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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
CORN MUFFIN RECIPE.
Ii Is an Excellent One, and One That
Is Not Found in Ordinary
Cook Books.

An excellent rule for corn mullins is
as follows: Beat two heaped table
spoonfuls of butter and four of sugar 70
a cream Add the yolks of three eggs,
and then add two cupfuls of milk IN
which a teaspoonful of soda has been
dissolved. Sift two or three times a
cupful and half of flour and liberal
cupful of corn meal, with two even ia
blespoonfuls of cream of tartar. Add
the mixture of butter, sugar, milk and
eggs slowly to the dry ingredients, stir
ring well while doing so. After beat
ing this batter very thoroughly add the
whites of the three eggs-which have
been whipped to very stif froth.
Turn the batter into muffin tins which
have been buttered and bake the muf-
fins in a hot oven. These mullins are
delightful for breakfast served with
a dainty omelette and Il cup of hot
coffee with whipped cream. The writer
has tried several rules for corn muf-
fins, but has found none as light or as
tender as these. 1t is not one of the
usual recipes found in the average cook
book. and it is an excellent one.
The following is very good rule for
johnnycake: Put three cupfuls of corn
meal TO soak with three cupfuls of sour
milk over night. In the morning add
half a cupful of -four, two tablespoon
fuls of molasses, one beaten egg, a tea
spoonful of salt, and finally a liberal
teaspoonful of soda which has been dis
solved in about half cupful of milk.
Stir the batter very thoroughly for sew
eral minutes and pour it into shallow
baking pans which have been buttered
well. Bake it in a very hot oven. 1t
should be about an inch and a half thick
when done. and it should have a fine
crust-N. Y. Tribune
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
RETURN OF EARRINGS.
Fashion That Was RELOCATED to
Oblivion Ten Years Ago to
BE Popular Again.

Earrings are coming in again, and
while fashions slaves are meekly pro-
testing that they will not wear the bar
barous things they will undoubtedly
quietly submit in the end. The edict
has gone forth that earrings are to be
worn again, and the jewelers. are pre-
pared for an immediate demand for
that article of jewelry which was rele-
gated to oblivion ten years ago.
One drawback to the revival is the
fact that nine out of ten women will
need to have their ears pierced again,
and every woman has an acute remem-
brance of that painful ordeal in the
pas2. When our mothers were young
it was the custom to pierce the ears by
putting cork behind them, stretching
the lobes of the ear tight over the cork
and then piercing with needle, after
ward drawing silken thread and a
gold ring made especially for the pur-
pose through the hole.
Pearl or diamond screw rings will
hold their own for long time in wom-
ans favor, but there are some new and
startling fancies shown in the way of
earrings in the jewelry stores.-k. Y.
Herald
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at the very sight of them), and kept
the hens from laying for q whole week.
But there was one animal around the
place they could not get the best of.
This was an old ram, and the cubs
simply would keep biting his legs to
see what they were made of. So one
day the ram turned on the cubs and
gave one of them injuries from which
he afterwards died. Poor little chap.
brother the next day tried to play with
him, and when he got through there
was not much left but stutling.
After that the cub that was left
played with the puppies, but he was
getting too much for them. The hunt
er thought about this time that he
was big enough to have a name, so he
called him Cats" and he soon got to
know it. Cats now turned his atten-
ton to a fox terrier who up to this time
would not associate with him, but sud-
den leap on doggie's back and sharp
nip made doggie know that Cats was
now of some Importance.
Until now Cats had not had anything
10 eat but milk, and he thought it was
about time for live food. One day his
owner saw him following chicken
with that 1.-THE crouch seen so often in
a cat that is after bird, and before he
could stop it Cats had sprang upon the
poor fowls back. The scared fowl ran
clear around the barnyard, carrying
Cot tic h1oly hpfnra IL hiffnt.
clear through the neck and died. Cats
was not allowed though, to eat the
first kill that he had made. The owner
still thought that milk was plenty good
enough for nim, but when he found
that Cats was catching lizards and eat
ing them on the sly, he thought it best
to give hiM some cooked meat.
This would not do, for Cats was long
ing to kill something. He would not
touch the milk or the cooked meet, and
to keep him from starving his owner
had to let him have a live fowl every
day. This Cats would catch and kill
Himself, tearing out the feathers with
his teeth and quickly getting it ready to
eat. lie would growl and snarl over his
meal and look ever so fierce, and if any
one came near him he would take his
fowl in his mouth and strike out saw
agely on both sides with his little paws,
which, by the way, had sharp enough
claws in them, as the huEter often
found to his sorrow.
When he had finished mis- meal he
would come to his master, who would
carefully wash his paws, and would be
good for another whole day.
Cats is now grown up and in Europe
where he is just about to appear before
the public as performer of most won
dcrful tricks
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
GIRL WITH THIN ARMS.
Can Easily Remedy the Defect by
Rubbing Them vigorously
Few Times Every Day.

