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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
TEXAN AEGORA GOATS.
Many Range Men in the Lone Star
state Are substituting Them
for Their Sheep.

Owing to the fall in the price of wool
Angora goats are replacing sheep upon
many Texan ranges, especially such as
are rocky, hilly or well timbered and
provided with plenty of water.
When the goats were first introduced
many were killed by wolves, but for the
last six years farmers have waged war
on them with steel traps, setting them
under the ten-wired fence wherever
goat had been killed. The traps are
generally set three together, and a wolf
rarely runs more than 300 feet with
such an ornament before they seek
shelter in thickets and lie down. OF
course the trail is readily followed by
dogs.
When the goats have just been
sheared it is not easy even for wolf
to catch one, but just before shearing
the long hair catches in every thicket
and impedes fight.
The goats are much more intelligent
than sheep and are easily trained to
come home at shutdown, though some
range men find it more profitable 10
keep them within ''wolf-proof" fence.
The quantity and quality of mohaiI
sheared depends much on the range,
though the goats will get fat where
other stock would starve. The goats
should be shorn twice year and have
been known to yield as much as seven
pounds at clipping. The hair sells in
Texas at 35 to As cents pound, and the
meat of the goat at about five cents
pound.
No more beautiful pet animal than
the Angora goat with its long, per-
fectly white hair can be imagined. They
are most happy in rough and billy
pasture where they can have high and
difficult obstacles to climb, and their
gymnastic feats are as amusing in
Texas as those of the Harlem goat in
his rocky fastnesses.-N. Y. World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
HANDLING THE BEES.
1t should BE Avoided, IL Possible, on
Cool Days and Rainy Days
in Summer.

No one should think of opening the
hives and working with bees in cold
weather in winter, or in cool weather
in summer. There are but few days
during the winter that one can do any
successful work with bees, says writer
in Texas Farm and Ranch, and that is
only an occasional day that is warm
enough for them to fly, and al any other
time it will be detriment to them
to modest them. Bees should remain i'll
absolute repose during all cold weather.
There should not be path or road
way near where the hives are sit
ting that is to be travelled by either
man or beast during winter. The jar
ring that hives frequently get from
heavy winds is very injurious to them.
Not only in winter, but in spring and
summer there is a wonderful difference
in results by handling bees at the
proper time. All handling of bees on
cool days and rainy days ought TO be
avoided if possible. 1t makes bees irri-
table to be thus handled, and with but
little effort we can have them at fight
ing pitch. This is also true when ham
ding them early in the morning or late
in the evening. The proper time to
work with bees is on bright days, and
from nine o'clock a. IN. to four o'clock
p. III. Much better work can be done,
and with greater satisfaction, when the
bees are busy at work gathering honey,
and the more busily they are occupied
the less liable they are to show any OPP
position. During the honey season bees
may be handled right along every day
without the aid of smoke, and much
better work can be performed without
smoke if we but go about it in proper
manner Handling bees at the time
above referred to, and doing the work
carefully so as to avoid arousing them
by rough usage, we can almost dispense
with the bee smoker during the honey
season and get along much better with
out it. TO use the smoker whenever
we handle colony of bees is to whip
them into subsection, which is abso-
lutely wrong. for if the little fellows
want TO be on friendly terms with us,
and allow us to handle them thus, why
should we make battle with them and
whip them into subsection, without any
provocation on their part? Such treat
ment would seem that we had less in
telligence than they.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
A MALTESE TERRIER.

prove that there is no dog in the world
quite so intelligent as her own little
Bobbie, but she is probably tritie
prejudiced. His two bright eyes CLEAN
sharply at you from under his shaggy
brows, and his little stump of much be-
whiskered tail ways wildly if you are a
welcome visitor.
Bobbie isn't slate colored all over like
a Maltese cat. Most of him is white and
TO make more effective contrast, he
has one or two decidedly Maltese spots
here and there on hia little body. His
nozzle is long and sharp, and his teeth,
though short, have points like pins and
come together with forbidding snap
when Bobbie gets on his dignity.
He does not eat as ordinary dogs eat.
He has a high chair and eats at the table,
with a napkin tucked in his collar, prim
as you please, and waits until he is
helped. If he is not helped as soon as
be expects, he sits mp on his rear paws
entreatingly. He also has particular
fondness for music, although, unlike
most dogs, he does not insist on adding
lis voice. Instead, he lies down at the
piano leg and fastcns his gaze on the
players face. No matter in what part
of the house he is, the minute his mis-
tress strikes chord, Bobbie comes and
pumps himself down in his accustom' q
place Philadelphia Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
A MALTESE TERRIER.
Rare and Valuable Pet Dog Owned
by Lady Residing mt Rox-
bury, Mass.

