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FISHING IACKL
As yet Editor Miller of the
Wnverly Democrat shows no in
clination to be a good Indian.
Tho Oliver P. Morton homestead
at Centerville, Wayne county, Ind.,
is offered for sale. The present
owner, Miss Mai tha Peele, values it
at $4,000. "I don't want to sell it,"
she sayB,"but I think I shall have to.
How I do wish some historical
society or the state would buy it and
preserve it for history's sake! I could
sell the place for conversion into
town lots, but I don't want it to go
that way. The memories that cling
to it are far too dear." The fact is
not generally known that Indiana's
war governor would have been
known to fame as Oliver P. Throck
morton if his grandfather had not
shortened the family name by knock
ing off the first syllable.
After the battle" of the Yalu, dur
ing the war between China and
Japan, Admiral Ito, who, as will be
remembered, covered himself with
glory on that occasion, had granted
a young officer a few days' leave of
absence. When the time came for
the absentee to rejoin his ship the
abmijal Deceived the following lacon
ic telegram "Owing to unforeseen
circumstance I cannot, as expected,
return to duty." The admiral
replied:"Either give reason or re
turn." Shortly after a message
reached him from a hospital at
Iokosuta: "Train lost-cannot travel
leg lost-cannot run. Will return if
you insist." Admiral Ito did not
insist.
Does an Education Pay?
Does it pay an acorn to become
an oak?
Does it pay to escape being a
rich ignoramou8?
Does it pay to fit oneself for a sup
erior position?
Does it pay to open a little wider
the door of a narrow life?
Does it pay to make life a glory
instead of a grind?
Does it pay to add power to the
lens of the microscope or telescope?
Does it pay to taste the exhilara
tion of feeling one's powers unfold?
Does it pay to take the dry,
dreary drudgery out of life?
Does it pay a rosebud to open its
petals and fling out its beauty to
the. world?
Does'it pay to push one's horizon
farther out in order to get a wider
outlook, a clearer vision?
Does it pay to- learn how to cen
ter thought with power, how to
marshal one's mental force effective
ly?—Success.
Dalton on the Big Head.
What are you kicking about tlint
boy haying the bighead for? You
had the bighead fully as bad as he
has or even worse, at one time, didn't
you? Every boy is afflicted with the
bighead to a certain extent and the
only time it is inexcusable is when
the boy fails to get over it and goes
forging it into man's estate handi
capped with such a terrible affliction.
A boy with the bighead is tiresome
enough, but a man with the bighead
is intolerable. Worse still is a girl
or a woman with the same affliction..
But the average boy is expected to
have at least a touch of tho disease,
hence he ought not to be severely
censured for it, especially when his
censors used to havo it worse than
the boy ever thought of having it.
Give the boy a chance to grow out
of it and don't give him the worst of
it all the time, just because he has
something that you once had and had
a fearful time getting rid of. Look
yourself over carefully and see if
there is not a touch of the old boy
hood left in your makeup yet. When
you get an idea that your money
makes you the equal of men with
real brains, that's the bighead. When
you imagine your wife can trot in the
best society and be really respected,
(when in fact, she is sneered at when
ever her back is turned) just because
you have the price and she has the
clothes, that's the bighead. When
you get an itching for office and
imagine your friends are all falling
over each other to hand you some
thing juicy, just because you havo
voted the same ticket year after year
and did not have brains to know why
you did so, that's the bighead.
The Adaptability of Joseph.
Be was a little sawed-off runt, with patches on
I hti clothes.
He had a cowlick on hts head, and freckles ou
his nose
He wasnogood at leaiouafor he always hated
books.
lie |ulte preferred tho mystery ot aoglcworms
aud hooks.
While other fellows cottoned down to wisdom's
prosy way,
Joe used to pound an old baseb.il!, and keep It
up all day.
You'd always And that little runt, so full of grit
and saod,
Go dragglmi everywhere wlib him a ball club lu
his band.
1 guess he used to bleep with it, he seemed to
love It to.
For everywhere that ball club went along went
rut.ty Joa.
And so he kept it up for years, until he was the
king
High inoukey monk among us all, and quite the
proper thing.
One oi the chaps a meichant Is—his business is
dull
And oue's a minister who has to keop six small
mouths full
And one's a lawyer without briefs another Is a
clerk
Who'.measures ribbons In a store, and has to
hump and work.
They havo to hustle for the stuff, those follows
who were wise
Hut Joe, the little stub and twist, he seems to
yank the prize.
He's easy as be used to be, contented, full of
cheer—
He'll get three thousand plunkers just to play
base ball this year.
