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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
Keep in the Sun.

A WRITER in Harper's Bozar has the
following sensible remarks on the health
giving properties of the s un's rays:
Every one is familiar wits the process
of growing celery. A deep trench is dug
in which the seed are sown or sprouts set
and with the growth of the plant the
earth is carefully heaped up until the
whole is nearly buried. BY this means
the light is excluded almost entirely, and
the vegetable becomes the pale and tender
esculent of our tables
Paleness and tenderness are always the
result OF depriving an organized being,
whether plant Or an animal, of the light
OF the sun, but these qualities, however
desirable in sprig of celery, are indica.
tions of an artificial and unwholesome
condition. The human being soon loses
IN obscurity his color and toughness, and
with them all brightness of intelligence
| and Vigor of body Children brought 10
in mines and cellars are blanched
dwarfed. stupid, liable to diseases of ali
kinds, and short-lived and grown people
however vigorous they may have been
previously, will soon, when deprived OF
tight, become pale and feeble.
Ihere can not be a greater mistake than
for our delicate DANES, who pass SO much
of their lives indoors, to sit or lounge in
toSAS. hhCy 1SquiG all TIC sun
light they can gst 1t is true whatever
defects of toilet and complexion they may
have will be better concealed from chance
visitor by obscurity, but this small graft
ficatlon is too dearly purchased at the cost
of health. FL - 80
The sunlight is not only essential to the
preservation of the natural vigor of the
body, but acts very beneicially as a
remedy in disease. The French make
great use of it, particularly in their hospi-
tails. To the windows of these are at
tached inclined planes, upon which the
| sick are laid, and exposed on every clear
day to the suns light. This has a more
powerful tonic effect than all the iron
quinine, porter, wine aud spirits which
| are so much used with u.s. --.
Weak and sick children are especially
benefited by exposure to the suns light
and mothers would do well to reverse
their usual order to tie nurse, "Keep in
the shade" We say, and we have science
and experience on our side, " Keep in the
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
A Cheap Stump Fuller.

HERE are a good many stump pulling
machines. All of those which are manu-
featured for sale, being secured by patents
ere very expensive One of them, how
ever, is so simple that its construction is
within the means of every farmer, and if
we wanted to use it we should take the
risk Of the patentee's giving us trouble
1t consists simply of long, stout pole, say
twenty-five or thirty feet long, with three
strong chains attached to it-one at the
butt end, one about three feet farther up,
and the third about three feet above that
Each of these chains should be fifteen or
twenty feet long, and armed with good
hooks, At the smaller end of the pole
there is another chain to which to attach
the team. In use it is laid upon the ground
with the fastening of the second chain
opposite to the middle of the stump, the
beam lying, say five or ten feet distant
from it. The middle chain is then secured
firmly to any tree or stump within reach
behind the beam, and the chain at the butt
is fastened around at the back side of the
stump to be drawn.
The team is then hitched to the smaller
end Of the beam, and is driven forward so
as to produce a strain upon the stump.
When they have gone as far as possible,
the third chain is carried around the other
side Of the stump and made fast, and the
direction of the teams pulling is reversed.
When they have pulled as far as they can
in this direction the first chain is drawn
taut and made fast, and the strain is ap-
piled to that. In this way, by successive
pulls, first on one side and then on the
other, very large stump may be drawn
out.
When there ism object sufficiently near
to which to attach the second chain, the
~ =. L
ed above, and the team is made to rack
the stump, first in one direction and then
in the other, until it is lc osened.-Neao
YOrk Ece71irlS Pest.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
Preventing WeeviI in Wheat.

