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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15

in brine, it is said, will kill the smut
spores. BY soaking it, MANY of the light
kernels can be flooded and poured off,
Generally enough care is not given to Sc
lecting the seed wheat.
A correspondent of the Ruroi World,
writing upon the subject of selecting
wheat for sowing, says: Although it is
admitted that there is no decline in the
fertility of the soil, but, on the contrary,
great Improvement on the past, it is
nevertheless acknowledged that there Is
a great falling off in the production per
acre of wheat in the principal grain.
growing sections. This degeneracy is
attributed to the fly. rust. frost, dry
weather, and wet, all of which undoubt-
eddy have their influence, and in certain
localities often do great damage. But
a correspondent Of the C1vatrg Gentle
nan, from Cleveland, Tenn, thinks that
this deterioration is due chiefly TO the
careless selection of seed, and reports the
following result of experiments in that
direction;
The result of my experience with at
least thirty-eight different varieties of
wheat for years, proves beyond doubt
that good, healthy, unauthorized seed
selected and saved, as farmers select and
save their seed corn, will not run out or
deteriorate in the least, but grow better.
To illustrate and prove this fact, l desire
to give the result of an experiment made
this season. Last June | picked seven
pounds of the best center heads of my
wheat, and drilled II eleven inches apart
in rows, at the rate of only forty pounds
to the acre. 1t grew most luxuriantly.
and was entirely too thick for large heads
1t attained height of six and one-half
feet, and much of it fell down. April
10th it commenced heading, was reaped
June 18th, and to-day June 23d) it was
threshed, making, according to the report
of a committee, over si1ty-seven bushels
per acre."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15
Schools Out.
EptCn Free Press.

Reader, did you ever pause and con-
template that particular and peculiar
phase of human nature developed by
the existent school boy when released
from study and discipline--when
"school is out" and he is on MS way
home?
Ordinary humanity, when released
from the tolls of the day, is prone to
seek rest and relaxation. The boy
scorns all such effeminate ideas. He is
composed of but three psrts-legs, arms
and yell, and the yell is the biggest part
of him. His legs and arms have been
kept in irksome compulsory quietude all
day, and must now be exercised. His
voice has been seething and swelling in
him for hours, and now must have vent.
As soon as he is clear of the school
house steps he stops and deliberately
yells yell that is ear-splitting, but
which has no more object, meaning or
direction than the midnight vocifera-
ton of mule, and yet it appears at a
full run with his arms flying about like
the scintillations of a pin-wheel. He is
no respecter of persons and is utterly in
different as to whether he runs down a
smaller boy, spins an aged citizen three
times around or mashes girls hat over
her eyes in his headlong career.
Nervous ladies hug the sides of the
houses a he PUSHES by in a drove like Il
whirlwind and screams like a steam
whistle.
Mercy ON u., If that boy was only
mine I'd" but Just then her own boy
flies past, falls over a dry goods box,
hOunce> up, kicks at another boy, and Is
chased across the street and around the
corner before she can get the "You
Robert" with which she intends to an
initiate him, out of her astonished throat.
There l. but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy when
he Is on his way home from school. He
can see his old man further than Prof
Hall can see Il haystack with a telescope,
and the moment that parent draws upon
his vision he becomes as proper as Il
model letter writer, and the neatly
modulated voice with which he wheedles
the author of his being out of FIVE cents
on the spot, is lesson for future am
bilious savings hank and passenger rail-
way presidents.
The amount of racing, jumping, pull
ing, and hauling and bowling that a
school-boy can concentrate into a transit
of two squares Is positively astonishing,
and the preternatural coolness and
quietude with which he takes his red
face and painting breath into the kitchen
and asks if supper amt most ready is q
human eonundrum that calls for un-
qualified admiration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15

1" Willie here's conundrum, Why's "a
Then as she stammered and paused 10 think,
He cried, a. shoot it or Whoop 'er mp, Liza
Bet v I'll guess il quiekef'n a wink
Wait Imratience! Give minute ,
She pleaded then said, " What crime Is tar
A nd stuck once more. - There's good Joke IN 1t
She added, while he, " How slow you are.
sgain She E.,gan. " What crime does sailor,
In a soldiers quarters taken sick,
Resemble Now then, You noisy railer.
Just guess il, Give u the answer quick.
lie o7,eSsed three weeks aud didn't get nigh il;
Ate Hsh 10 strengthen his philosophic brain
Set all his ingenious friends 10 try ii;
Then got shampooed, and went at il again
At last he have it up, and she told the answer:
- sailor took sick in such place, Will,
i. like an attempt TO murder man, sir,
You see he's salt within tent took I'D -
A shrek like tine whoOp Of q Sioux he uttered,
Then fell in a swOon. They poultlcet hi, head
II week they say that his pulse It'll futtered;
In a month they bolstered him up in bed.
The doctor sought Eliza TO tell her,
T. Your William il crazy; observe that grlni
His mind still wandeTs; you'll kill that teller
r you ever conundrum to him agin.
--Aer York Gruphis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15
Household Hints.

