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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
WHY NOT DIP PIGS?
A Practice Which, Once Introduced
in NeighbOrhoOd,W Would Have
Many Followers.

Farmers who keep sheep are well
advised as to the benefits arising from
dipping at least once year, and that
preferably directly after shearing.
Our southern friends are becoming
familiar with the idea of dipping cat
tie. They have found out that it will
kill the ticks, which are closely con-
nected in some way with the trans
mission of Texas fever. Why not then
dip pigs and shoats? says Wallace's
Farmer. In limited way farmers are
doing it in extreme cases. Two or
three years ago the pigs in neighbor-
hood in Iowa were not doing well;
they were securing and had many of
the symptoms of cholera. In fact,
many of them died. 1t occurred to
one farmer to examine his pigs closely,
and he found they were lousy, and
getting barrel of water, and covering
it with kerosene, he took the
youngsters one by one, and doused
them in, the result being the saving
of the lives of number and an i'm
provement in the thrift of all. A farm
er in an exchange states that after
his pigs were eight or ten weeks old
some of them were not doing well,
some were lousy and some NANCY, and
he tried kerosene, but it did not have
the desired effect. He had sheep dip
on hand and seeing it was good for
lice and marge and skin disease of
sheep, put quart of it into 25 gallons
of water, stirred it thoroughly,
and gave the pigs a dipping. The
change was marvellous. He left the
barrel in the pig pen and ever
after that when pig was not doing
well he gave it a dipping. We believe
this is n good idea. Examination of
hogs will show the need of something
to cleanse the skin and free them from
vermin. 1t would not, of course, be
advisable in winter season, but from
April to October it would be entirely
practical
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29

able one to prepare coop in short
time and almcsr at no cost AS the
chicks will be removed after they are
large enough to run about, the coop
may then be used for the next young
brood.
More properly No. may be termed
a cover for the feed dish, or it may be
made larger fer combining hen, the
chicks to run in and out. Simply at
tach a handle to an old basket or a
box of any kind and make entrance
holes of a diameter just sufficient to
permit young chicks to run in and out.
The bottom of the basket or box should
first be removed.
The object is that, when feeding
young chicks, their food may be so
covered as to protect it from larger
chicks or fowls, while the chicks can
help themselves unmolested.-Poultry
Keeper Illustrated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
TRACING BY FINGER PRINTS.
System in India by Which Identinca-
ton Is Made Absolutely
Certain.

In detective novels finger prints left
by criminals, preferably in blood, play
an important part, but truth seems
stranger than fiction in the fact that
the finger-print system of identifying
criminals in India has been made so
perfect that it would enable any intelli-
gent person in a few minutes TO dis
tinguish the individual, if necessary,
from all other persons now living in
the world, or, if data were availa BILE,
from all other persons who have lived
since the creation of man. The system
is simplicity itself, and there is none
of the elaboration of process or the
costly and delicate machinery required
for the anthropometric system. All
that is needed is piece of tin, sheet
of paper and some printers ink. The
linked impressions Of the ten digits are
taken and filed in the proper compart-
ment of the proper pigeonhole, and it
is on the classification of records and
their distribution into the pigeon
holes that the success of the system de-
ponds.
y
loop or the "whorl' type and by
simple table of the combinations of
these types in the ten digits 1924 main
classes are made. These are again sub
divided according to minor details, and
the subdivisions can be further divided
adj infinitum if necessary, but with the
table before him any person of ordinary
intelligence can place his finger on the
corresponding card to a record in his
hand within five minutes, no matter
how many thousand cards there may
be. 1T is calculated that the chances
are about 64,000,0G0 to against any two
persons having single fingers identical,
and the chances against all ten fingers
being identical go beyond mathematic,
ogether.-London Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
DEBUT OF THE DOLLAR SIGN.
The Author of the Famous Character
at Last Discovered in an Old
Time VermOnter.
Some weeks ago DIR. Marcus Baker, of

