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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11
WIND FAILS YACHTS.
FIRST OF THE CUP RACES a
DISAPPOINTMENT.
Koats UnabI. TO Finish Within the
Prescribed Time Limit Contest Be
comes FinaIiya Mere Drifting Latch
-FIuky Breeze. the Cause.

A 6eklc wind that blew by fits and
starts made auke OF the first OF the
races for the Americas s cup bptNeen the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11
CARTER is a fELoN.
Five Years of Imprison ment and Fine
of $1,000 ImI .osed.

President Mckinley has approved the
sentence imposed by the eourt-martial on
Capt. Carter, OF the coeps of engineers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11

Ii ex-Attorney General MaeNeagh tries
to get his client, Captain Carter, our OF
Jail on writ of haheas corpus he will
be going against stone wall. The thing
has been tried before and the highest
courts of the land have passed afiirma-
lively ON the competency of military
courts in times of peace 10 deal with
those in the military service guilty Of in
fractions against the civil laws. Courts
of final appeal have held that the con
stitution is not violated and that neither
officers nor privates can secure civil trial
on the theory that the constitution guar
antees every man charged with offend
ing against the law trial before jury
OF his peers. The articles of war are
held to establish the right of military
courts TO pass upon cases agreeing IN
every essential particular with the Garter
case.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11

The Dewey who has been welcomed
back to Washington by his fellew towns
men and who Il the recipient of ma
tons tribute is the same Dewey as OF
yore, except that since he left herc--
within short two years-he has had his
opportunity and seized it, and his new
measure has been taken. Seventeen
months ago he emerged from the wings"
and took a place on the stage Of marvel
ous historical achievements. lie was GO
years old when he left Washington. In
his personal appearance no noticeable
change has occurred, except that his eyes
are possibly brighter and IS bearing
rather more soldierly. The man Dewey.
however. is the same. His smile is rs
genial and his bows and gestures Of rec
ognition as cordial MS in former days be-
fore he became the national hero. His
head has not been turned by the adula-
tions of millions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11
Efficient Servants.

Efficient Servants.
Cats are coming more and more To
the front. II Is said that the most use
ful of the Governments servants IN the
pestoffice are the pussies who keep rats
from eating UP the mails. OF these
there are no less than sixty in the New
York postoffice alone.
Rain.
Rain falls more frequently between
8 O'Clock and s o'clock in the morning
than at any other time during the day,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-11

For some reason Congress has been
quite stingy In providing for the number
Of Official Registers printed. A Con-
gressman Is given bat three copies, one
for his personal use, another for. doDa-
tion to some public library, aud q third
TO his dearest spoils friend. II the truth
must be told there are some Congress-
men who turn over two Of their copies
to their clerks TO be turned into ready
cash. and same 10 be applied on the sal
siy account Of the clerk. But that is an-
other story.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
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1T ENDANGERS TREES
Sun ScaId Entails Greater Loss on
Fruit Growers Than Fungi or
other Parasites.

In some parts of the country sun
scald is one of the most important fac
tors in growing fruit trees. Especial
ly is this true in the southwestern
states, where the danger from sunburn-
ing controls the whole practice of Guilt
walton and pruning. In that country
the trees are headed low, even down to
within foot or six inches of the
ground, in order to protect the trunks.
At the same time any considerable
pruning in the tops is avoided, because
it would expose the larger branches to
the deadly sun seald. This difficulty
is less frequently met in the northeast
ern states, but the writer has lately
visited an orchard as far north as Can
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
USE FOR GRAVEL BANKS.
How Many Poor Country Road
Could BE Improved at Merely
Nominal Expense.

"Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick" Everybody knows that the we'll
made macadam road is thing of beau
ty" and, likewise, "a joy forever" On
the main highways and principal thor
oughfares of the land no other kind of
material should be considered, unless
something better shall be discovered
At the present time macadam is the
best, and the best is none too good.
But there are miles and miles of
highways that no one can hope will be
macadamized for-who can say how
many years? They are the quiet, IN
frequented roads which lead off the
main highways and happily meander
through ideal pastoral neighborhoods.
Their charm lies in the fact that they
are not big, busy thoroughfares. Such
as these are ideal paths until it hap
pens to rain or they become filled with
superiority of dust.
About half the time these otherwise
lovely ways are not fit to be travelled.
And yet during all their seasons of dis
agreeableness there are hills of gravel
| lying within easy reach of their worst
spots. Or there are banks of clay,
which, when burned, would make ex-
cellent. ballast.
The point is that people in rural To-
calities where the building of macadam
roads is a remote possibility should at
once make the very best use of the means
and materials at hand. Town meetings
should be called, committees appointed
to study the best and most available
materials to use, and some substantial
road work should be done this year.
Don't let good gravel banks stand I'M
touched when there are mud-holes or
dust-heaps within a stones throw of
them. A well-drained road and we'll
dressed road will bring JOY to the few
or the many who may use i'll. a. w.
Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
ALL SORTS.

