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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

II there is one thing on which the
housewife prides herself, it is that of
having her laundering done nicely, so
that the wearing apparel may be the adj
miration of all. The washing is a small
matter, any one almost can do that, but
to haye the linens present that fiex-
ible and glossy appearance after being
ironed requires a fine quality of starch.
Ask your grocer for coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two packages Of this new starch--"Red
Cross" trade mark brand, also two Of
the children's Shakespeare pictures
painted in twelve beautiful colors as
natural as life, or the Twentieth Cen
fury Girl Calendar, all absolutely free.
This is one of the grandest offers ever
made to introduce RED Cross" laundry
starch, j. C. Hubinger's latest invention.
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TOADS IN THE GARDEN.
They Are Not Merely Harmless, But
of Great Use as Destroyers
of Slugs md Insects.

To most people toad is nothing but
an unsightly reptile which is to be
Stunned as much as possible. The SUI
perstitious think it venomous, but stud
les made at the Hatch experiment sta
ton show that it is not.
The toad is a reptile, to be sure, but
it is one that is not only harmless, but
is of great use to the gardener, as every
worm or insect that comes within reach
is devoured greedily. Centipedes, cater
pillars, blister beetles and bugs of every
kind are equally welcomed by the toad.
He uses them all alike. They wander
within reach and his long, 'glutinous
tongue flashes out so quickly that the
eye cannot detect it and the victim is
gone. The toad swallows once or twice,
winks his round eyes placidly, seems
to smile and is ready for as many more
of the same kind as may come his way.
Half dozen toads in garden will keep
it free from most of the ordinary garden
pests. They are easily tanned and spend
the day in some shaded nook along the
fence or under cabbage leaf, coming
sedately forth at night to find their
food. Where the good qualities of the
toad are understood he is always well
come visitor, and his stay is made as
pleasant as possible.
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

Hens three years old are not profit
able to keep, except they are of the
small laying varieties.
The Java fowls are the same size,
shape and about the general makeup
of the Rocks, but they mature earlier,
commence to lay earlier, and lay more
eggs.
Changing quarters during the laying
season will check reproduction.
There is nothing gained by it if the
fowls are always accommodated with
clean quarters.
Do not forget that the Ratchet is the
best remedy for sick fowls, but do not
apply it in very mild cases. A little cold
in fowls may terminate in roup, but a
free use of coal oil applied to the nos
trils, mouth and throat will usually
keep it in check.
The male birds are half the flock.
Scarcely anyone now thinks of going
through the poultry season without
stocking up with thoroughbred roosters
of the variety they prefer, or the differ
ent varieties, if they prefer an assert
nent. 1t is truly wonderful the
change that can be made on any flock
thus National Rural.
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Shopping by Mail.

The John M. Smyth Co. of Chicago are de.
voting great deal of attention to developing
trade throughout the West and South by
mail. The concern is one of the largest in
the City of Chicago, and has been well and
favorably known throughout that city and
the North and West for many years. They
are now ready to mail to any readey of this
paper on receipt of l0c, to partly pay post
age or expressage and as evidence of good
faith, their mammoth catalogue, which con
tains illustrated descriptions and prices Of
every conceivable article and necessity need
ed in the home or on the farm. The ten cents
paid for the mailing of the catalogue is al
lowed on the first purchase amounting to
$l.00 or above. Everyone sending for the
catalogue will also receive their monthly
grocery price list free every month. People
living outside of large cities should send for
the John M. Smyth Co. catalogue and COM
pare prices quoted in this catalogue for all
articles of home consumption, hardware,
dry, goods, grocery, notions, clothing, ETC.,
with prices which they are paying. Readers
who send to John M. Smyth Co., $50 to
1865 W.. Madison St., Chicago, for their cata-
logue should not fail to mention this paper.
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FEEDING THE BEES.
If This Task Is Not Performed Prop
erIy Weakening of Colonies
Is Sure to Result