IT is said by those who have tried it
that they never lost any wheat by weeyil
after sailing it. The wheat should be al
lowed to stand in the field in shock ten or
twelve days, when it should be threshed.
famed and sailed. Half a pound of salt
is the quantity generally used to bushel OF
wheat. If the room, or granery, in which
the wheat is put away, is dry, by follow
ing this method of sailing, the wheat is
sure to keep well. Wheat, when put up
in the usual way, will always diminish in
bulk IS it gets old, and many persons con-
slider that it will not yield as much, or as
good flour, as when it was fresh from the
field. Be this as it may, the diminishing
in bulk, to which wheat is subject, is pre-
vented by sailing, in the manner above
stated. The best salt adapted toVhis pur-
pose is that brand known as the "Kana-
wha Salt This salt is preferable on &C
count of its all dissolving, and being soon
absorbed by the wheat. For the first
eight or ten days after sailing, the wheat,
if examined, will be found somewhat
damp; but if examined few weeks later,
it win in all eases be found perfectly dry,
having Kept cool all the time
The advantages claimed by those who
practice this mode of sailing and saving
wheat, are as follows:
Es 1. It preserves the wheat with mora
certainty than summing
ar 2. The wheat does not lose in volume, or
weight, by long keeping
8. It makes more and better -four.
4. 1t costs much less labor
5. The wheat is better for seed, because
it is preserved in a perfect state. There
is not enough salt in it to prevent it from
terminating but there is enough to
stimulate it to sprout vigorously.
d7asrfcn1 G u ~ ~
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
Locating an Apiary.

A CORRESPONDENT, of the Massachusetts,
PSough1nGn, who keeps bees for profit,
says, IN locating ar apiary-"I would
rather have it in valley than upon hill,
so that the bees returning laden could the
more easily and quickly return to their
homes. And l would have them arti-
fclalJy or otherwise protected from the
north and east winds Each hive may also,
at certain seasons, receive protection from
the same quarter with d thin board at
tached to that side of the hive extending
IN front sufficiently for that purpose.
would have the alightiug boards long
and broad, so that when they arrive in the
busy season, they can easily alght with
out being blown to the ground before en-
terlng How often is this the case in
windy weather? would have a cover
ing over each hive sufficient 80 protect
from severe rains and storms. The ground
too, should be broken around the hives,
the weeds and grass kept down and clean
around them. | think it is an English
writer. Hush, that speaks of farmer in
East lrinstead, who had his hives placed
over his pig stye, and when expostulated
with, said his bees had got used to it, and
were he to remove them it would be of
much injury to them. His hives stood
towards the north, he also thought that
point of the compass the best. But I
think most apiarians will still prefer
cleanline IS and a southeasterly aspect
l would, in the gathering season, have
my entrances so that the early and late
rays of the sun should strike upon them
tor the early hours are the hours in which
the bee gathers the fastest, and 1 believe
it would make quite a difference with two
swarms alike every way, if on one the
sun struck upon the entrance one hour
later than on the other, in the amount of
honey gathered in a season Above all 1
would have good pasturage. I find it
makes great difference even in the same
town. 1t IS of more Importance than
many are aware Of" H r.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
Curing Hens or Sitting.

IF humanity were forced to submit to
all the evils we inf1ict on the poor feather
ed bipeds, in order to cure or break UP
some habit or prompting of nature, what
a row there would be-
Suppose it was in huma nature to have
an irresistible impulse to lie down.
Wouldn't we think it a little rough to be
put in a big tub, with six inches of cold
water in it, and left there for twelve to
twenty four hours? Ughl it makes US
shiver to think of It'll
How would we relish five or six yards
Of red flannel, with perhaps little bell or
tin pail attached to our -, we'll our ap-
pendix, (if we had one, and have all the
rest of mankind cackling in commiseration
or eruJtati0n?) over our degradation.
How nice it must feel to be grabbed by
the neck and ierked off a nice warm nest
and thrown into anything that comes
handy-an old swill barrel, hen coop or
dirty box-and kept in solitary confine-
ment for week, until we learn to "stand
ap, and not be wanting to sit all the time"
Just imagine dear lady readers, how de-
ightful the sensation, when indulging in
dreams of "what is to be when we get
cur little family around u.s." to have your
caclae0tio1ss cut short, njpped in the bud,
and an almost certain prospect of being
knocked into (poD pie Use en-
7r Now, seriously, wouldn't it be much bet
ter, much more to the credit of humanity,
to break up this habit, or instinct, by natural
means? We have lately seen, 1--WE forget
where, an easy and rational cure. It is
simply to put under the hen few eggs
just about ready to hatch; or put one or
two young chickens under at the night
time; take her off and put her in box
with the young chicks few hours, then
take the chicks away from her and turn
her out, and, in a majority Of cases, she
will, after clucking for day or two, com
mence laying again, feeling, in her OVID
mind well assured that she has fulfilled
the maternal instinet.-R4ral Neto Yorker.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
Orchcfd and Nursery.