Thin arms should be carefully con-
cealed. They have an impoverished
look that robs their owner of some OF
her dignity. If the arms are unduly
long, as they occasionally are, the eff.
feet may be neutralized by wearing
wide bands of black velvet fastened
with pretty buttons or clasps or
buckles. This reduces the apparent
length of the arms.
Thin arms" says NJ. Charles Blanc,
the great French authority on dress,
denote bad health and an enfeebled
race" The best rem edy is to wash the
arms with a fine lather of soap at least
twice a day. and to dry them thorough
ly and rub them vigorously. This
treatment brings the pores into action
and induces Il healthy condition of the
skin.
Rubbing with a soft chamois leather
is excellent for the skin, giving it both
smoothness and gloss. A girl who was
der on her arms was advised to procure
a very soft chamois leather and gently
but persistently to rub the skin for a
few moments daily. She did so and
never suffered from the same distigur-
ing cause again. The arms and Shout
ders are greatly improved by being
rubbed in the same way. but the chamois
must be very soft.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal
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Hint for the Summer Tn bic.

Table mats, on which to place hot
dishes, are no longer used, as the heavy
felt undercloth is intended to be suf-
ficient protection for the table; but
many housewives have found the top
of their handsomely polished tables de-
faced by the marks made by the hot
dishes. If sheet of asbestos paper is
put under the felt cloth the table will
not be injured in the least from this
cause. At teas or lunhceons, when the
polished table is used with doylies in
stead of cloth, asbestos mats may be
covered with prettily embroidered dol
lies for the hot dishes. One of these
mats covered with a DOYLE, which
should be larger than the mat, is much
prettier to use than any teapot stand
that can be purchased.
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AND STILL THEY COME.
Here Are Three New and Very Stylish
Designs for the GUNNER
Girls Sunshade.

The girl who has a tanned complex
ion when the summer is over will have
it from choice, for the hundred and one
new designs in parasols, ranging any
where in price from one dollar to one
hundred dollars leave no excuse why
the fair skin should be left unshaded
from the merciless rays of scorching
sun.
The very newest idea in parasol dec
orations, and one which affords an
agreeable change from the floral trim
ming, is that of sewing applique de-
signs all over the silk covering. All
kinds of insects and small animals are
impressed into service, but the favorite
is the butterfly with deep cream and
pale yellow wings and dark brown bod
les. The rib-seams are then trimmed
with frills of soft silk or null.
Among the inexpensive designs is
parasol of brown grass linen lined with
y pistachio green. The linen is en-
broidered in green, and ruffles of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
THE STORY Of CATS.
How n Hunter in Parkway Afrfoo
Caught and Tanned Baby
Leopard.

There were three of the baby Loop
ards, little spotted things about a week
old, when Hunter X. III. Summers found
them in thick forest in Africa. As he
stumbled upon them, relates the Wide
World, he heard an angry growl, and,
turning, saw the mother leopard not
six feet away, getting ready to spring,
its head on its paws and its eyes blaz-
ing. knowing that a seconds hesita-
ton might cost him his life, he fired,
but the wound only made the wild beast
angry, and it sprang at him. He jumped
to one side, and as the brute rose to
make second spring he placed the
muzzle of his gun almost against its
head. This time, luckily for him, he
succeeded in killing the big animal.
Then he turned to look after the
baby leopards. They were about the
size then of three-months-old kitten
One of these had been injured in some
way, so that the hunter thought best
to kill it, and. taking the fine skin off
the big leopard, he put the two little
ones in basket and set off for the
camp. The little fellows were very hun
CRY when they were let out at the camp,
and the first thing to do was to hunt
up some goats milk for them, which
they seemed to like very well. They
were too rough to play with any ami
mails but dog belonging to the hunter,
and for long time these animals were
very good friends, although the little
leopards were so much trouble to look
after that black boy was hired to take
care of them.
At the age of about four weeks the
cubs were just like kittens running
about over the place, and a great deal
of bother to their little nurse. They
slept at night with their foster broth
ers, the puppies, but in the daytime
they were busy from morning until
night. They climbed on the bed and
pulled the blankets to pieces; they
drank the cats milk in the saucer;
frightened the life out of the tame mon
key; scared the fowls (who nearly died
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head, and possibly drop to the earth
with pain, for the hornet flies with such
velocity that the human body is not
swift enough in movement to get out
of the way" In making such charge,
Mr.. Laney says, the hornet flies with
head and tail together" and the sting
is driven deep. But if the boy gets be-
hind a tree or bush, and throws from
shelter, he is likely to escape, because
the hornet seems to possess little pow
er Of locating the enemy by sight.
When the delivery of stone is followed
by successful charge, Mr.. Laney
thinks, it is because the hornet pos
sesses "the faculty of marking the di-
rection Of a missile thrown at the nest"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
THAT MAN A DREAMER