Some weeks ago DIR. Marcus Baker, of
this city, published i'll one of the maya
zines an account of theory which he
has to account for the origin of the tE-
miliar dollar sign. This has long been
in dispute. All sorts of explanations
have been given, the most common of
which is that the initials of the United
States are crossed. But there have been
seven or eight other theories to account
for the dollar sign which is about as
good.
DIR. Baker, in his researches in the Ii
across an old book entitled, "A Com
pendulum of Federal Arithmetic" de-
signed for the use of schools, and es-
pecially calculated for the meridian of
the United States, which was pub
lshed at Lansingburg. n. Y, in 1897.
Its author was Rev. Chauncey Lee, of
Rutland, VT. In this book the author
sets forth system of what he calls
characteristics" by which one vertical
stroke was to designate the mill, two
vertical strokes the cent, these two
crossed by one s-shaped stroke the
dime, and for the dollar the sign con-
sisting of the two verticals with the
two curved strokes, now so familiar,
was proposed.
AT that time the people of the coun-
try were just emerging from the use of
pounds, shillings, and pence, where
each was separated by space from the
next denomination. 1t accordingly
seemed necessary to Mr.. Lee to have an
arbitrary mark for each of the denom-
nations of our monetary system. But
he soon found that one character, with
the decimal point was all that was nee
cssary, and in the latter part of his own
book all of his elaborate system of SYM
bols, except the one intended to mark
the dollar, was found to have been
dropped.
Dr. Baker certainly finds the dollar
sign in this old arithmetic, and he does
not find it in use at any earlier date.
BY the time Adams arithmetic was pub
lished in 1905, the symbol had be-
come established. He therefore re-
CARDS Mr.. Lee as the inventor and
believes the sign to have been abso-
lutely arbitrary in its origin. Since the
publication of his paper in one of the
magazines, DR.. Barker has received
many letters on the subject, but none
in which his conclusions are challenged.
He intends, for further verification, to
make a study of the department rec
ords to see when the dollar sign first
appeared in the treasury accounts. He
also hopes to make more thorough
search of the old textbooks to see if by
chance any use of this sign prior 10 that
OF Rev. Chauncey Lee can be discovered
1t is certainly interesting to know the
origin of a thing in such constant use
as the dollar sign. DR.. Bakers discov-
cries seem likely to take all the senti-
ment out of this matter, but this is the
common result of modern historical re-
search. - Washington Cor. Boston
TRANSCRIPT
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DISMEMBERTNG CORN.
EXPO riments la This Direction, Con.
Quoted in Different Sections,
Have Proved Failures.

A good many experiments have been
made to determine if anything could
be gained by cutting off portions OF
the corn plant during growth. Some
times it has been the roots, sometimes
the part of the plant above the ears,
and sometimes only the tassels. A
part Of the experiments have seemed
tn give fair results, but others have
given decidedly bad results. A third
class of experiments has been without
result. 1t is probabl that what little
good was obtained was mere acct
dent, for the reason that two plats of
corn will never yield exactly the same,
even though all conditions are exactly
identical. But the trials have proved
that at least nothing is gained, aud
experience would seem to teach that
there must be an actual loss. A gen.
GRAFTON ago ii was the practice in some
parts of the country to cut off the
whole of the corn plant above the ears
Immediately after the silk and the
pollen were supposed to have done
their work. The farmer thus got a
great deal of fodder for his cattle, and
imagined that his corn plant would
elaborate the same weight Of ears
without the top as with it. No notice
was taken of the fact that the foliage
of plant is needed for the elaboration
of the grain of the plant 1t is prob
able that in most cases the yield of
corn was greatly decreased by this
practice. The custom without doubt
remains to-day, especially in the east
ern states, where the fields are so
small in area that the practice of thus
robbing the corn crop can be carried
on naturally and easily.
Root-pruning is another method of
Remembering the corn plant that has
not proved of advantage. So far as we
remember, no experiment at the sta
tons has given results showing an adj
vantage of any kind. In tests at the
rlllinois station root-pruning reduced
the yield about 20 per cent. At the
New York station root-pruning the
corn crop reduced the yield more than
nine bushels per acre in grain and
more than 1000 pounds in fodder
Farmers Review.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
LOADING MADE EASY.