THE first thing 10 be considered is the
care of young trees already planted
Domestic Aaianals, if allowed access to
young orchard, will do much damage.
Have fences and gates in good repair to
keep out ell intruders. r-
Mice-A mound of earth foot high
should have been formed at the base of
each young tree; if this was not done, see
that there is no litter near the tree to
afford them shelter After q snow fall,
tramp the snow down solid around each
tree, whether IL has a mound of earth or
not. This is some trouble, but if you
plant tree it implies a contract to take
care of it Those having little trouble
with their trees are seldom bothered with
fruit.
Rabbits are often worse than mice. The
old notion that rabbits W ould not touch a
tree that had been rubbed with the flesh
of one of their fellows has its foundation
in the fact that, the animals have an aver
sion to blood. The blood of pigs or any
other animal, sprinkled on the lower part
of the tree, will answer as well as rabbit
blood. Cloth or stiff packing paper
wrapped around near the ground and as
high up as q rabbit will reach will keep
them off this is slow work where there
are many trees.
WNGIC " ItUNG, IL u new OTChaTQ is TO
be set in spring, is worthy of serious con-
sideration. Many think that they have
only to determine what are the best varie-
ties and order them The real question is,
What are the best varieties you can grow ?
Get the experience of neighbors who
grow fruit, or of the nearest intelligent
and reliable nurseryman If about to
plant for market, recollect that produc-
tiveness, regularity in bearing, showiness
of fruit, and an ability to bear transporta-
ton, are all of as much more importance
than quality. Do not be taken with the
highly colored pictures shown by travel
ing statesmen 5re --- -7r
Hosects-Look over the trees, and if
there appears to be a swelling just below
the end of twig, there will probably be
found a cluster of the eggs of the tent
caterpillar securely glued around it. Cut
off and burn every one of these that can
be found and there will be few nests to
destroy next spring
Pruning.-Winter pruning, except on
young trees and ursery stock to bring
them into shape, is not generally ap-
proved. Still it is better to remove the
useless and crowded limbs of an old tree
at this season than to neglect it altogether
Make clean cut and cover it with melted
grating wax. ~ za ~
Root Grating is done at any time dur
ing the winter, the stock and cions Ia wing
been stored in an accessible place. Dc
grating at the collar" of the stock
Bits of roots should not be used. IL.
Nanure-Cart out and spread upon the
orchard.--Anaeric07 Agracultafist. f Gn
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11