-if:
When you imagine that heaven's
gates are fairly yawning for yon,
merely because you yell "amen" the
loudest and pay the highest pew
rent, that's the bighead. When you
get the idea into that funny head
of yours that you can do business
without advertising, just because
you've been in town so long that
everybody knows you and won't
go anywhere else to trade, that's the
bighead. When you fondly cherish
the belief that you can beat a slot
machine, a poker game, the racos, or
any game of chance played by the
"other fellow," that's the bighead.
When you think you can fight booze
all your life without a block eye now
and then and eventually landing in
the position of the under dog, that's
the bighead. When you get the idea
that everybody is letting you in on
the ground floor and not telling their
secrets to everybody else, that's the
bighead. But why go on? There are
innumerable symptoms of the big
head and you haven't got all of them
Give the boy a chance and don't con
demn him to eternal failure just be
cause he has the bighead —Manson
Democrat.
Brooklyn Life.
A good remedy for scours in calves
is rennet extract. Give one tea
spoonful to a gallon of milk.
Tainted Milk.
Soon, say the Farmers' Tribune,
we will hear much complaint from
the consumers of milk products
about taints in milk. The dairy
man's difficulties begin when he is
obliged to rectify the trouble. In
nine cases out of .ten the cause of
bad or tainted milk is due to the
dairyman's neglect in handling his
dairy. Dr. Gerber, the Swiss scien
tist, gives' the following causes of
bad or tainted milk:
1 Poor, decayed fodder, or irra
tional methods of feeding.
2 Poor, dirty water used for
drinking water or for the washing
of utensils.
3 Foul air in cow stable, or the
cows lying in their own dung.
4 Lack of cleanliness in milking:
manure particles on ndder.
5 Keeping the milk long in too
warm, poorly ventilated and dirty
Neglecting to cool the milk
rapidly, directly after milking.
7 Lack of cleanliness in the care
of the milk, from which cause the
.greater number of milk taints arise.
8 Poor U-ansportation facilities.
9 Sick cows, udder~uiseas8r-.et!!
10 Cows being in heat.
11 Mixing freehand old-milkin
the «ame can.
12 Itusty tin pails and tin cai
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Hog Notes.
When hog cholera appears on the
farm, two things are essential: First
confine the disease to one farm sec
ond, prevent by all possible means
the loss of the entire herd by issola
tion and disinfection. Disinfect all
woodwork with two per cent carbolic
acid solution. This solution is made
by dissolving 1} ounce pure carbolic
acid in one-half gallon of water.
All things considered, we believe
that the split bottom trough is best
to feed slop to the pigs in. This
trough should be eight or ten inches
wide and a six inch plank should be
nailed on the sides. Such a trough
is easily kept in place and there is a
better opportunity afforded each pig
to secure his share of feed and there
is less opportunity for wasting food.
With pigs the time for weaning is
usually from ten to twelve weeks. A
good deal will depend, however,
upon the condition of the sow and
the quantity of milk she has as well
as the growth and thrift of the pigs,
but in all cases it will be best to
commence feeding the pigs as soon
as they show a disposition to eat.
This not only materially helps to se
cure abetter growth with the pigs
but lessens the drain on the sow.
After the pigs are feeding, it. is
good plan to separate the stronger
ones from the weaker, especially
where swine growers are raising
large number of pigs. There will be
no robbers and a better chance for
equal distribution of food will be ob
tained.—Farmers' Tribune.
Growing Alfalfa—Handling the Hay
After First Season.
The first crop is usually ready to
cut about the last week in May, fhis
being the heaviest and coarsest it is
the poorest in quality of the several
crops. Cut when the first blooms
appear. Get this crop cut early
and off the.'ground, as it will help
the second growth to earlier maturity
Start the mower soon after the dew
is off in the morning: rake up
small winrows in the afternoon, and
pile these up in tall, neatly made
cocks that will shed the rain well,
If the weather holds good draw the
hay to the barn the next day.
The principal factor to observe in
handling alfalfa hay is saving tho
leaves, as they are about four times
as rich in protein as the stems, and
shatter off very easily if not properly
handled. The leafless hay is of very
little value.
If you liave-ti 'side delivery rake
and hay loader they are preferred to
the common methods of handling
the hay spoken of above.
After the first ciop, calculate to
cut the hay when one-tenth of the
blossoms are in bloom. The Kansas
experiment station indicates the im
portance of this practice by the fol
lowing figures:
Protein.
Alfalfa out M0 in bloom 18.5 percent.
