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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
STRAWBERRY BEDS.
How They Can BE Renewed Effective
ly for Number of Years
without Rcsctting.

1t is not necessary TO set new
strawberry bed every two years where
only enough are grown to supply the
wants of the family. We know of a
little strawberry patch that has been
going at least ten years without having
been reset in all that time. The owner
of this bed renews it every year after
1 plan of his own that has worked sue
cessfully. After the berries are picked
each year he takes single shovel pillow
and plows right through the rows of
plants, tearing them out without heed.
This tears out most of the old plants
and leaves the runners that have grown
at the outer edge of the rows still in
the ground. Then the patch is given
a good narrowing, and by this time n
good many more plants are torn out.
The patch is then raked over and made
smooth and the plants that remain are
thinned out to foot apart and left in
rows between where the old rows stood
Finally good dressing of rotted
manure from the barnyard is spread
over the patch and it is kept clean dur
ing the season. BY the time winter
comes there is a lot of vigorous new
plants in the patch and the crop OF
the next year is as good as it would
have been if new plants had been set
in by slow and laborious hand work.
Farmers Voice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

fulcrum. A hook, shown at 2, was
bolted on top end of lever, with two
three-eighth bolts, the hook projecting
over the end to catch in links of chain.
| use an ordinary log chain with hook
on end. The fulcrum is made of three
pieces spiked together the center piece
two feet eight inches long and thick
enough to allow the lever to move easily
between the two outside pieces, which
are six inches longer, and project above
the center piece that much. These out
side pieces are one and onc-half by four
inches. Bore the tiye-eighth hole
through these projecting outside pieces
about one and one half inches from the
top. Put in the lever, run bolt
through, and the puller IL ready for
business. l pulled up some old barn
shed posts with this device that l could
not move with two horses and chain.
This device is not patented.-S. l..
Snyder in Ohio Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
SPECKS IN BUTTER.
Carelessness Is the Cause of Them In
Most Cases, Faulty Working and
Setting in the Rest.

The cause of specks or notifies in
butter is not always an easy matter to
| find out, for there are several things
which may be held accountable for it.
| Everyone knows notified butter when
| they see it, for it contains light spots
| and streaks. Carelessness on the part
of the butter maker is the cause in nine
out of ten cases, but even the most care
| full person will sometimes get batch
of streaky goods. Probably the major
| ity of cases can be traced to the manner
of sailing and working. If a coarse
kind of salt is used it does not dissolve
| rapidly and eventually brings out the
color more deeply in spots, for it is
well known that salt deepens the color
| in butter. Likewise poor quality of
salt containing lime will bring out the
color unevenly. Failure to work the
butter enough leaves the salt unevenly
distributed. 1t is good plan to work
butter twice, letting it stand for two
hours or SO after the first working
Notified butter is often caused by fail
| ure to maintain uniform temperature,
either of the cream before churning, or
of the butter afterward while sailing
and working it. If part Of the butter
gets too hard or too dry it will not DIS
solve as much salt as The rest Of It.
If some of the butter globules in the
cream are heated too much above or
cooled too far below the rest they will
not take color and salt uniformly with
the others. Poor butter color will also
cause it, as well as improper handling
of the milk or ripening of the cream.
| 1t would seem, therefore, that the way
to avoid streaky butter is TO follow
carefully the most approved methods
of handling the milk and cream, to
keep as uniform temperature as pos
sible in ripening the cream, to use the
best kinds of butter color and salt, and
finally to thoroughly work the butter
or better still to rework it before MAX
ing up. But above all these rules must
be placed experience and knowledge.
Prairie Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

had fallen asleep. browning with in
dignation, he motioned to one of the
court officials, and in a few seconds the
slumberer was shaken rudely into con-
seriousness. He was fat, timid-look-
ing man and was so mortified and
aghast at the enormity of the offense
that he could hardly find words in
which to reply to the sharp questions
of the judge. Finally he managed to
blurt out that he couldn't help doz-
ing off whenever it was warm and
crowded. IF the gentleman always
sleeps where it is warm and crowded, >
said Voorhees,, maiestically, the gen
tleman will no doubt enjoy himself
hugely in hades.' There was a roar of
laughter, but the retort proved rather
costly. The fat man hung the jury
against Voorhees, client"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