Probably few readers have heard OF
a Maltese terrier. Maltese cats, OF
course, are fairy common, but this aris-
tocrat of the canine world is one of q
breed which is very rare, and, conse-
quently, very valuable. His name is Ma
bob, and, though he was born in Boston,
his father and mother have in their
veins the bluest of blue blood from Maj
tese terrierdom.
Nabob-those who know him we'll
enough are allowed to call him Bobbie
is the particular pet of Mrs. Minetta
Mcconnell, of RoXhury, Mass, and his
mistress is pardonably proud of him.
He is only small ball of soft, silken
hair, but what there is of him is as
sharp as the proverbial steel-trap. His
mistress can tell story after story tc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

dampness. Dry, sunshiny quarters are
absolutely necessary to continued
health. All animals must have the sun
shine to bask in or they VIII not thrive,
and especially young animals require
sunshine. These facts are too well
known to call for proof. They are
stated as a reminder and to point out
way to arrange a hog house so as to
provide the needed sunshine inside. 1T
is a simple thing to get the sunlight to
stream in at the south side, but al
though it reaches the floor near the
south side it will not reach far back.
The problem is to get the suns rays to
the north side of the building. This
can be done and the north side of the
hog house made warm and sunny, even
warmer than the south side.
To do this build the house extending
east and west and of any size desired,
depending upon the size of the herd it is
to accommodate. Then put the peal"
of the roof south of the center of the
building. Give both sides of the roof
the same pitch. To do this the roof OF
the north side will run higher than the
roof of the south side in the place where
the roofs meet. The cut illustrates the
plan. Suppose the roof of the north
side to be "a 10 80 inches higher at the
ridge than the roof of the south side.
Then there will be a chance to put in
glass below the one roof and above the
other, and the sun will stream through
to the north side and kill disease germs
by the millions and tone up the system
of pigs and shotes and make them
thrifty and healthy.
The alley runs through the center of
the building and the central windows
are therefore just over the south side
of the alley, and the sun will shine over
the alley and into the pens north of it
The whole building is made sunny and
pleasant by this center light, but if
wished glass can also be put along the
south side of the building to give direct
light to the pens on the south side of the
alley. A building like this will be par
ticularly priced in early spring as a
place to raise early pigs. For summer
pigs there is no better place than out
in good pasture.-C. E. Bennett, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
BARRELS OF WATER.
Travelling Up Inside of Trees Every
Spring, Owing to Pressure
from the Roots.

1t is not generally known that many
common plants, such as the poplar, the
abutilon, the tomato plant, may be
made to compress air in u tube until a
pressure of 80 or more pounds to the
square inch is obtained. 1t is not gen.
orally known, furthermore, that Ill the
spring a common tree might be made to
compress air enough to run an engine.
Yet these facts, phrased in more tech
nical language, perhaps, are known to
every botanist This capacity of plants
for generating power is the result OF
what is known as root pressure, phe-
nomenon which becomes manifest
mostly in spring. Prof. c. c. Curtis, of
Columbia college, has designed an in
strument for measuring root pressure.
He was asked TO explain the phenom-
enon and its cause. In the course of his
remarks he said:
Every spring, before the leaves have
come forth on the trees and shrubbery,
every plant, every vegetable growing
thing, in fact, develops a capacity for
sending great quantities of moisture up
through the trunks and branches and
out TO the bursting buds on the ends of
the twigs. The quantity of the mois-
ture naturally depends on the size of
the plant. Barrels of water travel up
the big trees, as is evidenced by the sap
in an apple orchard; bucketfuls ascend
the saplings, and smaller quantities
climb up the bushes.
'No one has yet been able to explain
satisfactorily the force which drives it
up. 1t does not rise because of capillary
attraction. From lack of knowledge of
any other cause, we call it root pressure.
1t comprises one of the problems which
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

botanists are constantly striving to
solve. The most remarkable part of it
all is the tremendous power of this
rising column of water. Why, we have
found it even in small plants to attain
the comparatively great pressure of
two atmospheres, or nearly 80 pounds
TO the square inch. In big trees the
accumulated pressure must be i'm
mense.
1--WE have cut off plant near the sur
face of the dirt in the flower pot and
then attached glass tube to the
stump. We filed the glass tube with wa
ter and corked it. Yet the rising pres
sure from the roots was sufficient to
force the cork from the tube. Water
is uncompressible, so the cork had to
go: but if the tube had nothing but air
In it and the cork was secured tightly
enough, the air would have been com
pressed.
You could make fountain on this
principle. You should procure an
S-shaped glass tube of small bore. This
glass tube should be secured to the
can be made with a short piece of rub
Der tubing (see diagram), bound with
wire. Into the neck of the tube should
be poured some water. So--le of the
water should be allowed to ru, over in
to the part of the tube attached to the
plant. This will leave an air space be-
tween the two portions of water. A
cork with pin point quill run through
it should be forced tightly into the open
end of the glass tube. The quill should
be capped with a smaller cork. Then
the root pressure should be allowed to
operate. As the fluid from the roots
rises it will force the water in the
lower end of the tube upward This
will compress the air in the mid sle of
the tube. When sufficient pressore is
obtained it will be only necessary to
remove the cork cap from the q IL,
when the compressed air will force the
upper water through the quill in the
form of a fine spray or fountain. Gin
einnat Commercial Tribute.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
Cow Peas and Fires.