The Transvaal has "A gold mining
companies.
There are $1,000 people in the United
Kingdom having incomes of over C ,00(
a year.
Among the 100000 inhabitants of Ma.
pies $4,000 never know to-day where
with they shall buy their meals to-
morrow.
A site in Fleet street, near Ludgate
circus, has been let by auction at a
ground rent of e1,70O year, equiva-
lent to about C 1890 per acre per an.
mum.
Five acres of land at Charing Cross
London, owned by the marquis OF
Salisbury, were bought by his an
cestors $50 years ago as grazing land
at ten shillings an acre.
The Eiffel tower has been turned to
practical use by the Paris police, who
use it as a watch-tower, from which to
spy out those chimneys that throw NJ
more smoke than the law allows.
Some of the machines for making
matches make 200 revolutions minute
each, and turn out about 2,500,00C
matches daily, or about 900, 000,0 an
nually.
At Schweinfurt, Bavaria, is one OF
the largest of the worlds manufac
tories for bicycle ball bearings The
two factories there, belonging to one
firm, turn out annually 100000 gross
of these little steel balls, and employ
600 men, working for day of ter
hours duration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
MISTAKES IN FEEDING.
The Nervous Cow Usually Gives the
Most MIX and Likewise Re
qufres the Best Food.

1t is the nervous cow that gives the
greatest amount of good milk. One in
clined to go to fat makes an excellent
beef cow, but relatively poor mixer.
AS the nervous cow is apt to be smaller
in proportion than large, fat, beef
making COW, the idea gains some head
way that she requires less food. In
deed, there is tendency in some quar-
tiers to reason that cow needs food
in proportion to her size; that is, a
large cow requires more than a small
one. This is an error of a most pro-
nounced order. 1t is nervous energy
that absorbs and uses up food, and it
requires more to feed such nature
than it does one of a phlegmatic dispo-
sition. If anything the opposite to
what is true in general practice should
be observed. More rich and highly con-
centrated food should be given to the
small mixer than to the large beef
maker. The good mixer, if her di-
gestion is good, can change more Of
her food into milk than another ami
NAL can convert into beef or fat. A
good deal of this food that is given
to the mixer is converted directly into
milk, and is thus more profitable than
when fed to the beef cattle.
The nervous animals mechanism ia
more easily deranged than that of the
heavy beef-making animals. A plow
horse can stand more abuse than the
high-strung race horse. Many dairy
men do not appreciate this thorough
ly, either in their feeding or caring
for good mich cows. AS the whole
value of the animals products depends
very closely upon the condition of her
digestion, a study should be made con-
stantly of the cows health. In a nor
NAL condition she can take a great
amount of food and convert it directly
into milk. This food should be given
with the best possible caution, so that
it will not injure the health of the
animal. Give all to the cow that she
will eat up clean is good rule to go
by, but if her appetite declines there
is something wrong with her digestion
that needs instant attention. Very fire.
quently this cause is so simple that one
overlooks it. In nervous cow a sud-
den fright, undue excitement or run
ming in the field, or anything that will
upset the nerves, may cause the flow
of milk to stop temporarily, and upset
the digestion so that the full quantity
OF milk will not be given for weeks.
1t is to guard against such slight acct
dents that the dairyman must exer-
else his supervision and authority. His
cows are high strung milking machines
that will easily give out under abuse
or misuse.-C. w. Jones, in American
Cultivator.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

ada and New England line, where near
ly so per cent. of the trees were ruined
by this trouble. They were pruned too
high, with heads six, seven and eight
feet from the ground.
Sun scald is usually worst on apples
and pears, but it may appear on almost
any tree. The accompanying illustra-
ton is from tree of Downer's late red
cherry growing Tor dying) in Mary
land. When the damage is as OLD as
this, where it has been accommodating
for several years, it is doubtful if any
remedy can be applied, though one can
see in the photograph how persistently
this tree has tried to heal over the
wound. When taken in the early
stages, sun scald may be cured by pro-
tecting the trunk with boa rds, papers,
straw or some similar material. At
the same time, the scaly, burned parts
should be cleaned away, and some sort
of wax may be applied. The best
treatment for sun scald, however, is to
avoid it.
Sun burns are usually only the be-
ginning of other serious troubles. Bor-
ers commonly follow closely after.
Bacteria and molds gain access, and
cause increased damage to wood and
bark, and the rain and sun check and
crack the exposed tissues, to their great
and permanent detriment. 1t is doubt
less fact that sun scald is more inn
portant enemy of fruit trees than many
e l,n
ly studied and deliberately discussed in
recent books and bulletins.-F. A.
Waugh, in Country Gentleman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