this is the sort of work that makes
men on the farm old before their time.
The cut shows a simple device for rails
irg heavy articles into the bodies of
carts and wagons. Two side pieces are
held by two cross braces. Saall roll
ers are set in every ten or twelve inches,
a 2O-penpy wire nail through holes in
the side pieces serving as bearings. a
lip of iron, twisted as shown, is fas-
tened to the side at the upper end OF
each End piece to rest upon the floor
of tko cart or wagon. The nails should
play" loosely in the side pieces, but
solidlv into the rollers. Let the lat
ter project above the side pieces, when
the box or other article can easily be
rolled up from the ground to the wagon
or cart.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
INTRODUCING QUEENS.
Description of n Method Which Has
Been Tried successfully by
Skilled Beekeeper.

Some years ago | sent to a Massachu
sets queeE-breeder for six queens, and
they were to be introduced according to
his plans, and if any failed to become
safely introduced the dead would be re-
placed by living queens. His instruc-
tons were to remove the old queen from
the hives that were to receive the new
stock; and bare of the candy, at once
lay the cage over the frames and close
the hive for five days-a thing which /
did and found only one queen that had
been accepted. Two or three years later,
says a writer in the American Bee Jour
nal, | received an albino queen from
an Iowa breeder, but this time ! made
the colony queenless that was to receive
the queen As hours before introducing,
and lost my queen. l could not under
stand why it was that these queens,
coming from distance, were rejected
by my bees when / had no trouble in
introducing my own stock among my
own. Maybe some one can tell 4 sent
south last spring for so queens, and
when they arrived all were laid on the
shelf, and AS two-frame nuclei were
made, and all shut up tight with wire
screen until As hours had passed; then
the AS queens were laid on top of the
frames, as, before, and every single one
was accepted. All had started cells in
abundance, but when the queens were
set free all cells were destroyed /
did not wait five days, either, to see
what was going on. but took look at
any of them at any time chose. The
remaining two We're introduced in full
colonies, but not confined with equal
safety. | think / would not be afraid
of introducing any number when done
as above. Though others may have
plans that work equally well, am not
afraid of this plan in my hands.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
GREAT LEGAL VICTORY.
Value of an Honored Trade Name Up
held by the United States
Circuit Court.

The California Fig Syrup Co., of San
Francisco, has just won legal victory
which is of utmost public interest, as it
establishes judicially fact long recog-
nized ethically that the name or the
title of an article is valuable property,
entitled to the same protection as chat
tells or commercial paper. The COM
pany mentioned manufactures an ex-
cellent laxative which has been extern
sively advertised and acquired valu-
able reputation under the name syrup
of Figs" or Zig Syrup" Trading on
the reputation of this remedy other
manufacturing concerns applied the
same name to laxative medicines made
by them. The California Fig Syrup
Co. took the matter in the United States
courts and obtained a permanent in
junction, of which the following is the
text:
ut is thereupon ordered, adjudged and
decreed, that the injunction and restrain
ing order heretofore made herein be con-
tinued until final decree herein, and to that
end that an injunction be issued as prayed
for in the bill Of complaint herein, strictly
commanding and enjoining the defendants,
Clinton +. Worden & Company, a corpora
ton, ]. A. Bright, T. f. Bacon, +. Little.
c. J. Schmelz and Lucius Little, and each
and all of them, their and each and all OF
their agents, employees, workmen, serv-
ants attorneys and counselors. from max
ing. using or selling any liquid laxative
medicine, marked with the name Syrup
of Figs or Fig Syrup or any colorado
imitation of the same; from making, using
nv Ia two laAi Oi mn nm In
boxes, wrappers or cartons, having on the
same the name Syrup of Figs or Fig
Syrup or any colorado imitation Of the
same; from making, using or selling any
liquid laxative medicine put up in boxes,
wrappers or cartons, so as to be like the
cartons, wrappers or boxes used by COM
plainant in connection with the liquid lax
alive medicine made by it, or so as to be
a colorado imitation of the cartons marked
Exhibit A, and filed in this case, being a
carton, box or wrapper used by complain
ant for its liquid laxative medi> me, marked
and named Syrup of Figs or Fig syrup
from making, using or selling any box,
wrapper or carton as wrapper or case for
a liquid laxative medicine, bearing upon 1t
the figure of a branch of fig tree with
leaves and fruit and surrounded by the
words in a circle San Francisco Syrup of
Figs Company, San Francisco, Cal, or any
similar words or figures, or any colorado
imitation of such a symbol or mark, or
from making use of, in any way, in connec-
ton with a liquid laxative medicine the
name Syrup of Figs Co. or from using
any name whereof the words Fig Syrup
CO. or Syrup of Figs Co. form part as
a business name of company, or con-
Germ, or corporation engaged in the bust
ness of making and selling laxative med
icine."
This decision is of far-reaching i'm
portance to all manufacturers whose
products bear a recognized title, as well
as protection to the public whose con-
fidence naturally rests in large meas
ure upon the name of the goods it buys.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29