Here is an argument in favor of cow
peas in orchards that is novel and
sound. 1t is written by Il. C.-Morris, of
Olney. H.: Il must not neglect to call
your attention TO another very impor-
tant matter. Peas and beans are in
their greatest stage of growth when we
are often losing thousands of trees and
dollars from fires set by railroad loco
motives and hunters in August and
September. Where peas and beans
grow there is no possible danger from
fire" Some dry crop like oats or grass
peas or beans will escape. For the good
of the orchard, also, it is better to have
the green crop growing late in the sea-
son.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

He hunted through the library,
He looked behind the door,
re searched where baby keeps his toys
Upon the nursery floor;
He searched for cook and Mary,
He called mamma 20 look,
He even started sister up
To leave her Christmas book.
He couldn't find it anywhere,
And knew some horrid tramp
Had walked in through the open gate
And stolen it, the scamp!
Perhaps the dog had taken it
And hidden it away;
Or else perhaps he'd chewed it up
And swallowed it in pay.
And then mamma came down the stairs.
Looked through the closet door
And there it hung upon its peg,
AS ii had hung before.
And Tommy's cheeks turned rosy red,
A~.onished was his face.
de couldn't find his cap-because
Twas in its proper place!
Emma Endicott Marean, in Youth S
Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
The United state. a Power for Good.

A distinguished historian writes, while
referring to this nations advent as a col
onzing power, that ne represent the cen
tury's politicai conscience" and that our
influence for good over European spheres
will be immense This result was just as
inevitable as is the cure which follows the
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the
great remedy which is found in every home
and drug store throughout the country. 1t
cures indigestion, constipation, overworked
kidney and liver. allays nervousness, and
tones up the whole system.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
STRUCTURE OF AN EGG.
An Interesting Picture showing
Cross Section of Hens Egg
Before Incubation.

The cut shows a cross section of
hens egg before incubation. A, yellow
part of yoIk; b. germ spot which is al
ways present in fertile eggs and can be
readily seen on breaking the shell; c,
white part of yolk, consisting of cen
trail fiask-shaped mass and a number of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
An ImpossfbiIify.

Mrs. McLubberty (who has just
finished reading story of suffering
and privation)-Murty. how wud We.
loike to be lost III the desert?
McLubberty - Hob! Begorra, Oh
how me name an address plainly writ
ten down on car-r-rd in me pocket!
-Harper's Round Table.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-oI

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new TODD drink
that takes the place of coffee The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAlN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price of coffee. Is cts. and
25 cts. per package Sold by all grocers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
His Practice.

"Say, you knew Deacon Hardway's boy
Hen, who went up to the city to study med.
icine, didn't you?"
oh, yes; | knowed Hen well. What
about him."
He killed himself day before yesterday"
you don't say. What was the matter?
Couldn't he git no outside prac ice ?''-Chi.
cago Times Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
An Irritating Phrase.

"Are you seriously ill?' asked the well
meaning friend "Oh, no." answered the
dyspeptic, with a Earring, sarcastic laugh.
Il hurt all over and don't care whether the
sun rises tomorrow or not. But I'm not Sc
rav a. ana s iarG,
toms, but don't mean one OF them. Wash
ington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
ONCE Chat.

1T is said that full-grown elephant
can carry load of two tones
Yes, and even then he probably
wouldn't wobble as much as you did
under the load you carried when you
started for home last night. Chicago
Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
A Dainty Summer Bath.

For refreshing summer bath use soft
water. Make dozen or more cheese cloth
bags. Fill them with oat meal, and finely.
shaved Ivory Soap, add little powdered
orris root, mix well, and tie up securely. One
bag in tub full of warm water will make 4
delightful, cleansing bath, and render the
skin soft and smooth as velvet.
ELIZA II. PARK Err.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
What to Say About the Baby.

The wise bachelor who is called upon to
the new heir of his welded
friend can make himself popular by declar
ing with emphasis: well, that is baby"
There is no gainsaying that. 1t isn't bit
complimentary, and sounds like strong
praise. Philadelphia Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

Johnny, what did you mean by
saying mo- when / asked you if you went
bathing, when you knew YOU were telling a
wrong story?' Johnny--'Didn't YOU tell me
the other day to be a man and learn to say
'no'P'-Boston Transcript
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
Patience is power.-Ram's Horn.