boundless prairie Teller. Why, sir,
Ihad a good job an as nice little home
as you ever see down east an | wuz
fixed for life right there. But it was
down in Jersey. An the skeeters bit
me till / didn't know my own name;
would have answered to the name of
Smith or Jones just as well. Well sir,
l throwed up my job an sold my home
and L started for New York. But, Lord
love you, sir, got into trouble quick.
They stopped me fore | could get into
New York. They said | had the small
poN, l wuz bit up so frightful. But |
finally got west an here | am. An
whenever | sees trees l thinks skeeters.
Why, sir, down in Jersey, many's the
time, I've seen them skeeters fyin' about
smokin' clay pipes; yes, sir, smoliin'
clay pipes-to keep the other skeeters
off EN-. Once /"
But here the passenger jumped off
between blocks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

ports that between 1873 and 1856 the
annual marriage rate in Great Britain
fell from 17.6 to 14.2 per 1000 of the
population. Last year it rose to 1872.
The birth rate has been less fortunate.
1t reached its maximum in 1876, but
since that year there has been a steady
decline, last year the births being 10
per cent. below the number in 1876.
The marriage rate in the agricultural
districts is lower than in the manufac-
turing districts, and the decline in the
rural population is still further in
creased by the enlarged number of re-
movals into the towns. Is the mother
country going the way OF France?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
wedding Rye from Wheat.

The wheat-growing farmer dislikcs
much to cultivate rye because wherever
grown on the same farm some of tho
rye will find its way through straw OF
manure to the fields where the wheat is
grown. 1t is not a difficult matter tc
separate the two grains as they grow in
the field together. The rye heads out
several days earlier than the wheat, and
it spires up foot or more higher, max
ing it very conspicuous. 1t is an easy
matter to go through the field with
pair of shears and clip off all the rye
heads, cutting down low enough to
reach those that are behind IL growth
Wheat that is free from rye is worth
several cents more per bushel, and. OF
course, wheat free from rye should al
ways be used for seed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
TIMELY GARDEN NOTES.

Celery is good garden crop TO fol-
low the early peas.
Break out the seed stalks from the
pieplant hill. If the seed is allowed to
ripen it Injuries the root and lessons
next years growth.
An hour or two some wet day spent
in transplanting beets and rutabagas
will increase the yield and make the
rows prettier to look at.
Should the melons be slow in grow
ing apply small quantity of nitrate of
soda around each hill and chop it in
with the hoe. One of the best modes of
forcing cabbages to grow is to hoe
them after each rain or cultivate so as
to have the soil loose and the ground
clear of weeds and grass.-Farmer's
Voice
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
VOORHEES, WIT LOST.
The Fat Man Upon whom He Tried II
Hung the Jury Against
His Client.

THE greatest jury orator l ever lis
tened TO in my life was the late Daniel
w. Voorhees," said well-known New
Orleans lawyer to Times-Democrat
man. He had a iovial presence, a
great, resonant bass voice and a bear
ing so singularly compelling that 1
know of nothing except the trite word
magnetic that begins to define its eff
feet. l heard him in murder trial at
Louisville, and his speech on that oc-
casion was prefaced by most anus
ing incident which l have never seen
in print.
1T was a very warm day, and the
courtroom was packed to suffocation.
AS Voorhees, arose to begin his argu-
ment he cast his eye over the jury and
discovered that one of the members
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
THE BERRY BUSHES.
Next Years Crop Is Determined by
This Years NiGor and Growth
of the Plants.

