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FORD- ^UitUUitUUluiSuiUiUUlUiiUiUR Main Street Laundrv and Bath Room OPENED JANUARY 2, 1905. Soft water'for all washing and for bath room. -Call Telephone No.£311, and we*will call for your laundry, sr Keen Kutter! Silver Ware, Kitchen Cutlery, 'i' 4k- Tel.l2P. a, •,. «siaM ENTERKD AT.TF1 POSTOFFICR A* 1 MAXCHBTBR, IOWA,AH 8ECONIM?L,AH* MATTER,F _= piSifSWf I. W. LAMPMAN, Prop. -t j. -r Pocket Knives, and Call and see our Complete'Line. shears. PlSJIall Simon & Atwater mum Pope Leo is credited with hav ing administered a most appropriate rebuke upon a presuming visionary vvLo, pretended to have discovered tbe' philosopher's stone and de manded a recompense therefor. His holiness presented the discoverer with,an empty purse. "The true posscBsof of the philosopher's stone," •aid the pope, "is the miner, whose iron, copper or tin are always con vertible into more precious metals. Agriculture it the noblest of all alchemy, for it turns the common earth into gold and confers upon its cultivator the additional reward of health. The reaction against corruption, graft and boodle seems to have set in very strongly. It is at work in Connecticut and Rhode Island. In Indiana the outcry against the lobby is most significant. Delaware is still fighting bravely against Ad dicks, apparently with a good chance pf again defeating him. The ad ministration is going after the land thieves with commendable vigor. Even in Pennsylvania the attempts of Governor Pennypacker and his machine to muzzle the press show that criticism is having its effect even on men supposed to be pachy dermatous. Under the leadership of Folk and, the reform forces much may be see mplished in Missouri. We have begun our house-cleaning, none to soon. Now that we have begun it, we should not stop till we have raised public life to a' greatly higher level.—Indianapolis News. Arthur Simmons, the negro door keeper and messenger at the white house, has held that position for forty-two years, serving under ten presidents and being one of the government's most faithful employes. He was born a slave in North Caro lina, ran away to Washington at the outbreak pf the civil war and man aged to get an interview with Lin coln, who appointed him doorkeeper. It was to Simmons that President Grant offered his famous threat: "Do you see that man?" pointing to an importunate and persistent office seeker who had bothered General Grant to the point of distraction. "Yes," replied Simmons. "Well, that man is after your job. The next time you let him in here I'm going to give it to him." Needless to say the officesfieker never secured another interview with thtf president. ^-1 Don^ Oolt'ijast For Ifow." Many young people form habits which cripple and handicap them for life by doing things "just for now." Tney let things drop wher ever they happen to be "just for now," thinking that they will put the book, the tool, the letter, or the article of clothing, later, where it belongs. When these young people grow up to manhood and womanhood, they find that the habit of putting thiggs down anywhere, "just for now', has become a tyrant that fills their lives with confusion and dis order. It takes no more time or effort to put a.thing where it belongs, in the first place, than it does later,—per haps less and the chances are that, if you do not do it at the proper time, vou never will. Even if it costs you a little in convenience, at the moment, to put everything in its proper place, to do everything at the proper time, the orderly and methodical habits which you cultivate in this way will in crease your power, and usefulness a hundredfold, and may save much trouble and mortification in tbe future.—American Adviser. ,t Who Pays the Tax. In reading the tariff discussion now waxing hot again in England, an American is struck by the ap pearance in the old country oif the delusionB, sophistries and "scare crows" that have so long done duty here. Thus Mr. Chamberlain in. a recent speech argued that his pro posed duties on food products would be "paid by the foreigner aa a toll for entering the British market." The reformers' answer to the same claim of our high-tariff men was this: If "the foreigner pays the tax," why have any internal revenue taxes? Why practice economy, Why not make the for eigners pay toll enough for entering our market to support the Govern ment, build the biggest navy afloat, improve all our rivers and harbors and erect a fine public building in every town that can boast of being the home of a Congressman? But an Englishman of an inquir ing turn of mind,' being in New York, put this iridescent theory to a practical test. He compared the price-list of one of our leading grocery houses with the prices ob taining in London concerna of equal standing. On twelvq specified articles of domestic use made in England the price was 32 per cent, higher here—just about the average duty. For ten American products— canned goods, preserves, dried fruits, 4c.