TINwARE looks much nicer when
washed in hot water with milk instead
of soap, and will not require the rough
securing which Is so commonly used by
the servants, and which soon wears off
all the tin, leaving rusty, useless ar
ticle, neither iron nor tin.
IN cleaning paint, put to two quarts
of hot water two tablespoonfuls of tur-
pentine and one pint of skinned milk,
with only enough soap to make weak
soap suds and it will remove all stains
from the paint and leave a fine lustre
almost like varnish.
ONE of the most agreeable materials
for curtaining windows is coarse un-
bleached cotton. The irregularity of the
thread and the roughness of the surface
gives its soft fold much the charm of a
Russia crash, and its hue warns the light
of cool windows almost to the glow of
sunshine.
Do NOT waste your sOap-suds. If the
hogs will not drink, "a it is very bene-
fetal to them, give it to the grapevines.
While stable manure is injurious, soap
suds is the best fertilizer yet discovered,
except bone meal, for grapevines.
4 CERTAIN way to keep ants from
sugar barrels, lard cans and preserve jars,
says one who has tried it, is to tie string
wet with Kerosene around the barrel
can, or jar Repeat the wetting of the
string with the kerosene oil every few
days.
To CURE THE CRoUp.-The following
is said to be an excellent remedy for the
Group: Take one teaspoonful of pulver-
lied alum, one Of sulphur and the whites
of two eggs; mix all well together and
put it in a small piece of muslin and hold
it up and let the water drip from it; and
give to a child, say IL years old, one tea.
spoonful in a little mint tea, or any
pleasant tea; and smaller children less
say half teaspoohful for 5 years old
and less for younger, all in tea.
MoLAssEs FRUIT C4KE.-One pound
of sugar and three-quarters of pound
OF butter, beaten to cream. Slightly
warm two cups of molasses and mix vel
with the butter and sugar; next the
well-beaten yolks of six eggs and half 8
cup OF sour cream; one teaspoOnful OF
cinnamon and one of cloves; one tea,
spoonful of ginger if desired; two
pounds of sifted -four, with the we'll.
beaten whites of six eggs; one heaping
teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in hot wa,
ter, and at the last one pound of raisins,
seeded and chopped; one pound of cur
rants, well washed and dried. Flour the
fruit well before mixing. Bake in two
bread pans in a slow oven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15

The squash is very rich in flesh and
fat-forming elements, consequently it is
a valuable food for stock, and all the
waste of the crop should be carefully
saved and fed. The speckled and green
ones, boiled up and mixed with meal
and shorts, make excellent food for
swine and poultry; and, cut up raw, they
are valuable for cows and young stock.
When feeding them to hens and cows
giving milk, the seeds should be re-
moved, as they have a diuretic effect,
which tends to dry up the milk and
cause hens TO cease laying. Squashes are
worth half as much per ton to feed as
good hay.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.

RF Z. ". HArEMEIL.


In felds when autumn birds have Gown,
And withered nerbs stand tall and sere,
And many 2 sad'ning sign makes known
The passing Of the wasted year:
Where qUiyering hreeDes take their path,
fhe mowers nov the aftermath.
when skies are free from cloud or haze.
Ard woods sre STEPPED in red and gold,
When come the smiling, sad-eyed days,
Ere yet the breeze hath grown too cold,
While naugnJ there l. OF winter wrath
The mowers NOV the aftermath.
Gray fields, that erstwhile spread your wealth
OF golden flowers or rip'ning grass.
Old Time, with beauty-biastiBg stealth.
Ye'ye seen with your abundance pass;
And bending DER each swinging snath,
The mowers NOV the aftermath.
And standing in this leai-swept lane,
To view the scene with dimming eyes,
| think, as JOY contests with pain,
OF one who walks in Paradise.
The thought dear attraction hath,
The mowers NOW the aftermath.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15
Winter Wheat.