length, cover three sides with cheese
cloth, the fourth side to have wire
screen opening to serve as door. Next
take a five-gallon oil can, cut out the
top and make a row of very small holes
around the bottom edge, so that water
will drop" mot rum out. Place this
on top of the safe and keep filled, hang
four wheat sacks over the sides of cool
er, fastening on top only. Hang safe in
shady place where the breeze will
blow directly on it and you will be able
to keep butter from melting and meat
from spelling in the hottest weather.
Be careful to have the ends of the sacks
under the water can.-R. G. Thompson,
in Farm and Home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Lime and ashes help to secure good
development of roots.
With all kinds of fruit appearance is
a great factor in selling
Fruit that is badly injured, poor and
watery, will not keep well under any
circumstances.
In orchard planting select with a
view to good bearing, good quality and
good marketing.
The red raspherries are propagated
by suckers, the surplus of which must
be destroyed, the same as weeds.
Small fruit plants should make a
good growth this season if they are to
yield good crop of fruit next year.
Plants that propagate from suckers
should always be planted where the
grower can cultivate all around them.
Use raspberry tips from young piants
in propagating, rather than from old
ones. They will produce thriftier
plants.
Onions should be harvested as soon
as the tops die down. Spread them out
under shelter whore there is good
ventilation.
Probably the best remedy for the
strawberry leaf roller is to NOW the
tops of the plants and then burn.-St~
Louis Republic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
TALKS OF THE PAST.
Calhoun Clark Was Familiar with
the Giants of Long Ago
Old Washingtonian Has Some Pleas
ant RecoIlections of Men known
to This Generation by
Name Only.
Especial Washington letter.

ST can think only of the days of my
boyhood," says Calhoun Clark, veneer
able Washingtonian long retired from
business, who has many friends and is
highly respected.
Il have reached that period in life
when my recollections of the long ago
are more vivid than the recollections of
yesterday and of last week. l read
when a young man that in advanced
age the memory would play such
freaks, and now I realize that am an
old man, for think constantly OF the
days before the war.
Just at present there is particular
season for this action of my brain,
which you will readily understand.
Not so very long ago l attended the
funeral of the late Senator Justin
Smith Morrill, of Vermont in the SEN
ate chamber; and as / gazed upon his
venerable features my mind went back
to the year 1856, when he first came to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

to be a member of the house, and was
one time speaker of the house
81 said: You used to remember
everybody there. Don't you remem-
Der me""
"He sat down, laughed long and loud,
and finally said: You have the best
of me. 1 don't remember the old men,
but l remember all of the young men
and boys just as well as ever. but
don't remember ever having seen you
there or anywhere else
at was the same old man. He had
lived many years, but he had not grown
old, as 1 had. / finally said: Don't
you remember Cal Clark, the page
boy?'
''IIe jumped up, came to me and
said: L remember that little cuss very
well. What has become of him?'
when / told him that / was Cal
Clark, he Rugged me, opened his box
of cigars, sent for bottle of Apollinaris
water and invited me to dinner with
him. l stayed there until after mid
night talking over old times. He talked
to me about the statesmen of the old
days, gave me his opinion of Banks,
Cobb, Clay, Webster and all of the
others in frank, friendly manner. If
had been newspaper man would
have iotted it all down and printed it.
Say the old man is now at Willard s
hotel, just where he used to live long
ago. Why don't you go down there
and get him to give you some of his
"reminiscences? 1t would do you good
to hear him, and it would do your read
ers good to read about those old fell
lows, as described by the only man liv.
ing who knew them well"
Guess I'd better do it for subsequent
letter. SMITH d. FRY.
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will be in the popular branch OF con.