—the consumer in New York actually pays 10 per cent, more than the consumer of the same goods in Londun. On eighteen table and household articles im ported from other countries into both England and America the New York prices was 30 per cent, higher than that quoted in London. The conclusion of the investigator —Mr. E. H. Gilpin, writing to the Spectator—is that "the tarriff does indeed exact a heavv toll, but it is from the consumer.''—N. Y. World. MANCHESTER, IOWA,'WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25. 1905. Porhaps God's 'ngel* mit) to H»pu(s«d Sorrow and »l kt\e«8. poverty anddettih, May be bul masks which rell The radlentfnces of tin messeuters Who strive unbidden for innnkliid'4 A tile best pood Thre? Gates. If yona temple-to revvitl Mintone to has About another.N.HHHoit it PHMtold Jtt fore you speMk,three khi*» fkoid. Theso narrow gate.-rue?" Tbeu."Is It ueedfu lu your Olre mliul truthful auswer aud the Is nuu .-• last aud turro west, And If to reach jrour Hps at 1 t*L ll panes through th nue»vnv* ti.ro« Then you may te I ih«i«l« -or f*ar What the result of stn^rh mv It takes a hard Mow nt the pocket book, such as a crop failure, to slimv Bome people the advantages ot di versified fnrining Every poor wheat year has been followed by greater attention to other crops in the localities'where the failure was most felt. These experiences have taught the farmers that wheat land will do splendidly for other things besides wheat and that some of the other crops bring more reliable re turns.—American Farmer. Potatoes are a profitable crop when sold at 25 or 30 centB a buBhel. Ail acre pf ordinary ground will yield a farmer more money in po tatoes at 25 CQnts a bushel than any other crop he can put on the acre— tobacco excepted. It is an oft-re peated saying that potatoes will bring a farmer as high as 25. cents a bushel when fed to stock. This is a pipe dream. One bushel of potatoes must put five pounds of flesh on a hog to do this, and one bushel of potatoes will not increase a hog's weight even three pounds— American Farmer. "Be careful of creamery sharks" says the Farmers' Tribune, "that are often inclined to induce far mers to organize co-operate creameries, olieii before enough cows can be secured in a neighbor hood to properly maintain a cream ery. Furthermore, in many in stances they have sold farmers creamery supplies at a cost far above their normal market value. This they rre able to do for the rea son that farmers as a rule are not on prices. Therefore our advice in instances of this kind is to write for information either to the experiment station of your Btate, to the dairy commissioner, or to your agricultural paper and ascertain definitely what it ought to cost -to build a creamery such as you de sire. In other words it does not pay,t6 buy a pig in'the bag." The experiment at the Maine Ag ricultural College, which in a series of years produced a strain of hens that lay over two hundred eggs a year, or double the product of ordi nary hens, cost a little money, but the Tesults are calculated to add materially to the national wealth. The total cost was less than the cost of one 12-inch cannon, less than the cost of transporting one regiment of soldiers from San Francisco to the Philippines, The money expended in building a new fort would pro duce a similar breed of hens in every state in the union. Think what it would mean to double the egg pro duction of the United States. They already lay 1,667,000,000 dozens of eggs, er enough in a single month during spring to pay a year's in terest on the national debt. All of which goes to show that if the money wasted on arsenals and forts, army poBts, battleship- and other agencies of barbarous war, were devoted to agriculture in its various branches, poverty and want might be prac tically abolished and the happiness of the human race immeasurably in creased.—American Farmer. Care of Poaltry Houses in Winter. A great deal of difference of opin ion has lately been expressed through the poultry journals about warm as against cold poultry houses. By warm houses we do not take it that a house as warm at a dwelling is meant or that a cold house is one that is frigidly cold. The latest conclusion backed up by some ex perimental work is that the houses ought to be reasonably cold. We have been watching this dis cussion and taking some of our own experience along this line into con sideration, we have become rather favorable to the moderately cold house, When houses are kept warm there is BO much danger of troubles that come by dampness. We have been in houses where the water was trickling down the walls and the very litter was damp. In the care of poultry honses in winter it is necessary to keep the at mosphere sweet and clean and not spend so much time in keeping it warm. If it is warm enough to pre vent the combB from freezing it may be considered better than when there iBa surplus of moisture reeking on the walls. It would not be far wrong fcr poultry properly cared lor to endure a temperature about the freezing point. At. this point