Feeders must be arranged so the
bees can get the sirup properly. Or
binary receptacles will not answer, I'M
less partitions or floats of some kind are
used to keep the bees from drowning,
which they will do in open pans, etc.
Wooden feeders are the best, and a
thick piece of board guttered out in
deep grooves one-half inch wide, with
partitions left, which may be very thin,
or a heavy block of wood, with holes
bored not quite through and filled with
the same, answer very nicely. A good
frame of old, tough honeycomb may be
filled with the sirup from some dis
tance above it with something like a
common sprinkler, except that the
holes are larger. This drives the strip
to the bottom of the cells, and expels
the air, and when filed it may be
turned over without the sirup running
out. and the other side treated likewise.
All feeding should be done in the
night time with the above kind of feed;
that is, the feed may be given the bees
late in the evening, between shutdown
and dark. If given them during the day
it will cause great uproar among them
and may result in robbing and fighting
generally. Upper stories should be
used to place the feeders, and should be
closed so that bees cannot pass in or
out of the same from above.-A. II.
Duff, in National Rural.
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two arms work together something like
a hinge. Just above the beveled part
attach an iron plate, h, Axe inches and
one-quarter inch thick, against which
the stone is crushed. Make hole, l.,
in the lower end of each crusher arm
for an iron pin. The smaller cut at the
right shows the details of the crusher
arm. There must be space enough at
IN to let through the fine crushed stone
The handle part is made as follows:
The central block, gg, is of AKA inch
lumber and two feet long. 1t is at
tached by bolt through the middle of
the handle, k, which is five feet long
and strengthened BY side pieces fas-
tened to the main block by tight bolts
at i, passing through small blocks 2X2N2
inches at G. The four connecting strips,
e. are of 1x2 inch stuff bolted at one
end loosely to G, but at the other end
tightly to d. The machine is now COM
plete except to nail boards, j, on tbs
sides to keep in the stones.-American
Agriculturist.
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New Corn Makes Cholera.

The fact that new corn and hog chol-
era get ripe about the same time every
year leads many pretty good hogmen to
believe that feeding new corn, or rath-
err green corn, makes what hog chol-
era we have. While we no doubt would
have plenty of cholera If none of the
corn was fed ntilthoroughly ripe, there
is little doubt that the careless feeding
of green corn has sent many a porker
to an untimely end. A great many
farmers allow their hogs to go through
the summer with no feed and then when
new corn comes there is at once an
anxious effort manifest to make up for
lost time and to get the hogs ready for
market in the shortest possible time,
which is by no means always the best
for the hogs or the owner.-L. o. Way
lance, in Prairie Farmer.
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LOADING LIVE STOCK.

angle, so that when set up on the hind
end of the wagon it will fit the box,
and the end on the ground is perpen-
dicular. BY means of a few portable
panels we can load stock almost any
place where there is a fence for one
side. The device can be adjusted to
suit the wagon, unlike one that is sta
tionary. We have scales, and a breed
ing pen for pigs, and it comes handy to
unload sows, and at the scales for load
ing fat hogs and sheep.-A. S. Forsman,
in Ohio Farmer.
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Grand Trunk Adds New Dining Cars

The Grand Trunk Railway has added two
additional dining cars to its equipment. They
are models of artistic beauty and materially
add to the pleasure of travelling over this
popular system. With improved frst-class
caches and the finest sleeping-cars that are
run on any through trains in America, it was
essential to have the finest that could be got
In the way OF dining cars. The management,
therefore, placed these two new dining sa-
Ions on the middle and western divisions,
running between Suspension Bridge and Chi.
cage.
The general exterior appearance of the
cars is similar to the new standard day
coaches which are run on the Grand Trunk
System. The windows are glazed with
heavy plate glass, all are double, being dust
proof when shut. The dining room is large,
and will seat thirty persons comfortably.
The chairs are of oak, upholstered in leather.
The windows are decorated with costly dra-
peries, and the openings into the dining room
are provided with ornamental portieres. The
floors are carpeted with handsomely de-
signed Wilton throughout the whole length
of the car, and the vestibuled floors are COW
cred with rubber thing.
A very handsome and beautifully designed
sideboard is placed at one end of the dining
room. China and linen closets, wardrobes
and white metal washstands are in evidence
in accordance with modern practice The
cars are heated with hot water coils in con-
nection with steam from the engine and
lighted By Acme lamps, and the trimmings
throughout are of solid bronze, most beauti-
fully designed. Altogether they are superb
creations Of skilled workmanship and greatly
admired by all who see them.
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THE WEIGHT OF HOGS.
Packers Now Prefer the 15O-Pouna
Animal to the Heavy POrkers
of Other Years.

We are told and impressed by the
there is no possible chance that heavy
hogs will be in favor for considerable
time, if ever again, says Texas Stock
journal. This view we are informed
is based upon the requirements of con-
sumers and the retail and export trade.
Formerly packing hog was heavy at
$50 to $50 pounds; now packing hogs
are considered heavy at $50 pounds.
Packers get all the lard they can pos
sibly handle without buying single
lard hog. The best marketable weight
now is about $50 pounds. and the best
all-around porker does not exceed 225
pounds, although that weight is too
heavy to-day to sell well. Farmers who
make their hogs too heavy to suit the
buyers must expect to get low prices,
as the light weights bring the most
money. The sides are manipulated into
breakfast bacon, canvased and sold
for eight to ten cents per pound, Shout
ders converted into California hams"
and retailed for ten cents per pound;
the hams are small and sell readily for
1919 cents, and some with an extra fin
ishing touch retail for as much as Is
cents per pound. Then, isn't it strange,
taking into consideration the above
facts, that our farmers and feeders will
continue to feed after their pigs are
thoroughly ripe for market, while with
every breath the packer is saying to
them: IF you feed another feed, I'll
dock you" What is to their interest.
the same is to our interest. Then it
behooves us to reach out for quick,
growthy, fatten-at-any-age pigs, and six
months after the pig is farrowed turn
him over to the packers, who in return
will pay you more than if you had fed
it seven months, so far as profit is con-
cerned.
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nAI@ NSUp' Nv
GfykEd :{SllEgl1S
HANDY GRIT MACHINE.
Where Large Flocks of Poultry Are
Kept One VIII BE Found a
Wonderful Convenience.