After the fruit has been harvested
and during the rest Of the summer is
the best time to give the raspberries
necessary pruning. One of the first
things to do is to cut out all OF the old
canes. 1t is this years growth of cane
that bears the fruit next year, and it is
quite an item to sc are vigorous.
thrifty growth. BY cutting out the old
canes more room is given, and the new
canes can make better growth. At
the same time that the old canes are
thrifty canes should be taken out.
Three or four strong, vigorous canes
will yield more and better fruit than
two or three times that number of
small and weak canes. All canes not
wanted should be treated as weeds and
managed accordingly. There is no adj
vantage in allowing the canes that are
left to grow too long. If the strength
of the root can be thrown into one-half
the length secured of cane better
quality of fruit may be secured. The
rich shoots may be treated in the same
way.
Four feet is as high as either rasp-
berries or black berries should be al
lowed to grow, and many good growers
keep them pinched back to three feet.
Thorough cultivation viii help mate
rally in securing better and more
vigorous growth.
1t should be remembered with all
fruits that very largely next years
crop of fruit is determined by this
years yigor and growth of the plant,
and it viii pay to take considerable
pains to secure a strong, vigorous
growth.-N. ]. Shepherd, in Farmers
Voice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
TREES SUGGEST SHELTERS.
The Loquacious and Neracious Con-
ductor from New Jersey Has
His Full Say.

'Tis not often that one runs across a
loquacious street car conductor. Usual
ly they are just about as laxative as
craven images. But there was a new
man on the Indiana avenue line and he
was hungry for talk. Along about
Forty-Seventh street man took a
standing seat on the back platform
and the conductor fastened on him
instantly, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
That's fine grove of trees" he re-
marked, pointing to a row of naples,
but whenever l see trees l say to my
self 'skeeters.' Yes, sir; that's the
very first thing / say to yself-'skeet-
ers.' l hate skeeters. can't abide 'em.
Consequently / don't like trees. No,
sir; I'm a treeless, plain man, l am
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

under it and up the other side, the up
per ends being bent as shown. long
lever of wood is slipped into the loop
and just the right thickness of blocks
placed beneath it to spring the cover
down into place. Now draw the lever
under the lip of the rod on the other
side, and the whole will remain in place
until the head is nailed in. Both ends
of the rod should project the same dis
lance above the upper edge of the bar
rel.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

passengers daily crossing Brooklyn
bridge believe that the metal of the
bridge is deteriorating - ''crystalliz-
ing and that the wire cables, unless
they are'renewed, will in the course of
time give way and precipitate the whole
bridge into the river. Tests in the la
boratory and half a century's tests in
the field, supplemented by the recent
careful tests made by Prof. Carpenter,
of Cornell, prove that this view is no
longer tenable. There is no reason
why, with careful inspection to pre-
vent oxidation by the weather, the met
al of such structures as the Brooklyn
and Forth bridges should not last as in
definitely as if it lay imbedded in the
ore from which it was extracted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
HiRh-Grnde Farm Butter.

Better butter can be made on the
farm than at the creamery if the same
care is given. The managers of cream
cries secure the best assistants to be
had, and they aim toput good butter on
the market. The advantage possessed
by the farmer who makes dairy butter
is that he can feed his cows on the best
foods, use more care and work with
cleaner surroundings. A large proper
ton of creamery butter is not uniform
as the milk comes from many sources
but dairy butter is injured in the
cunning and manipulation of the
product by inexperienced persons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
Young America.

A cute little three-year-old Cleveland
boy is enjoying the sensation of his first
pair of trousers. OF course the new
''panties" are "well-spring of joy" &c
the little laddie, and he is getting quite
round-shouldered STOPPING over to in
spect his chubby legs.
A few days ago closet door was left
open and Master Leonard peeped in. In
the closet several pairs of his papa's
trousers were hanging, and Leonard
caught sight of them.
Here, mudder, mudder," he sudden
ly called, sis desc my pants or fod.
der's ?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
MilLET'S "GlEANERS.

Thss be Thy faithful children. Lord.
The cleaners CT the field;
TIL. goiden-loaded wains are gone
With all the harvests yield;
Ye some few scattered straws are left
Which diligence may find,
A thousand sheaves he took away
That left not one behind.
Aross the stubble field hear
Sweet revelry and din.
AS when the reaper to his barns
Draws his last wagon in.
HI thanks. Thee, Lord, with merriment
and custom-honored praise,
While round about his naked fields
The cleaners so their ways.
Snail thought has he for those who pinch
And wear their lives away,
With just enough of strength and hope
TO keep the wolf at bay:
His is the lot of better blood
Than flows in common veins;
For him, o Lord, Thy sun doth shine
And fall Thy gentle rains.
What matters it when winds do howl
And snow fills all the sky.
That others huddle in their huts
To hunger, freeze and die?
Has he not used his talent well,
And thanked Thee morn and night?
Dast Thou not shield him with Thy love
And clothe him with Thy might?
I wonder, Lord, if Thou shoudst come
When this our harvest ends.
Wouldst Thou be found where barns are
full
Or where the CLEANER bends?
Thou soughtest not in places high
For men to follow Thee,
But where the fisher cast his nets
In quiet Galilee.
And we'll know vert Thou again
To seek for friendly hearts,
That Thou uouldst pass the manor house,
And pass the city's marts,
And say to some most lowly soul
Some cleaner of the field
Come, follow Me, and thou shalt CLEAN
A more abundant yield.
Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
A Safe Refuge.