Alfalfa cut 4 in bloom 17.2 percent,
Alfalfa out in full bloom 14.4 percent.
It is a good practice to disc tho
field lightly, early in the spring,
and directly after each cutting. This
smooths the ground, stimulates new
growth and kills noxious weeds.—
Farmers' Tribune.
MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21), 1904 VOL. XXX--N0. 26.
OLD TIME BASEBALL.
IT WAS NOT SCIENTIFIC AND FEW
RULES WERE OBSERVED.
flic
flatter Wan Ktiutvo lis the k'ad
tllcmun, and (lie Object
Was to Throw a Unll That Could lie
Ilit-^Ui'lnelnK' In the Side."
Time will not turn back in its lligbt,
but the mind can travel back to tho
days before baseball or at least to the
days before baseball was so well
known ami before It bad become ko
BeientiUe. Thoro were ball sanies in
those days in town and country, and
the country ball ^anie was an event.
There were no clubs. Tln» country boy
of those days was not givjrarkms. lie
preferred Hooking by himself and re
maining independent. On Sunday aft
ernoons the neighborhood boys met on
some well crossed pasture, and. wheth
er ten or forty, every one was to tako
port in the game. Self appointed lead
ers divided the boys into two compa
nies', by alternately picking one until
the iBUpply was exhausted. Tlu» bat.
which was no round stiek, such as is
now used, but a stout paddle with a
tolQdc two Inches thick-and four inches
w|de with a convenient handle dressed
on to it, was the chosen arbiter. One
of the leaders spat on the side of this
bat, which wa^Jionestly called "the
paddle." and 4fBRl the leader of the
opposition forces, "Wet or dry?" The
paddle was theft sent whirling up in
t&eA
ir, and when it cauie down which
ever side won went to the bat, whUc
the others scattered over the field.
The balh was not what would be
called a "National league ball" nowa
days, but it served every purpose. It
was u8ually made 011 the spot by some
boy offering up his woolen socks as an
oblation, and these were raveled and
wound round a bullet, a handful of
strips cut from a rubber overshoe, a
piece of cork or almost anything or
nothing, when anything was not avail
able. The winding of this ball was an
art, and whoever could excel in this
art was'looked upon as a superior be
ing. The ball must be a perfect sphere
and the threads as regularly laid as
the wire on the helix of a magnetic
armature. When the winding was com
plete the surface of the ball was thor
oughly sewed with a large needle and
thread to prevent it from unwinding
whl^n a thread was cut. The diamond
was'not arbitrarily marked off as now.
Sometimes there were four bases and
sometimes six or seven. They were not
itiKjOtdistuut, but were marked by any
fprtultou# rock or shrub or depression
^*»e ground where the steers were
t-to bellQSLand paw up the earth,
of these
sure to lfe'.wleoted'-a.ei :.?tl«^
no ur^Alled the home
no masks or mitts or protec^orS^SKSfS^
was no science or chicanery, now
called "headwork." The strapping
young oafs, embryonic teachers, presi
dents and premiers were too honest for
this. The pitcher was the one who
could throw a ball over the "den," and
few could do this. His object was to
throw a ball that could be hit.
The paddleman's object was to hit
the ball, and if he struck at it—which
he need not do unless ho chose—and
missed It the catcher, standing well
back, tried to catch it after it had lost
its momentum by striking the earth
once and bounding in the air—"on tho
first bounce" it was called—and if ho
succeeded ttife paddleman was "dead,"
and another took his place. If he
struck it and it was not caught in tho
field or elsewhere in the air or "on tho
bounce," he could strike twice more,
but tho third time he was compelled to
run. There was 110 umpire uud very
little wrangliug. There was no effort
to pounce upon a base runner aud
touch htm with the ball. Any one hav
ing it could throw it at htm, and if it
hit him he was "dead"—almost literal
ly sometimes. If he dodged the ball, he
kept on running until the "den" was
reached. Sesae of the players becamo
proficient in "ducking, dodging and
side stepping, and others learned to
throw the ball with the accuracy of a
ritlo bullet.
No matter how many players were
011 a side, each and every oue bad to bo
put out, and if the last one made threo
successive home runs he "brought lu
the side," and the outfielders, pitchers
and catcher had to do all their work
over agalu. The boy who could "bring
in his side" was a hero. No victorious
general was ever prouder or more
lauded. Horatius at the bfidge was
small potatoes in comparison. He was
the uncrowned kiug. There were no
foul hits. If a ball touched the paddlo
ever so lightly, it was tick, and three
ticks made a compulsory run. The
score was kept by some one cuttiug
notches in a stick, and the runs dur
ing an afternoon ran into the hun
dreds. If the ball was lost in the grass
rolled under a Scotch thistle, the
cry "Lost ball!" was raised and the
game stopped until it was found.—Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
Wliut a l.te Did.
