipodes of the rush and whirl and marvelous celerity of the modern ,American publication. When the pa per Is set up, it is printed on an Amer ican press, but the type, the symbols, are all ?de in China. MEDICINE IN I A N E S Peculiar Properties of the Uertn,' ,t(J, Indian Doctor* tie, An Interesting character, frequwufj met with in the Andes, Is thc cullu guayas, op Indian doctor. He is every where and Is trader, tinker, peddler, fortune teller, conjurer and magician. His knowledge of botany is as mys terious as it is comprehensive, and the most astonishing stories are told of Ills cures. A man in Lima was lying at the point of death with a disease which ballled physicians who brought dlplo^ mas from the medical schools of Paris and Vienna. One evening two of the physicians stood talkin jf the case at the sick man's door, without noticing a humble, barefooted Indian who lean ed against the wall. As tbey departed the Indian entered the patio and asked to see the sick man. The family re ferred him to the attending doctor, who, amazed at his audacity, exclaim* ed: "What do you know about a disease that puzzles the best physicians In Lima?" "I have herbs that will cure every thing," said the callaguayas. The doctor Bmiled in scorn and turn ed away. The Indian opened his pack, took from a paper a single leaf and banded it to the physician, asking bim to smell It. He did so, and Instantly his nose began to bleed, and be waa unable to stop it. The Indian stood stolidly by for a time, then banded him another leaf, saying, "Smell that and tbe bleeding will stop." The result was what he promised, and the physician was interested. In the end the callaguayas saw tbe sick man. He selected herbs from his stock, brewed a tea and gave it to the patient, and tbe sick man recovered. "Be tween the Andes and the Ocean/' A Marvel of Science. During a visit to the south with an eclipse expedition some years ago an eminent American professor met an ofd negro servant whose duty It was to look after the chickens of tbo establish ment where he was staying. The day before the eclipse took place the pro fessor in an Idle moment called the old man to him and said, "Sam, if tomor row mortrlng at 11 o'clock you watch your chickens you will find they will all go to roost" Sum was skeptical, of course, but when at the appointed time next day the sun in tbe heavens was darkened and the chickens retired to roost the negro's astonishment knew no bounds. He approached the professor in awed wonder. "Massa," he asked, "how long ago did you know dat dem chickens would go to roost?" "Oh, a long time," said the professor airily. "Did you know a year ago, massaY* "Yes." "Then dat beats de debil!" exclaimed the astonished old man. "Dem chick ens weren't hatched a year ago!" No Laundrieii In China, "It's the fuqnlest thiug to me," said an old sea captain who for many years was in fiie China trade, "that nine out of every ten Chinamen who come to this country open laundries and engage in a business which does not exist in their native land. "As every one knows, the Chinese at home wear soft cotton and woolen gar ments, according to the season, and there is not a pouud of starch in all China. Stiffly Btnrcbed clothes are un known, and the Chinese men do not do the washing as they do iu this coun try. Neither is there any regular laun dry in the Flowery Kingdom. There fore it is more than passing strange that Chinamen should all come to America and engage in a trade so for eign to their home industries."—Balti more Sun. Disguised Hands Always Bad. "Here is a truth," says a handwrit ing expert In the Philadelphia Record, "that is as widespread as the ether: A disguised hand always tries to be poor er thau tbe reul haud. That axiom Is a great help to us experts. For In stance, when a letter done In a dis guised hand is brought to us we al ways know that the writer of the let ter Is In a higher station than the band would lead us to infer hence in our detective work we are able to save much valuable time by eliminating all persous socially below the appearance of tbo letter and concentrating our at tention on those only who are above it Astonndins Memories. Horace Vernet is the best example of visual memory. He could paint a striking portrait of a man, life size, aft er having once looked at bis model. Mozurt had a great musical memory. Having heard twice tbe "Miserere" in the Sistine chapel, he wrote down the full score of It There are soloists who during twenty-four hours can play the composition of other masters without ever skipping a note. A Difference. "Actors ore not much like ships," re marked Hamlett Egg thoughtfully. "Why this observation?" Inquired Brutus De Trick. "Well," answered Egg, "ships are sometimes stranded on the rocks. Ac tors are stranded because of a lack of rocks."—New York Times. Parental UUclpllne. Nervous Parent—Stop that! Haven't 1 told you the last fifty times 1 bad to correct you for that I wouldn't speak to you again about It?—Los Angeles Herald. Taking the world as a whole, 25 per cent die before they reach the age of seventeen. ^"Excerlence worries more men than it les.—ObicagoJewB. {Ware, & &T" €1)1 JDimocrat. RATES OP ADVERTISINC. SPACB. iw Sw 1M SM «K IT Onelnoh $100 •180 IS 60 00 flM $10 00 Two Inches.. 1 AO S 60 6 T8 900 IB 00 Thrco Inches. too 00 4 60 700 uoo 20 00 Fourlnohes,. KM 8 76 6 76 1000 KM UR 00 Fivo Inches.. »00 4 50 1 00 13 Ml £0 00 $0 00 Column.... 4 AO 50 800 1600 DO 40 00 column.... 0 60 vmi IS 00 a on 40 00 A large shipment of elegant extension tables. Prices rang ing* from $6 to $25. It is worth^your while to call ai^d see them. The Furniture Man. Please do not forget that we curry a full line of all goods carried in a first-class Hardware Store. We are agents for Lisk Anti-Rust Tinware, Rochester Nickle Plate Electric Cutlery, Razors, Scissors, Shears in prices to please all. Call and see us. CARHART & NYE, FRANKLIN STREET. TELEPHONE 139. »*#***$*««•»*#***** We originated the fad for shoelace belts in the city. We still have a complete line nf the laces in red, blue, green, white or black. If you are not supplied we should be pleased to show them to you. Klnne & madden. 1 Hoffs Liniment! The Quick Clean Cure' It cures cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, Neuralgia, lnine back and rheumatism, also cures coughs, croup, cold in head, cold on the lungs and bron chitis. This liniment is good for man or beast, and is usable internally and externally. Give it a trial. Sold by— Lawrence & Grems, CITY HALL PHARMACY. li'ltifitii Tf a? ffft 00 One Column., IV 50 1800 26 00 60 00 8000 126 00 Or-Advertlsementsordered discontinuedbe fore expiration of contract will be charged ac cording to above scale. Business cards, not exceeding six lines $5.00 per year. Business locals, ten cents per line for the first Insertion, and five cents per lino for each subse quent Insertion. Oust Received! tf' v' /ffe gsllfe 8#®f% ifiT 5 A TA .'• A' f. 4 A -T*