will be in the popular branch OF con-
gress.
"John c. Calhoun was popular. while
at the same time he was very dignlIied.
He knew everybody by name and spoke
to everybody, but he n aintaincd dig
nifty which was respected. Mr.. Calhoun
lived at my fathers house, and L was
named after him. He was regarded as
the most studious man in the house,
and his statements of fact and of law
were always accepted; just as the state
ments of John G. Carlisle were always
accepted.
Henry Clay was a friend of the page
boys. There were many congressman
who would not vote a gratuity for the
pages, and who would try to defeat it.
But Henry Clay always stood by us, and
at the close of each session we usually
secured an appropriation of $500 each.
in gold, in addition to our regular sal
aries. Mr.. Morrill, was also our friend,
and he never tried to prevent the adop-
ton of our annual bill.
Daniel Webster knew all of the page
boys by name, and he always spoke in
kindly manner to them. In the SEN
ate he had an especial favorite, of
whom he was very fond. His name was
Arthur German. Daniel Webster en-
couraged him to study law and D,alle
a man of himself. AS result, plinari-
ly, of this interest which Daniel
Webster took in him, young German
entered politics, and for the past is
years he has been member of the
senate and a leading democratic politi-
clan. I guess the page boy, Arthur
German, has been one of the best and
ablest men in the senate during the
present generation. They tell me, too,
that Senator German has always been
kind to the page boys, never forget
ting that he was at one time in a
similar humble position.
"While Senator Morrill, was in the
house of representatives there was
big man there from Pennsylvania who
was handsome, able and popular. His
name was Galusha A. Grow, and he
came from Pennsylvania. He was made
speaker of the house and filled the
position with great ability. Twenty
five years passed away. and L read in
the papers that Galusha A. Grow had
been elected to the house of representa-
tives in 1892. / could hardly believe
it was the same man and concluded
that it must be son of the same
name 1 waited until the congress
assembled, and went to Wizards hotel
every night to look at the register.
Finally L found the name of Galusha
A. Grow there; and it was the same
handwriting that l knew so well as
a boy. l sent up my card, and was in
vited to come to his room.
II went up with a bell boy, and when
I entered there stood a big man, with
partly bald head, gray hair, gray
whiskers and, back of them all, the
same old face. He stepped briskly for
ward, took my hand aud said: We'll,
Sir what can do for you?
81 stood still minute, looking at
him carefully, and at last / said: Are
you the same Mr.. Grow that used to
be a member of the house of repre-
sentatives when I was boy?'
"He laughed and replied Il don't
know when you were boy, but l used
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
The New Torpedo.

A young Swede has invented torpedo
operated solely by invisible rays of light,
which enables it 20 explode at will beneat
the enemy's fleet. In like subtle manner
Hostetter's Stomach Btters attacks and con-
euers all stomach troubles, When sufferer
from constipation or dyspepsia or liver com
plant takes the Btters be is sure of one
thing sooner or later, and that is cure. See
that a private Revenue Stamp covers the
neck of the bottle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
In Technical Terms.

A reporter fell on a slippery pavement the
other day. He did not use 'unparliamentary
language" as some would have done, but bit
his lips, rubbed down the bruises, and, with
a benevolent smile radiating his counte.
nance, remarked
1--WE don't cherish any i'll will, but for en-
Pertaining reading matter commend us to
the obituary notice of the man who ought to
sweep this pavement" Tit Bits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
A Valuable Systenl.

Officer No. Yes; / ran in that woIn-
an thief very easy, though she was dis
guised in mems clothes.
Officer No. blow did you do it?
Officer No. 1-Oh, by following out
Sherlock Holmes system of observa-
ton. noticed she walked right past a
saloon door and then stood for ten min
utes with her rose glued to the pane
of a millinery show window.-N. y.
World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
Do Your Feet Ache ana Burny

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
a powde, for the feet. 1t makes tight OF
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, Swollen, Smarting, Hot, Callous, Sore,
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
SIMPLE AND USEFUL.
How to Construct n ServiceabIe and
Economical Cooler for Meat
or Butter.

simple and useful cooler for meat
or butter is made as follows: Make
two ends each two feet square, then
attach these firmly to four strips each
two by two inches and two feet in
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
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 25 and soc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

The Nickel Plate Tad, with its Peerless
Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily and I'm
eXcelled Dining Car Service, offers rates
lower than via other lines. The Short Line
between Chicago, Buffalo. New York and
RostnD
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
The Noble Animal,

Trader-Don't you want to sell that
horseg
Farmer-Naw. / keep him extra, to haul
broken down automobiles back to town.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31
Battle of Manila

WABASH Ave. South Of AuditorIum, Chicago.
Awonderfui reproduction OF the greatest naval VIC
tory in history. Deweys voyage from Hong Kong,
across the Chinese tropical sunset The hneso
.yphoon night with and startling electrical Of
tsries at the entrance OF Manila Bay. The Bay OF
Manila by moonlight The wonderful lighting ef-
fects in Old Manila and Cavite night. Tropical
rise The discovery and complete destruction of the
Spanish feet of Cayite. Open from a. IN. 10 D.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

See that the labels do not cut into TIL
trees In attaching them room shoult
always be allowed for growth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

II tell you what you ought to do" man
said to Drake Watson to-day. That's moth
ing" Mr.. Watson replied; 81 know SO
things l ought to do."-Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

Burglars 60 on the principle of helping
themselves, and they don't go to jail until
they can't help emselves.--Golden Days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

Laura-"The fortune teller said Miss FL
DERBY was to be married soon" Flora-"To
whom?" Laura don't know The poor
girl was so happy she forgot to ask! "-Puck.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-31

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie Ferrel,
Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May A, "a.