It can be built any size and any lum-
Der will do. The construction of the
machine can be easily studied out from
the illustration. My crusher is made
up as follows: Two supporters, aa,
each four feet six inches long, of AKA
inch lumber resting on board supports.
c, two feet long and six inches high.
Nail on the four cross pieces, b, four
feet long, since 1X4 inches. Make the
two crushing arms, d, each five feet
long and of Axe inch lumber. The lower
Eve inches are leveled off so that the
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MUCH IN LITTLE.

Toys are the most profitable inven-
tions.
The man who invented the roller
skate made 81, 100000.
The gimlet-pointed screw has made
fabulous wealth.
A common needle threader is worth
$4,000 year to its inventor.
The toy called Dancing Jim Crow is
worth SIS, 900 a year.
The "Wheel of Life" brings 100000
altogether.
Probably the chameleon top has paid
better than any other toy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-05
Making Use of Weeds

A crop of weeds that are nearly ma
tared, but which have not produced
seeds, is one that will pay if it is
plCwed under. Even weeds can thus
be pr 10 good use if rightly handled,
but The farmer who allows a single
weed to produce seed multiplies his
work in the future. There is no waste
of time in killing weeds, as no work on
the farm pays better if future labor is
considered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-05
Dewey Celebration.

Americans are quick to appreciate merit.
The Dewey celebrations prove that, and it is
again forcibly demonstrated in the praise
and confidence which is accorded to Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, one of the most mer-
itorious remedies ever compounded for in
digestion, constipation, dyspepsia, bilious
ness, liver or kidney disease or any trouble
arising from weak stomach. If you have
a weak stomach don't fail to try it.
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Try Grnin-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food 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. GRAM
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
rs cts per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-05

Travelling on the Darlington Railroad on
the way to Denver, little town called At
lanta, near Hastings, Nebraska, is pointed
out as point of interest because of the
corn cribs built there along the tracks. In
all there are "a separate cribs, IL feet wide
and II feet high, with a total length of
1884 feet, or a distance of nearly mile and
q quarter. This years enormous crop (three
hundred million bushels for the State of Ne
braska) will test their capacity. Everybody
seems prosperous in Nebraska, and it is said
there is little complaint except by bankers,
who find it difficult to lend money, for no.
body seems to want to borrow.
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Our own Volcano.

''When I was on the Pacific coast" re-
marked the new boarder, Il noticed several
United States army boxes packed with sar-
saparila. Do you think they. could have
large mercantile establishment
NO" responded the man in black sus-
penders,. ''they were probably shipped to
Hawaii"
Hawaii"
eyes, you know there is little eruption
there. Chicago Evening News.
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WOMEN
AVOID
OPERATIONS

eridanville, Pa, writes: dear
had suffered for sew
airs with female troubles and
d until I was discouraged. l felt
ID and tired of living. l had die
ease of kidneys, bladder trouble.
dropsy and bloating, had womb
trouble and large tumor had
formed; in fact all my organs
were out of fix.
Seeing awoman's letter prais-
ing your remedies, / wrote to
her and she begged of me to try
it. telling me all that it had done
for her. 1 bought six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and now cannot ex-
press my gratitude to you. The
tumor began to come away in
pieces and I got better all the
time. l believe now that / am
entirely cured.
"My doctors could not believe
it at first, as they all had told me
that my case was a hopeless one,
and no human power could do me
any good. Theywere astounded.
If I can say anything that can
help other women, ! shall be
glad to-"
1t is not safe to wait until the
last moment. Head off trouble
Don't be satisfied without Mrs
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LOADING LIVE STOCK.
A Device That Is Easy to Handle and
Is Rapidly Adjusted to Suit
Any Wagon.

The accompanying illustration shows
device for loading hogs and sheep that
are too heavy to lift. The figure repre-
sents one side only. The bottom is a
two-inch plank one foot or 16 inches
wide, or as wide as the wagon box, if
you want it, with Stats nailed crosswise
On the bottom to keep the stock from
slipping. The ends are both of the same
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Some Other Plan Necessary.