Mail advices from Madagascar state
that the French authorities are collect
ing tax of il francs on every unmar-
ried male native over 25 years of age,
and of TX francs on every native wom-
an over p years of age who has not a
child, legitimate or illegitinate Many
natives borrow children when Inc tax
collector arrives and return them to
their parents as soon as the tax coli
lector has gone on.--Dalziel.
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FOR THE POULTRY YARD.
Three Feeding COntrivances Whose
Introduction Is Recommended
by Experts.

No doubt some of the readers have
experienced difficulty in raising chicks
in the same yard with hens, which re-
suited in the chicks being crowded
out at mealtimes and being pecked
by the hens. In the illustration No. l
is shown a box into which the chicks
can go at any time to feed, and the
hens cannot get at them at all. The
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
Confession of a millionaire.

A millionaire confessed the secret of his
success in two words-hard work He said
he put in the best part of his life in gaining
dollars and losing health, and now he was
putting in the other half in spending dollars
to get back health. Nothing equals Hostel
to the overtired body and brain. 1t gets at
the starting point-the stomach-and over
comes nervousness, sleeplessness, dyspepsia
and Indigestion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29

to grandma in the rocker Grain.O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upset, the nerves
or Injuries the digestion Made from pure
grains it is a food in itself. Has the taste
ard appearance of the best coffee at the
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
ard strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
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No. i.

box is made of 1G-foot board, IL inches
wide, the board being cut into four
pieces, each piece four feet long, and
nailed together. The box has no bot
tom, but the top is covered with lath,
the sides having holes that admit the
chicks and exclude the hens. BY hav-
ing the box bottomless it may be moved
from place TO place, thus avoiding filth.
A cheap coop for hen and brood
of young chicks may be made of an
ordinary large cheese box, as shown
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnf

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t make tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Gallons, Sore, and Sweating
Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, 25c Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, n. Y.
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II. Y. =. u, Richmond, VA, July 1915,

Via Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Ry's.
One Fare Round Trip; tickets on sale July
ll-l2l3-good to return until July 3lst Can
be extended to August 18th. For full infor-
nation and description pamphlets address
j. G. Tucker, G. N. A, pa n Clark St.,
Chicago.
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He Learned How.