That man a dreamer? Nay, his soul has
wings
which lift him from the realm of common
things,
To where he cleaves the limpid upper air
And poised on strong and tireless pinions
Sweeps time and space with piercing, eagle
glance,
Cutting through clouds of earth-bound
circumstance.
What cares this man for earthly gauds or
gold?
Before his eyes eternal years unfold.
He sees the motives deeply masked in man,
And that which links him unto some great
plan,
Which he short-sighted fool, with band
aged eyes,
He sees in lenses made of human tears
The clear reflections of uncounted years,
The rays of hope which through such
prisms pass
For him make pictures in magic glass
Prophetic pictures, beautiful, sublime,
Etched thus on crystal by the touch Of
time.
He sees the forms of mighty things to be,
The time when all men shall be wise and
free,
The day when little envies, little hates,
Fall from them as they pass the golden
gates;
And stretching out through spaces yelled
and vast
The struggles OF the present and the past.
That man dreamer? No. his clear sight
sees,
A million truths hid from the restless fieas
Who grope upon the sin-stained crust of
earth
And mock at mightiest men of loftier birth.
They are dreamers who half know, half
see
What God reveals to thinkers such as he.
He is Gods priest and prophet, let him be!
/. EDGAR JONES.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
HOW TO HANG A HAMMOCK.

straight arrangement leaves it too un-
stable for security.
The four positions shown in the draw
ing provide for clear space between
the lowest part of the hammock and
the floor of about 16 inches. 1t is a
common error to suppose that the head
of hammock should be fastened at
the same height as the foot, or higher.
The best way is to keep the ring at the
foot end from three to five inches high
er than that at the head. When the
hammock is stretched out nearly
straight the difference may be kept
down to three inches. Four makes a
fair medium. But with a good deal of
curvature. the fastening at the foot
ought to be five inches above the head
fastening. The reason for this is that
when the head end is elevated, the
whole body tends to slide down in the
hammock. What is called position of
equilbrium-one in which the body
will remain where it isis one n which
the hips rest at the lowest point. If
the head seems too low, under these cir
cumstances. it should be bolstered with
q pillow.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13

The best way to clean hair brushes
is with spirits of ammonia, as its effect
is immediate. No rubbing is required,
and cold or tepid water can be used as
successfully as warm. Take table
spoonful of ammonia to quart of wa
ter; dip the bristles without wettipg
the back, and in moment the grease is
removed; then rinse in cold water,
shake well and dry in the air, but not in
the sun. Soap and soda soften the
bristles and do not get them SO thor
oughly clean.
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same color lisse decorate the covering
for nearly half its width.
The third design has covering of fig
ured Persian silk trimmed with frills
of the same material, sun plated, and
overlad with another ruffie of liberty
silk edged with narrow ribbon.
. All of the fashionable summer sun
shades are plcntifully trimmed at the
end of the rod, this little decoration be-
ing in the form of a rosette developed in
soft goods, an immense bow, or any
fancy that pleases the fantastic taste OF
The OMner.
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One Womnn,s wisdom,

He had proposed to the idol of his
heart, but things failed to come his
way.
do you know" he said, as he was
leaving her presence forever, that you
are wringing my heart from my bo-
SOM"
Possibly she answered, coldly, shut
it's either that or marry you and wiring
the bosoms from your shirts in after
years"
Seeing the case was hopeless, the
party of the first part Lit cigarette
Chicago Evening News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
FIERCE CAMEL FIGHT.
Bit Each Other Like Wolves and a
Dozen Men Worked Hard to
Separate Them.