"The trusts" exclaimed the excited in
dividual, who, so to speak, was at the ora
torical bat, must be frozen out!"
The trust microbe in the audience slapped
the typhoid fever microbe on the back and
laughed derisively.
He isn't up with the latest discoveries in
science" it said. "He doesn't know that we
can stand temperature of 3l2 degrees be-
low zero !"-Chicago Tribune.
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get the right advice at once and
stop taking chances. 1t will cost
you nothing for advice if you write
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.
for it. and if you let the trouble
run along it will surely cost you a
great deal of pain and may mean
an operation.
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Home Seekers Excursions via "Big
Four Route"

To the North, West, Northwest, South
west, South and Southeast. Selling dates:
August 18th, September 5th and 18th; and
on October Sd and 18th, 1899, at one fare,
plus $500 to authorized points in the. fol-
lowing states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkan-
sas, British Columbia, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Iowa, Indian Territory, Idaho,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Manitoba, New Mexico, Nebraska, North
homa, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Washington. For full information and par
ticulars as to rates, routes, tickets, limits,
stop-over privileges, etc.. call on Agents
"Big Four Route" or address the under
Warren j. Lynch, t Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Ast.,
Cincinnati, o.
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To California via the Midland Route.

Every Friday night, at 1875 p. m, a
through Tourist Car for San Francisco,
carrying first and second-class passengers,
leaves the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway Union Passenger Station, Chicago,
via Omaha, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City with stop-over privileges at Salt Lake
City,. for all points in Colorado, Utah,
Nevada and California
The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago
to San Francisco is only $500, and the sleep
days in advance of departure of train.
Through tickets and sleeping car accom-
modations can be secured from any agent
in the east, or by applying at the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot or City Tick
ct Offices in Chicago.
Send for our free illustrated California
folders. Address Geo. H. Heaford, Gen
eral Passenger Agent. Chicago, III.
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt

Shake INTO your Shoes Allen Foot Ease,
a powder Tor the feet. 1t makes tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun.
ions, Swollen, Smarting, Hot, Callous, Sore,
and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Pats Guess.

Two park laborers sat on a curbstone CD.
posite the Museum of Art and Science in
IT'S a foine building" said one of them,
you'd never think they'd put up that solid
a strookchur just to kape dead boogs an
other FRACTURES in" '1ndade, no." replied
the other, ''but are thin big letters cut into
the stone above the windies the names av?'
81 dono," said the first speaker. He fell to
of intelligence succeeded the puzzled express
sion on his face. Sure, l hav it," he said
Thin is the names av the contractors"
Patrick made a good guess, for the names
craven in the stone were Aeschylus, So
phocles, Pericles, Herodotus, Socrates, Thu
cydides and Demosthenes.-San Francisco
Wave.
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Protect the Lambs

from worms and black scours by using Elk.
CELSIOR WORM POWDER. Commence
now. Price: lbs, $l.00; 50-ib. cGal, 5-lb.
boxes, $3.50; IOO.lb. sack, SIl. Agents want
ed. Blake Bros. Mfrs, Box b, Galesburg, Mich.
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Chicago is all agog over the Festival, and
the Battle of Manila, Wabash Ave. and Hub
bard Ct, has made extra preparations for
presenting Dewey's victory on a grand scale
of the most gorgeously decorated in the city.
The already Incompatible electric effects,
that have held hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie spellbound, and caused all patriotic and
loyal hearts to beat fast, will be given on an
extraordinarily grand scale. Visit the Bat
tie of Manila when you go to Chicago. Let
world has never seen such an exciting real
istic and inspiring exhibition. Open daily
from a. m. till 10 p. m.
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7<HE very word operation strikes terror to womans
soul
- Nearly always these operations become necessary
through neglect
the very painful frequent and excessive
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Not Wasted,

Johnny, did you take your cough medicine
regularly in school, as told your"
Nom; Tommy Budds liked it, an he
gimme an apple for it. STRAY Stories.
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mo, sir" said passenger on steam
ship to the captain. II am not seasck, but
/ am disguised with the motion Of the yes.
sel."-Ohio State Journal.
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There is nothing more diseouragng to a
girl than to return home from a big town
with new wrinkle in style and find that it
has preceded her.-Atchison Globe.
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Fresh cut bone for an occasional light
feed is very good indeed, but do not get
too much excited about it as entering
largely into food for fowls. Don't buy
too heavily Of bone meal or granulated
bone; you can scare up just as good food
at home.
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Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price IS and Soc.
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The man who controls his temper governs
bis worst enemy.-Chicago Daily News.
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brilliant.

Cora-These electric lights are so hard on
the complexion.
Dora-Yes; one can see so well by them
Puck
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An. affair between prize fighters is usually
called mill though it could be more appro-
priately called dmill.-Baltimor Amer
lean.
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Don't Neglect Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar instanter.
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1t is said there is no fool like an old fool
but there are some young ones that run a
close second-Chicago Daily News,