The death of Robert Bonner's Auburn
horse induces q New Yorker to send the
Tribune remedy which he has never
seen fail to cure collie in horses. It is
simply to drench them with preparation
OF chlorine and permaDganic acid, which
can be procured at any drug store. He
has used it and seen it used repeatedly.
and has so much confidence in it that
he would be willing to insure the re-
covery OF any horse if it was admin stored
in time.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Maine Farmer,
IN answer to an inquiry as to the cause
ana cure OF worms in pigs, writes: aft
the writer Will take the pains to give his
pigs handful OF good rock salt at least
twice week in their food, until killing
time. think the pigs will thrive, provid
ing he gives them enough to eat. The
cause Of pigs having worms is, think,
Inc want CT the preventive-salt Pigs
hardly ever get any salt except what they
get IN the Stops from the kitchen"
A CORRESPONDENT of the New England
fd'nie9 says: l often make use of ashes
around my trees, certainly as often as
once year, and believe it to be of great
benefit to them. But, like some of your
other correspondents, have learned not
TO apply 1t IN contact with the bark of the
trees, as they become moistened and form
I'VE often too strong for the growing wood.
L generally use about one Quart of ashes
to a tree, scattering it around them as far
as the roots arc supposed to extend I'M
derneath. Ny large trees, in barring ten
or twelve years, receive an application of
from six to eight quarts of unleached
ashes to each tree, scattered in same man
-ner. never permit the ashes to lie upon
the ground In any place more than one,
inch in depth.
THE old adage OF "a stitch" etc, is an
plicable to every orchardist at this season
OF the year, and he who heeds it in regard
to mice is a wise man A very little care
and time taken now to examine and re-
move all mulching material, grass-turfs,
punches of weeds, or other rubbish that
may be around or near to the bodies of
apple and pear trees, may perhaps save
them from being destroyed. If any are
found injured, get a spade and earth up
around and over the wound, so as to keep
it from drying; for many a slight wound
will heal over if kept from the air, when,
if left open and exposed, it would crack,
absorb moisture, rot, and in time destroy
the tree. Don't forget the old adage, again
we repeat, and at once look over YOUR
orchard es.-Rortic1Ntur1St.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
Biting Horses.

BITING is one of the worst habits horse
can have. The habit, once learned, grows
stronger and stronger, and seldom, if ever,
gets cured.
MIR. Stewart, in his stable Economy"
says, 4 have seen biters punished until
they trembled in every joint, and were
ready to drop, but have ne yer, in any case,
known them cured by this treatment, or
by any- other The lash is forgotten in
an hour, and the horse is ready and deter
mined to repeat the offence as before.
BIC appears unable to resist temptation,
and in its worst form, biting is a species
of insanity" Mr. Youatt says. kindness
will aggravate the evil, and no degree of
severity will correct it." He, however,
recommends the Rarey system for train
ing vicious horses, with straps, &c. After
the horse is down, he says the operator
should confne his treatment to lifting the
head, bringing it close down to his own
body IS he sits upon his shoulder, and
forcing both of the jaws into immediate
and repeated contact.-Anaerica7a Farmer
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11

dentist in Philadelphia who had used the
sign "Colton Dental Rooms" One of his
assistants left him and commenced prac-
tice on his own account, with the words
" Formerly of the Cotton Dental Rooms :"
on his sign and business cards, the words
"Colton Dental Rooms being display ed
in large letters, and the words formerly
of" very small. 1t was held by the Cour.
of Common Pleas of the above city that
the. aforementioned party had infringed the
first ones trademark, but he would not
have done so had the words " formerly of"
been in lettering as large as those of the
words claimed as the trademark.
We report OF another page a decision
given few days ago in New York court
on an application for injunction to restrain
certain parties from the use of the words
"dessicated Goldfish" The application was
refused on the ground that the words ex
pressed process, and could not, as de
scriptive, be trade-mark-America dr.
t1zGu Pr -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
New Way Of Paying Old Debts.