"a man in 10 Daviess county sent two
dollars to New York for the purpose of
finding out how to make hundred dollars
a day"
"And did he find out?"
Eyes. He received letter containing a
slip on which these words were printed:
Get job in a mint. Chicago Times
Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29

Heard the Betrothal Kiss.-First Board
er--"Did YOU hear the report of the engage.
ment Of our landlady's daughter" Second
Doarder-"I should say did. was sitting
IN the next room at the time, and it was
pretty loud report, let me tell you. Rich
mond Dispatch
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Half Rate Excursion East

B. Y. p. U. Convention, Richmond, Va,
July 18th, 18th, 18th. Cheap side trips to
Washington, New York and Seashore Re-
sorts. Address j. G. Tucker, G. n. A, Big
Four Route, Chicago
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Hicks-"Does your wife ever ask you for
money" Wicks-"Never" Hicks-"She
must be wonder" Wicks-"But she fire..
luently tells me to give her some. Boston
Transcript.
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Helps Trade.

her own bread in order to save five cents
week. the man who has put on the market
an infallible cure for dyspepsia smiles like
a cat that has just eaten the canary.-Nau.
yno RuStlar
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BETRAYED HimSelf.

Nel-Dd you meet Miss Gotrox's fancee
Believes; he's no Italian count.
How do you know"
''He shakes your hand around in a circle
as if you were an organ. '-Philadelphia
Record
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-29

When fertilizers are necessary, the
wastefulness of letting the homemade
manure go to waste and buying arti-
fcial fertilizers Should not be practiced.
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.Jones-"When she married him she start
ed in to make his home paradise on earth. u
Johnson-'Did she" Jones-"Yes: she's
always harpingl"-Kansas City Independ
emit
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There is so much territory we know to
be right and so much we know to be wrong
that there is small excuse for camping on
doubtful ground.-L. A. W. Bulletin
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The Sequel.

did you ever laugh until you cried,
Tommy"
"Yes, only this morning.
"What ate"
"Well, pa stepped on tack and
laughed; then pa caught me laughing
and l cried. Chicago Evening News.
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Patrice-"Polly says she's lost her heart. y
Patience She's the most careless girl /
know. That makes the fifth time she's lost
1t this season. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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FOR LOADING WAGONS.
A Continuance Which Makes the
Lifting of Heavy Articles a Com
paratively Easy Task.

Getting heavy boxes and other, heavy
articles into wagons and carts is a mat
ter that often requires great effort.
Needless lifting should be avoided, as
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His Way.

Ikenstein-Vat would you do oaf Fortune
vas to knoog at your door?
Grabbenheimer-Pull her in undt sell her
Something's Puck.
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Nell-"Cholly had the audacity to kiss
me last night" Belle-"Well, | like his
cheek" so do |; it wasn't a bit rough
like some of them are. Philadelphia Rec
ord
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Thirty Cents

Cash or stamps viii get you fine battle
field map or deck of most beautiful scenic
playing cards Address, w. e. Conklyn,
n. W. p. A, c. & o. Ry, 234 Clark, Chicago
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An Unpleasant Memory Biggs-' VIVA
did you think of that cigar gave you yes
terday" Boggs-'I prefer not to think o
tn. Y. Journal.
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Jones got broke of walking in his sleep"
How His wife made him carry the
baby. "-Philadelphi Bulletin.
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nne's 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.
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odd Brown won't live long; he has on,
leg in the CRATE" you mean one leg in the
grave No; he's going to be cremated. y
Pick Me.Up.
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A Definition.

Tommy-Paw what is pessimist?
Mr.. Figg- lie is the man who of two
evils prefers both.-Indianapolis Jonr.
nal.
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Her Advantages.

What is the need of women proposing
when they can make men do it and then
fling it up to them all through life?-N. Y.
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No matter how leisurely doctor may
plod through his earthly career YOU
never catch him Boosting that he takes life
easy.-Philadelp Record.
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For Whooping Cough Piso's Cure is a
successful remedy.-M. +. Dieter, 67 Throop
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. Ia, "a.
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Gayboy--" How long will your wife re-
main at the seaside?" Rounder-'Until I
begin sending her typewriter letters."-
Town Tonics
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In the New West.

In a few years the people out west will be
engaged in lynching the automobile thieves.
Washington Post.