The madness of suicide as a relief
from mental anguish was vividly illus
trated years ago by an incident which
occurred in an Italian town. Morettl,
a tailor, was sent to prison on a charge
of fraud. Ills sweetheart called upon
the police otilccr to ask how long Mo
rettl was likely to lie conlhied and was
told that it would be probably for
many years. The policciuan had been
Instigated to say this by the girl's
mother, who disliked the match. Over
whelmed with grief and thereby driven
to despair, the poor girl put an end to
her life by poison. A few days later
Morettl was released from custody,
the accusation agaiust him having
been proved false. He returned home
to find his affianced bride a corpse.
Frenzied at the sight, he, too, destroy
ed himself. The lie wrought a double
tragedy.
SrldCH Wlio Percli In Trees.
Among the Lolos of western China it
Is customary for the bride ou the wed
ding morning to percli herself ou tho
highest branch of a large tree while the
elder female members of her family
cluster ou the lower limbs armed with
sticks. When all arc duly stationed
tho bridegroom clambers up the tree,
assailed on all sides by blows, pushes
atid pinches from the dowagers, and it
is not until he has fraoken through their
fence and captured the bride that he Is
allowed to carry her off.
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You Ask Why There Are
Such Snaps In The
Yazoo Valley
Yielding 20".) to when there
are millions of money seeking in
vestment at 4"!. and 5°». Answer
this: Why were there lands in
Delaware County 10 years ago,
sold at S25 and rented for $2.50
and yielded 10"u steady income,
nnd doubled their value in 8 years,
making in all about 18"" on what
they cost while thousands of dol
lars were lying all around them
drawing 8".. and 4"»V Tell why
this has been true right here with
land von have yourself plowed up
and I will tell you why such bar
gains, and twice such bargains are
changing hands at increased values
by the thousands of acres every
hour, '"lie question with you is
whether you will place your money
at 4". and or place it in the
best lands on top of the earth at
20",, to 30'/i. Which is the thing
to do?
E. J. BRECKON,
Tel. 103. Manchester, Iowa.
TIRRILL & PIERCE
are Loaning Money as cheap as
any person or corporation.
FOR SALE!
A farm of about 193 acres, on line
of Cedar Ilapids branch of Illinois
Central It. IS., live miles south of
Manchester, and one mile from
Golden station ample buildings and
of good quality line well water with
wind mill and tanks. No better
grain and stock farm in Delaware
county. Must be sold to settle an
estate. Is a bargain at §05.00 per
acre, which will buy it if taken soon.
210 ao- miles southeast
of Manci.. j-. ^jg^iuder im
ji'ovement," ^ce/4fine
juildings, all new, ...
them good well water \vitu^
mill and tanks. Best farm for
money in the country. Come Ick
if you want a bargain. Price $o0.00
per. acre.
We have other farms and can suit
Call and see us.
you.
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DELAWARE COUNTV
STATE BANK
Manchester, Iowa.
Capital and Surplus $90,000.
OPFIOER8—•
WM. C. CAWLEY, President.
R. W. TIRRILL, .... Vice President
CHAS. J. SEBDS, Cashier.
C. W. KEAGY, AM I. Cashier.
DIRECTOR®
WM. C. CAWLEY. B. W. TIRRILL.
W. G. KEN YON. H. F. ARNOLD.
M. H. WILL1STON. GEO. W. DUNHAM.
E. P. SEEDS. G. W. KEAGY.
CBAS. J. SEEDS.
A general banking business transacted In
branches. Drafts sold, payable anywhereln the
United States, England. Ireland and Eurupe.
Interest paid on Time Deposit* at
current rates, which can be made in
any sum from one dollar up.
Deposit Boxea for rent, for the storage ot
valuable papers, etc., all guarded by Urne locks.
Steamship Tioketa for sale to and from all
parts of Europe.
Private personal checking accounts received
from ladles.
The banking business of the public Is respect*
fully solicited, and we assure all our customers
every accommodation consistent with good busl.
ness methods.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Hid Co.
Manchester, Iowa.
ABSTRACTS.
REAL ESTATE.
LOANS AND
CONVEYANCING.
Office In First National
Bank Building
Orders by mail will receive careful
attention.
We have complete copiro of ail records
of Delaware county.
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CAKE BASKETS, BUTTER DISHES,
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In all sizes kinds and styles,
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