"Toln," said Jimmy, do you know
that some day the world Will be burned
up with fire?"
$50 l have heard" replied Tom.
But, Tom," went on Jimmy, who
was deeply concerned about the ap-
preaching catastrophe, what will you
do when the world is burned up?"
"Oh, replied Tom, with an air of one
who has provided for all the contin-
gencies, 81 shall go out to Uncle Billly's
and stay."-Detroit Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

The Creditor-.If you don't settle this
account at once | shall have to put it in
the hands of \ lawyer.
The Debtor-Well, if you can find a
lawyer who is able to collect from me-
Twill give him steady job looking att
err my Interests N. Y. journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
BARRELING APPLES.
A Homemade COntrivance Which
Docs rs Good Work ms Amy
Patented Device.

There are manufactured barreling
presses on the market, but the home
made affair shown in the cut will do as
good work, and in some points will do
il more conveniently than the CONNER
cial press. A blacksmith, with few
moments work. will bend a stout iron
rod into the shape shown, the rod pass
ing down one side OF the barrel, across
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
STRONG pOST FULLER.
with 1t Two Men Pulled Out Fifty
Two stubborn Posts I'm Less
Than One Hour.

l had lot of posts to pull out, and
invented the device shown in sketch-a
lever, fulcrum and chain-made Of such
material as l could find lying around.
With this device my hired hand and /
pulled out 50 posts in less than an hour
The lever (B) is made ont of an old
sully plow tongue, abont nine feet
long. Fourteen inches from the large
end l bored u five-eighth hole for the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
Sold Again.

Mrs. Crimsonbeab-The fellow who
sold you this porous plaster cheated
you, John.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Wha the mat
ter with it?
''Why it's full of holes. "--Yonkers
Statesman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
Charcoal i'm Italy.

Charcoal is the great Italian fuel,
Naples alone consuming 10000 tons of
wood charcoal, at cost of from S16 to
$50 per ton. The national consumption
is 100000 tons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
Popular Faiacy Exploded.

The Scientific American states that
the venerable DOGGY of the crystalliza-
ton of steel and iron in bridge struc-
lures is persistently trotted out. 1t is
probable that a large percentage OF the
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with
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20

british Vital Statistics.
The British Medical Journal, which
should be an excellent authority, re-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
H NEWS FROM RICHMOND AKDI OTIER PARTS o. VI2GE
No EFFECT WITHoUT "a CAUSE.

! ti,No1;1lSs3FE'FEcTt$sfITHoUIAjfASS CAUSE
This is true, yet for many.
!. sogcs no one could count for
+ the mysterious and excruciating
pains that, seemingly without
sufficient cause, tortured the
hapless sufferer, and oftentinles
twisted his limbs out of all
semblance to humanity.
Science, however, has at
length solved this problem, and
has proclaimed that rheumatism,
in ali its varied phases, is due to
uric acid in the blood.
Hence, when one is afflicted
with rheumatism he knows there
is too much acid in his blood.
How does this happen. 1t
must be the blood's purifiers,
the liver, and especially the
kidneys, are out OF order and do
not properly perform their
functions.
BUT how can they be restored
to their normal healthy state7
J Hundreds of thousands of CRATE
ful, and now healthy, people will
endorse the answer:
Use Warmers Safe Cure, which
will check an excess of acid,
dissolve the acid deposit, and
produce a normal and healthy
condition of the kidneys and
liver, and then, the cause being
removed, the rheumatism will
quickly disappear.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
Episcopal Church at Smithfeld. Miss
Young was about IS years old.
- uEI PING TAX pAYHRS