combs would not freeze and the drinking water would not freeze. The proper treatment consists in giving the poultry plenty of exercise and they will not notice any cold. If given nothing to do they will be uncomfortable in a low temperature. We like to have a cold seratching room where the fowls can go in the daytime, and we take occasion at that time to open up the roosting quarters to admit plenty of fresh air. The droppings are taken away at least twice per week in winter, and in the nicest weather oftener and about noon or during the warm est part of the day the door is left open for admission of fresh air. When the house has been cleaned wm. out with a Bupply of fresh litter, the door is closed and the fowls given access to it again. This means of ventilation we have found better than any other. By keeping the droppings removed no bad odors can come and the freshness obtained each day will be beneficial. We keep plenty of litter on the floors of both roosting room and scratching apartment.—Homestead. _vv «essg A GIRL'S NATURE. Uttle Sim That, It la Said, BavMl Phaae. of Character. Much of a girl's nature Is betrayed by tlio little act of brushing a speck oft a man's coat If slie picks off th« thread or Imaginary bit of lint very carefully bet\Voen the thumb and fore finger it is an indisputable sign that she Is a woman of a very practical anA executive character. On the other hand, if a girl should brush the cont lapel of her fiance very softly and tenderly with the second and third Ongcr of her hand In her en deavor to remove an Invisible speck It Is a Snrc sign that she Is more senti mental than practical. The man who marries her will live in a continual at mosphere of romance and bad house keeping. There Is still another type of girl who will brush the speck off a man's coat with a broad sweep of the hand in which all the fingers and thnmb play a part. She Is In all probability an athletic girl who excels at tennis, golf and the links and who will prove a high spirited, strong minded woman after marriage. Then, again, the girl who puts a flower In a man's coat with her hand held jauntily upturned from the wrist and- thte flower held In the tips of htr fingers' is sure to be something of a coquette, while the maid who gives you only the tips of her fingers when she greets you in the drawing room or public street is probably an ambitton girl.—Chicago Journal. BATHING AND HEALTH Beistta to De Derived Prom Cald Water and Rabblag. A cold bath—we might as well get at the straight of the thing—is not really a matter of cleanliness so much as a matter of getting the skin livened np and toe capillaries and veins next to the surface full of blood. Ice cold water or scalding hot water will do that, but tepid water—no, not Tbe skin Is almost exaetly the same kind of an excreting organ as the lungs. The snme products seep through the pores as are carried off la the breath, and the air purifies the blood to the swne way. But the great er part of the skin Is smothered up li clothes day and night What the cold water of the bath dissolves Is matter well away. And the rubbing dry la pretty vigorous exercise If you want to know. Any rubbing Is bound to push the blood along toward the heart and help the circulation, because then are valves In the veins which prevent the blood from going in any otter dt* rectlon than toward the heart What ever loose flakes of outar entlele an rubbed off we needn't worry about plenty more where they came from. The extra food the Increased appetite demands will make good that trifling loss.—Eugene Wood In Everybody** Magazine. THE HEART MUSCLES How They Do Their Work and Why They Never Tire. It is generally supposed that the heart Is an organ which never takes a rest. But thia is not so. The xnuselM of the heart are not Incessantly work* lng. The heart contains four cham bers—two upper, called the auricles, and two lower, the ventricles. In the beat ing of the heart the auricles first eon tract and force the blood Into the ven tricles they then relax while the ven tricles repeat the process. Then fol lows a pause, during which the heart Is perfectly at rest. The contraction of the auricles takes one-fifth of the time between one beat and the next, the contraction of the ventricles two-fifths and the pause two fifths, so that the heart Is really rest ing two-fifths of its time. Sleep also aids in relieving the musclee of the heart, as It considerably diminishes the rapidity of Its action. This alternation of rest and actlvl^ endows the heart muscles with their eapacity for untiling work. Sacred Hoantalna In Japan. Travelers In Japan are astonished te find the grandest shrines throughout the land situated on the tops of high, precipitous mountains. This Is becauae every mountain In that country Is dedi cated to some deity who Is believed te be Its gnardlan. These temple grounds are covered with the oldest and largest foreet trees, nnJ to the eyes of the peo ple below the effect of the clouds which hover around the peak hee originated the belief that the gods hold the power over tbe clouds to give er withhold rain. Serenity of Temper. One sign of mental health Is serenity of temper and a sslf control that ao ablee ue to bear with equanimity and unruffled temper the petty trials and jars of life, especially those srislng from contact with acolding, Irascible, Irritating folk. It Is well to remember at such times that these unfortunetse are their own worst enemies, and a cultivation of the art of not hearing will help ue very mueh. It Is a very usefnl art all throngh life and well worth some trouble to acquire. Fnr From It. Young Widow (to partner at ball)— Mr. Orogan, I've made a wager at a pound of chocolate that yon are a sin gle man. Mr. Crogan—Te've lost, ma'am. I'm wan av thrlplets.