Sow wheat, if possible, says the
Hsrald,) upon land that is not quite
level, 50 that ice cannot collect upon it
in winter. The land must be well fer
tilted, but should not be MANFRED with
strong, fresh manure unless applied 10
some previous crop. tits best not 10 sow
any kind OF grass seed with the wheat,
for land that viii produce good wheat,
will also raise a crop of grass which will
interfere both with the growth and hsr-
ves.ing Of the wheat Soaking the sees
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15
Successful Mind Reading,

Before she could utter the where
have you been till this hour of the morn.
ing, snyhow?" which was trembling on
her lips, ne said: T." Bin t'ther mind read
in; bet yer seven dollars / can read yer
mind this very minnit." Well, YOU old
fool, what am | thinking of now" she
said in tone of sadness "Thinkiu' of
Why, ] can read yer msnd like Their open
pages of 'er book; yer thinkin' I'm
drunker'n billed evil, but Yer never was
worse fooled in yer life" She only said
that there must De something In mind
reading after all, for he had hi the psp
right seuste on the head
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-15

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but woman'sha' :. Cettir to bea ctows
of feathers
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travelled loo miles, stopped at IL diff.
ferent hotels, took Is square meals and
10 lunches, and by a singular coinci.
denee, had pumpkin pie just aa times
Hapkeys.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28
Good Crops.

The Chicago Times says that the evil
dence that the large American crop will be
in active demand over the water, and that,
consequently, prices must be good, accu-
mulates as rapidly as the greatest bull in
the grain market could desire. All the
English journals point out that the crop in
England is bad, that it is worse on the
continent, and that Russia is not sending
near as much grain to the English market
as was her wont. America will have sub
stantially clear field. Mr.. Jennings, the
London correspondent of THE Neso York
World, writes:
we now know quite enough to be sure
that the English harvest win be far below
the average, and the ordinary supplies
from Russia will be much iuterfered with,
if not wholly diverted from these shores.
It is to America that England must look
for the supplies requisite to make up her
own deficiency in food. 1t is evident, too,
that the war will not be over so soon as
some people supposed. Russia is at the
time l write in position of great peril, and
l have heard some military men express
an opinion that another defeat such las
that at Plevna would cause the whole cam.
paign to collapse, and compel the Gear t
make peace on any terms. Nothing short
OF such contingency as that actually hap
penning would induce me to believe in i'll
possibility. 1t is far more probable tina
Russia will 60 on begging away, no mat
ter at what cost or sacrifice. The Longer
the war lasts the more certainly must thu
United States become the great emporium
of the world, Of course such an advan-
tage is merely temporary, and it would no
do to depend too much upon it. Still
temporary advantage is not to be despiseC
IN hard times"
Good crops, good prices, good times
This has been the invariable rule. Tn
effect for this crop year may not be fel
until next spring, but it is coming,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28

The country is crowded with statesmen
whose eyes are so fixed upon 1880 that they
are unable to perceive what is going on un-
der their noses Ifyou startle one of them
with political question, he is apt to reply
with disquisition on rapid transit, or the
moons of Mars. They are like the humble
mental who was always dwelling upon the
problems of existence when she ought to
have been hopping the floor. When her
mistress was abOutto upbraid her for slow
ness, she stopped all circumstances by ask
ing, as she gave the mop vigorous twist,
when the heavens and the earth pass
away, mum, where shall we be?" in the
air2' When the political fOgs lift in 1880,
where will all the dreamers and dodgers be
left?-in the ARP
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28

Workingmen with grievances will do well
to examine the example set by miners en-
ployed by the Illinois Coal and Iron Com
pany at LaSalle. The company is in the
hands of receiver appointed By the Unit
ed States circuit court, and the men, hav-
ing satisfied themselves that they had been
wronged by the receiver, came into court,
and, after setting forth their plea, rely up
on the laws for such relief as they may be
entitled to. That this is the most sensible
action yet taken by disappointment work
ingmcn, there can be no bubble, and this
patient submission to the laws will operate
far more toward securing them sympathy
than all the strikes they could originate.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28
Deadwood in Brief.