HELPING TAX PAYERS.
Mayor Brewer had number of
minor Offenders before him in police
court this morning. They were as
sessed total of more than SIS.
A CHILD'S DEATH.
The 3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Whitley, on Institute street, died
last evening. The body was carried
to Buckhorn to-day for burial.
SHORT ONES.
Hon. ]. e. Booker and daughter,
Miss elizabeth Scott Booker, left last
night for n visit to New York and
Philadelphia. :.
Mrs. j. f. Love started to-day for
North Carolina, where she will pass
several weeks at Henderson and Ok
ford.
Schooner John w. Bell, CAPTAIN
Cordrey came last night with coal for
Holiday Bros.
The November term of Nansemond
County Court begins next Monday.
There will be special grand jury sum-
moned.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
PETERSBURG.
MARRIAGE OF NIINISTER-THE
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.

Le| VIRGINIA. CON E1GISENCI.
Petersburg, Va, Nov. 9.-There was
very pretty marriage yesterday
morning at 1890 o'clock at the Baptist
Church at Blackstone. the contracting
parties being Rev. James r. Doan and
Miss Mary Walton Sydnor. Rev. J. D.
Harte, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church of this city, ofIlclated. The
church was beautifully decorated In
honor OF the occasion. The groom is
pastor OF the Baptist Church ut Black
stone and at Joncshoro', In Lunenburg
county. The bride is n most attractive
young lady OF Blackstone. The couple
left for Bristol on n bridal tour.
VIRGINIA METHODISTE.
The Methodlsts OF the city apprecia tie
very highly the ready courtesy OF the
citizens of other denominations In con-
senting to entertain the members of the
conference, which convcnes next We'd
nesday at Washington Street Church.
The session promises to be an inter
esting one, and some matters of moro
than ordinary interest may be brought
to the attention of the conference, If 1t
be really true rs said by Mr.. Lincoln,
that Nothing is settled until it is
IISully settled.
The presence of Bishops Wilson and
Gambler ensures not, only wise and
courteous guidance for't the deliberations
of the body, but also a great treat for
all who are fond Of preaching of high
order.
There are no more scholarly men and
accomplished speakers in the Southern
Sfirurcr, and ttrcir " itfc- iu.1rc IT,
personally supervising the work of the
church all over this continent, and in
China and Japan, has added not only
to their fund of information, but gives;
them broader and more catholic con-
ception of the great purposes Of the
gospel they are preaching.
None of the pastors of the principal
churches in the city have been here
for four years, and SO no changes are
necessary under the rule of the church.
hut at almost all of the principal
churches in Richmond Norfolk, Ports
mouth, Lynchburs and Danvillc
changes are necessary, and in making
the necessary changes 1t may become
expedient, in the opinion of the Bishop,
to change some of the pastors here.
Bishop Wilson, who makes the ap-
nontments. is reputcd to be man that
follows his own lead, and makes the
appointments which seem to him most
conducive to the welfare of the church,
and it would be unwise TO make any
predictions as TO the appointments be-
fore seeing him.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
A YOUNG LADY DEAD.

News came here to-day announcing
the death of Miss. Virginia Young at
her home in Isle Of Wight county last
evening. She was daughter of Nat.
II. Young, clerk of courts In that
county She leaves a number of rela-
tives in S,nithfield and Suffolk. The
funeral will take place tomorrow at
noontime from Christ's Protestant
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
NEWPORT NEWS
THE SIXTH BIG VESSEL SUCCESS
FULLY LAUNCHED.
lBy Telegraph to Virginian-P ilot.)

1BN TeIegraph' to Vlrslnian-Pl1ot)
Newport News. Va. Nov. s.-The
sixth big vessel set afloat this year by
the Newport News shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company was launched to-
day. This was the steamship Comus,
built for the Cromwell Line. to ply be-
tween New York and New Orleans.
Two thousand people witnessed the
launching. which was gratifying sue,
cess.
Miss Joscphine Rohrer, daughter OF
Lieutenant Commander Rohrer, u. S.
N, christened the Comus. The gross
tonnage of the vessel is 1865; net tom
nage, zoos tons; length over ALL 4O6
feet.