—OMeago Tribune. A Force of Habit. Mias Antique—Why have you always remained single? Oldbach Simply from force of habit, I auppoee. Tou know—you know I was born that way. —Philadelphia Beeord. Education Is needed not only to help us to do our work. It Is also needed to help us to enjoy our leisure. Mfe ijSsV iS£V-M WE HAVE A very large stock of JVlts, Overs, German Socks, Leg gons and Overshoes bought at the right price. W E A E The Exclusive sale on E. E. Stoat's Patent Snag Proof Footwear. H. L. Main, Hopkinton, Iowa. Buy your Lumber, Soft Coal, Mill Peed, Etc:, of ADELBERT CLARK, Dealer in General Merchandise, Thorpe, lows. HiBObntor, lev*. AB8TRAOT8. REAL E8TATB. LOANS ANB [?|enimis boqq VOL. XXXI--N0. A ji i j-K 4? E. RICHARDSON* Real Batata, Loans and Insurance. Office over the Backet Manchester,-Iowa. DELAWARE OOUNTK Abstract Co., HP®! I A B, W. N. BOYNTOH, HAS Ladles and dents dold Watches in all sizes kinds and styles, Ladles, Oents and Chlldrens Rings from DIAMONDS, 0PAL8, EICBH- ALDS, PEARLS,RO., dOWB PLAIN GOId) BAHDB. /:s, WEDD1NQ RINGS!?. SOLID STERLING SII.VBB PORKS, TABLE, DBSCBT and TXA SPO«NS, NAPKIN KINGS, KTO., WW., HO Also large line el Beat Braaie of— SILVER PLATED SPOONS, ETC., EVO. CARVING KNIVES Sad PORKS, LAOTES GUARD CHAINS, SENTS VEST CtKilVS, EMBLEM JUNGS, CHARMS, &OCK- ETS, GOLD SPECTACLES, MAN TEL CLOCKS, SILK CMBREL LAS, GOLD PENS Come and see the many thtags we have not space to list. W. N. BOYNTON. All yon have te 4* is to pat away little «f what yon ears every week or month. Most of the rich pea pie in the couatry did not strike oil gushere— they accumulated theu wealth by syeteaaatic saving. Open an account with the bank and enjoy the opportunities it for saving tnoa recently owned by \a% OONVEYANCMNQ. Office In First Na Italia I Bank Building. Orders by mail will rtHhr* tmhl attentiM. Ws have complete copies all ^§|p et Delaware county. PORKS, KNIVES, TEA SETS, WATER SSTS CAKE BASKETS, BCTTRR OTSB^ WM. At Less MEAT MARKET HOOKADAY & iDomjcrat HATES OP ADVERTISING. BPAOL. One inch Two Inohos.. Three Inches. Pourlnchos.. Five Inches.. ii Column.... SON lM 9M ~1\" mj 9150 •3 90 14 50 $€B0 no oo 1 AO 8 23 S 50 5 78 000 16 900 300 4 00 700 22 00 and that 9if HI 960 8 76 5 70 1000 MOO (0 300 4 50 1 Column.... One Column., 00 18 00 20 00 w: (M» 4 50 6 50 8 00 1500 tf 3U 40 no 650 000 IS 00 2b 00 40 00 65 Id 1950 18 00 26 00 50 00 80 00 125 00 C@P~Advertisements ordered discontinued be fore expiration of contract will be chargcd cording to above scale. Buslnoss cards, not exceeding six lines #6 0 per year. Business locals,ten cents por line for tbe losertlon.-and Qrs five cents per Une for Quentilnsertion/ each *ubae i-~y '4 ^fr -4 rVS' Cost. Commencing to-day, we place all our mag nificent yard and a half CARPET SAMPLES on sale at less than cost. These samples are all new and bright, the cages bound, and they make the nicest kind of This is a rare opportuninty to buy a rug at a very low price. Come quick, before the as sortment is broken. Furniture Man. S"^-W"*h""""",'"w"l",w"'w"w"""|w""wwwwww"w»w"wwwnwifwim9 ANNOUNCEMENT I wish to announce that I have purchased the I the bestiand^freshest meats and I invite the patronage of the I public. The customers will please notice that the market will be elosed OR Sunday. ALEXANDER BORN As the hnman machine is stoked so will it go BREAD MADE FROM White Pearl or White Satin flows contain more nutriment than three times their weight of "health foods" and are the best fuel for all mankind. IDOL FLOUR is still winning friends every day. It's such a good flour, and selk for $1.35 per sack. The quality of the flour will please you. QUALITY OF FLOUR, THAT'S THE THING. Our buckwheat flour is as good and pure as ever, and it makes cakes that taste like buckwheat, too. Quaker Hill Company. O* to Denton & Ward's for PINE BALSAM For that Cough of yours. Denton & Ward Pharmacy, Manchester, Iowa. ft ESTABLISHED 1867. Capital $60,000.00. Surplus $35,000.00. DELAWARE CO. 8 Manchester, 4^ 4 id "^4 ATE BAF owa. sr:iP CHAS. J. O. CAWLEY, President. K. W. TIRRILL, Vice Pres. INTSREST paid on "TIME DEPOSIT Said deposits may be made in any amavc progressive and conservative h/" offers superior facilities for thej^ business. C. w. KE^° 4 sell only the uitir tn*» •4 MU 'X€¥ Ha ,1 3 p-