IN these bill days the GOODNESS of the
hero of the following historiette is decid-
edly refreshing. l., painter of tai
ent, and a good liver, has creditors-so
many that he pays none of them Among
the most unfortunate was his tailor. One
morning the first clerk of this latter cred
itor knocked at the door
come, sir, to ask you for money"
said the clerk, politely, but with decided
tone of one who means to have what he
asks for: "my employer has heard
that you received some money yesterday,
and"
Excuse me, sir" interrupted L, with
perfect equanimity, "but if you have
made up your mind to preach to me,
must tell you beforehand, that, however
eloquent your sermon may be, it will
day"
" Is that your final reply, sir?"
"You have said it."
F" In that case, 1 must tell you, with
great regret, that l am ordered not to
leave here until you have given me the
money"
6 AS you please, sir; take seat"
The clerk sat down, and L, opening
the door, calls out to the concserge
+" l am at home to nobody, only wish
you would come In tonight, and take
the letters you find on my table to their
addresses
Then he shut the door, put the key in
his pocket, sat down to his desk, wrote a
number of letters, which he sealed with
black, and then scrubbed all over a large
sheet of paper headed in large letters"
THIS IS MY WILL"
The clerk followed all his movements,
and laughed with that knowing air which
seems to say That is not very smart.
When l. had done writing, he opened
large closet, got on a chair, and I'M
wound a long roll of list of all colors.
Now the clerks curiosity began to be
aroused.
What now ?" he thought to himself.
Has he an idea of making me prisoner,
and compelling me to make list shoes?"
L., arming himself with a hammer, be-
gan to hasten the doors and windows with
a seriousness which resembled sadness.
This accomplished, he took large bronze
cup, from which he improvised chatting
dish; he filled it with coal and lit it.
This is farce" thought the clerk to
himself; but this time he did not laugh.
l. goes to his desk, arranges his pa
pers, and writes these words which he
sticks on the wall:
ACCUSE NOBODY OF OUR DEATH"
AT that moment the clerk, who began to
sneeze, either from fear or incipient asphyx-
la, got up and said to L., who was
laid out on an arm chair, his eyes already
closed; Excuse me, sir, I get 800 francs
q year for collecting bills, and not for get
ting suffocated;' and he turned toward
the door
" 1t is too late" said L, placing him
self before him, and overlapping him with
his great height, "our determination is
irrevocable"
=" De Grace, sir, am suffocating, let me
the Windows" cried the tailor.
L., who had al he could do to keep
from laughing, at last turned the key in
the lock, the door was opened, and the bill
and the clerk went downstairs four steps at
time, and l. has never seen nor heard
of them since.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

'aa AN exchange says to prepare Japan tea
properly it should be nearly boiled
: THE Rural World recommends giving
stock, especially those confined to stables,
a sod of earth foot square once a week,
or what they will eat up clean
THE celebrated Mr.. Wesley remarks to
this effect, that fretting and scoldinp
seem like tearing the flesh from the bones,
and that we have no more right to be
guilty of this sin than we have to curse,
and swear, and steal.
To PREVENT lamp chimneys breaking
by the sudden contact with heat, the best
way is to cut or scratch the base of the
glass with GLACIERS diamond. Another
method is to put the glasses il water and
boil them. $50 - -
TIE Neao England Fsunser says that in
the hands of careful and patient persons,
experiments the past year have satisfied
many that bones ere an exceedingly valu-
able stimulant Of vegetable life and ought
to be preserved and prepared for use on
the soil.
APPLE FRUIT CAKE.-Two cups of dried
apples, soak over night in the morning
chop fine, ard boil one hour in one cup
sugar, one cup molasses when cooled,
add one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon
soda, one cup butter or sour cream, three
cups -four favor with Ell kinda nf enioes :
bake IN SLOW oven
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-02-11
The Loyalists of East Tennessee.


A CORRESPONDENT who is describing
East Tennessee in the New York Post, re,
marEs:
The mountaineers were loyal during
the war, and since they have all become
Union Leaguers. Immigrants are warmly
welcomed by the natives There are
still marks of terrible guerrilla warfare
that existed here. Here was the great
underground railroad for running refu-
gees through the lines. a continuous
stream of Union people-men, women
and children-from Alabama, Georgia
South Carolina and Western North Caro-
lima, took this way out of the would be
Confederacy. Dick Flynn, known by the
rebels as the Red Fox, made himself
conspicuous and jeop rdized his life as
conductor on this railroad His house is
IN little cave, as it is called, surrounded
by rocky bluffs. He made it inaccessible
except at one place, by telling trees, and
guarded that entrance himself. Refugees
came there, sometimes by families, more
often singly, or by twos and threes His
plan was to wait until he had COMPANY
of dozen or more, drilling them mean.
while, and then to pilot them through into
Kentucky" LH srH