Description by an English traveller
of fight between camels at the court
of an Indian prince:
Two camels were brought into the
grounds at the back of the palace and
made to face one another. They were
male animals, whose vicious tendencies
had made it necessary for them to be
kept from the rest of the cattle and who
had been carefully fed in the chieftain' S
fighting stock as being especially pow
crful animals.
"At signal from the prince the. crea-
ward each other. At first they merely
tented and skirmished about in clum-
sy fashion, their long, awkward legs an
irresistibly ludicrous sight Presently
they began to- foam at the mouth, their
faces became contorted with fury, and
a sort of fencing match took place.
Their heads darted from side TO side,
and they strove to seize each other with
their teeth. They groaned and roared
furiously, and the spectators were soon
worked up to a high pitch of excite
nent.
'At length one camel seized his enc
my by the leg, while the other, a large.
long-haired animal, retaliated by laying
hold of his opponents ear. Blood flowed
freely, and opinion was divided as to
which camel would be the victor.
''At last the long-haired camel, whose
grip on his adversary's ear was not very
firm, suddenly let go, but the other con
tinued to hold on to his antagonists leg
and even to drag him about, roaring
with pain.
THE prince eventually gave the order
to separate the combatants. but it re-
quired the efforts of nearly n dozen men
with ropes, chains and cudgels to put
an end to the ARRAY. Even then the
wound on the leg of the vanquished
camel was so serious that | believe the
poor creature was crippled for months"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
HOW HORNETS CHARGE.
They Fly "with Head and Tail To-
Sether," and the sting Is
Driven Cruelty Deep.

Boys who propose TO lombard bor-
nets nests may find valuable informa
ton in the description, by Mr.. Hervey
Laney, in the Scientific American, of
the way those insects defend their
homes. There is always a sentinel on
watch at the entrance, and when a stone
is thrown at the nest "the hand that
threw it has been marked as sure as
the sun shines, and before the attack
ing party can possibly turn the head
he will feel a stunning blow in the fore
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
ROCKlNG-CHAlR TRAVELS
You sit down snug and quiet,

You sit down snug and quiet,
A book upon your knee
A wonder book that tells about
The lands across the sea:
And then strange thing happens
You do not leave your chair,
! But as you read about these lands
II seems that you are there,
You see the Queerest people,
They talk language new,
The buildings are not those you know,
The streets are strange to you.
But you are never frightened,
It's pleasant to be there,
For you can always quickly come
Back TO your rocking-chair.
1t does you good to Journey
In such an easy way,
To learn about the big, big world,
And how it looks to-day.
This way child should travel,
The road is very fair;
It's safe and best FOR little ones
To so by rocking-chair.
Annie Willis Mccullough, in Youths
Companion
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Wanted to Experime n [.

"Why, Willie" said his mother one
day when they were out walking, what
do you mean by Offering a penny to that
mule?' Because" replied the young
Investigator, Il heard papa say that
money makes the mare go. and | want
to see if it has the same effeoG on
mule. Chicago Record.
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True to His Principles.

The exhausted traveller, fainting and
half dead from thirst, and all unused to
the climate of the tropics, lay gasping.
They brought him cocoanut.
"We wiR crack this" they said. 'The
contents viii revive you"
what is inside of it?" he asked.
milk"
Il won't touch it" he said hoarsely.
sim vegetarian. "-Chicago Trihans.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-13
HANGING A HAMMOCK.
Some Timely Hints to Those Who
Happen to Own One of These
Summer Luxuries.

A manufacturing firm in Connect
cut that sells hammocks offers several
excellent suggestions in regard to sus-
pending the same. Four degrees OF
curvature are mentioned, and the eN-
tremes here indicated ought not to be
exceeded. Too much slack converts the
hammock into a mere loop. very
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Knew the Scales.

when you get your groceries to-
day" said the butcher to his wife, don't
go to that little grocer next door to my
& OPP
"Why not?" she demanded.
Because he sent in yesterday and
borrowed an old pair of my scales. =
Chicago Post.
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Many birds form their sounds with
out opening their bills. The pigeon is
a well known instance of this. Its COO
ing can be distinctly heard, although it
does not open its bill. The call is formed
internally in the throat and chest, and
is only rendered audible by resonance.
Similar ways may be observed in many
birds and other animals. The clear,
loud call of the cuckoo, according to
one naturalist, is the resonance of a
note formed in the bird. The whirring
of the snipe, which betrays the APP
proach of the bird to the hunter, is an
act of ventriloquism. Even the night
ingale has certain notes which are pro-
duced internally, and which are audible
while the bill is closed.