Earned His Tite.-Mr. C.-"They call
him a one-horse lawyer" Mr.. Y.-"How
did he get that name, do you suppose?"
Mr., c." Because he's such fine charger |
imagine. ~ onkers Statesman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

Though YOU fiji freight scow with goods,
it is still Tighter. Il. a. W. Bulletin.
The man with reputation for fdsehood
is far less dangerous than the man who de-
serves such a reputation but has not yet
acquired it.--Ram's Horn
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

Last chapter of up-to-date novel-"And
so they were married and lived very hap
PLY together not being divorced until the
middle of the third year. philadelphia
North American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

Emily am so happy. | begin to see
that Arthur married me for my money"
Her Dearest Friend-"Well, YOU have the
comfort of knowing that he is not so sim.
pie as he looks. Spare Moments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

Justomcr-"How long is this locket for
two pictures guaranteed" Jeweler-"Five
years long enough for three pairs of pho
tographs, usually. "-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

You often hear people talking of hav-
ing ''hot time" 1t is bad habit. 1t
is an old axiom that you should keep cool
-Atchson Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

The difference between that steamer col
lision last week and cleaning the mud off
your ulster is-one was crushing a boat, the
other brushing a coat Ally Sloper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

Don't you think baby is like mamma,
George" asked Mrs. Honeyton. Every. He
talks all the time and never says anything"
st Louis Republic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
Comets Are Plentiful.

Astronomers tell us that in our solar
system there are at least 1y,coo, 900 COM
cts of all sizes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15
STRUCTURE OF AN EGG.

layers arranged around it, the outer lay
er of white yolk lying just beneath the
vitelline membrane, d. Outside this
membrane is f, a layer of more fluid al
bumen; g, chalaze; a, air space; j, shell
membranes; j, shell; k, layer of thicker
albumen outside tie yolk; |, boundary
between outer and middle parts of the
albumen or white of the egg.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-15

A sloppy, watcry mess should never
be given young pigs, for by gorging
themselves with it, they become pct
bell;ed. have indigestion and scours.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-03-24

1000 acre farm, f~orty-seven horses,
twenty-five cows, sixteen seeders, a
dozen binders and herds Of lowing kline.
The Forum is pleased with a pleasant
call.
An interesting session of the new
asylum board is looked for at the next
meeting. There are four candidates for
the position Of steward, for whicha new
man is to be named.
Ole Mackson Of Pembina, N. d., has
been authorized to act as custodian of
the Fort Pembina abandoned military
reservation without compensation, vice
Ora B. McCumber, relieved.
Robert Bailey Of Valley City got on
the passenger train to see a friend-and
in stepping, off his foot slipped and he
fell beneath the wheels and his left foot
was cut off above the ankle.
Wahpeton Globe: Senator McCumber
returned Sunday from Washington
where he went to. be sworn in and get in
line with his work for the next six wears
He will spend the next few months
arranging his business affairs SO that he
can devote his entire time to his official
duties and be ready for the next session
of congress.
Bernard Meendarinck Of Emmons
county has been committedEto the state
insane asylum. The boy lost his mind,
II is believed from the effects Of a severe
thunderstorm, when he was four years
Of age. Subsequently he became sub
ject to spasms, and lost his mind almost
entirely and now that he has grown up
st is impossible to control him.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-03-24

Wolves have killed a number of sheep
in Stutsman county.
A party of Iowa land seekers have
bought 1900 acres of land in Ramsey
county.
The Northern Pacific has a humble, of
Italians at work laying new steel on the
Dakota division.
Dickey county has paid off the last of
its seed wheat bonds and has but $1,000
bonds outstanding in all.
Applications for divorces are coming
in rapidly at Fargo-and the attorneys
may have to work over time.
State Treasurer Driscoll has pur-
chased $1,000 worth of stock in the new
Northwestern Fire and Marine insur-
ance company of Grand Forks.
Congressman johnson says he is
about to devote his entire attention to
farm operations and make a number of
Improvements on his farm at Petersburg.
The Emmohs County Record hears a
report that Martin Van Soest, who was
sentenced to the reform school by Judge
Winchester for i%ncendiarism in Emmons
county, has escaped from the South
Dakota institution.
Fargo Forum: Hon. M. N. johnson
reached Fargo this morning en- route
home from Washington. Mrs. johnson
and the baby accompanied the congress-
man as far as St. Paul, leaving there last
night for the farm at Petersburg. Mr..
johnson is in splendid condition in body
and mind and seems glad to lay aside
the official toga and get home to his