Correspondence New York Times.
There is no such place anywhere. 1t
shows up in its worst forms the fast and
flash" American trait. A little over year
ago the site of this swarming camp was q
part of the bowling wilderness To-day
there are along the streets, and up and
down the gulches, within mile, over 10000
people. Here is a city of 4,O00 inhabi-
tants, with floating population of 1000
more. About 500 houses and huts, and
hundreds of tents up the hillsdes, an
academy, church, two daily newspapers,
four banks, twenty lawyers, physicians,
dentists, artists, club-houses, theatres in
full blast every night, the streets thronged
with spectators, tramps, and bummers;
gambling bells open all day long, and
"cappers" on every corner watching for
the next victim such IS a hasty glance
at Deadwood. 1t is place 10 which the
few pray upon the many. You cannot buy
anything for less than quarter; your
living costs you double what it would at
Denver or Salt Lake City. You can't
step in any direction without facing some
device for, getting rid Of your money.
They have even got corner" on postage
stamps, and you must pay from dime to
a quarter for three-ceut stamp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
How Stanley Matthews Traded tn:
Toledo Post Office for Votes
From the Tnledn Journal


A few days since very prominent citi-
zen of Cincinnati visited Toledo, who was
en- route to Put Inlay. This gentleman
said that he supposed he was one of the
parties who was instrumental in bringing
Reed and Matthews together, He was al
Columbus during the senatorial contest. in
the interest Of Matthews. He talked with
Reed, aud ascertained that he was for
Taft, and that he had, or claimed to con-
troll. from three to five votes of the north
western Ohio delegation. He saw that
Reed was anxious for something, and he
inferred from certain words and hints that
he dropped, that he could be fixed" for
Matthews. Il then saw Matthews" he
said, 'and advised him to secure Reed, as
the contest was likely to be close. An in
terview was arranged and Reed was fixed. "
What transpired between Reed and
Matthews no one knows but the two parties
present. Perhaps il was another party, a
confidential friend of Matthews, who fixed
Reed aud his three or four votes, 1t is
certain that Reed went to Columbus in the
interest of Taft that certain representa-
tives from northwestern Ohio, who we're
in Reeds interest, were also for Taft; that
Reed was 10 the Taft caucus, preceding
the legislative caucus. 1t is also certain
that he changed; and that he changed
very suddenly to Matthews after certain
interview, either with Matthews or a friend
OF Matthews, upon the promise of federal
office, Ii is also true, and we stand ready
to prove it, that after said senatorial cleo.
ton, in which Reeds strength was voted
Tor Matthews, an arrangement was made
by Matthews with President Hayes, to
have Bowling removed and Alexander
Reed appointed postmaster, and that at
the same time Matthews wrote to Gov.
Cox, informing him of the contemplated
change. 1t has been a mystery to many
citizens Of Toledo why President Hayes
was induced to make the change, in direct
and fragrant violation of his civil service
rules. There is but one explanation for
this, and that is, Stanley Matthews de.
manded the change. 1t is a well.known
fact that no charges whatever have been
preferred against Capt. Bowling; it is also
an undlsputed fact that the president said
to Capt. Bowling after his Inauguration
that he would not be removed while his
record was so correct. He said the same
thing, substantially, to William Baker, o.
Toledo, and to another very distinguished
public official in Washington.
Now, with all these facts well established
and uncontroverted, are we not justified il
the assertion that the whole transaction il
tainted with fraud and corruption of thC
most degrading kind2
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28

Senator Blaine is responsible for the fol-
lowing good story; The mortality during
the last session of the Forty third congress
was unusually great Messrs. Hooper and
Crocker of Massachusetts, Hersey of
Maine, Rice of Chicago, and several other
members died during the session, and a
Saturday afternoon was set apart for the
customary eulogies. On the day before,
General Butler went up to the speakers
to inquire what the order of exercises was
to be. MIR. Blaine replied that the ar
rangements on such occasions we're gener~
ally made by the colleagues of the member
whose elogies were to be pronounced, aud
that General Butler could probably learn
what the order of exercises would be by
asking almost any one of his fellow mem
bers from Massachusetts,. WELL" said
General Butler, I'm not in the eulogistiC
ring, but I'll be id il don't make a
speech on old Hooper if they don't shu;
me off with the previous question. "-NeH
| York Tribune,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-08-28

Even Grant, who was never squeamish
in such matters, did not venture to rein
state Benjamin P. Runkle after he had been
cashiered, punished as thief, and sehtenc
ed to imprisonment for robbing the widows
and orphans of negro soldiers. 1t was re-
served for Hayes to restore Runkle to the
service which he had disgraced, and to es-
tablish precedent which opens the door for
every thief dismissed from the army.