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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
TRULY EXASPERATING.
He Hated People who Were So Pos
tive Yet He Failed to Look
to Home.

"By George" said Hyde Park man who
was riding downtown in an early train. Il
detest people who are SO blamed positive
about everything"
1T is disagreeable habit" the pas
senger who sat next to him admitted, 'and
it always pleases me TO see such people con-
fronted with proofs that they are ia the
wrong"
Yes, it does me, too. My wifes cousin
has Been visiting us for several days, and
he's one of those know-t-all fellows. You
can't tell him anything. Yesterday morning
he was reading about this Dreyfus trial,
and | gave him pointer on how to pro.
nounce a French word that was used. But
do you suppose he was willing to admit that
knew more about it than he did,"
81 suppose not"
"N6, He sat there. right at my own table,
and argued with me for 20 minutes trying
to show that | didn't know what [ was
talking. about Such people make Inc
weary"
why don't you get French dictionary
and prove to him that he was wrong?"
"Oh, looked it up yesterday and found
that | was mistaken myself, but what makes
me mad is the fact that he was so blamed
positive about it."-Chicago Times Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
ORNAMENTAL HEDGES,
Some Hardy EverSreens Which Ma
turc Seems TO Have Produced
for This Purpose.

There is nothing that adds greater
beauty to the home surroundings than
a well-kept hedge of either evergreen
or deciduous shrubs, adapted for hedg-
ing purposes, says Wallace's Farmer.
There are several evergreens that can
be used and are admirably adapted for
hedging, if one IS a moist, retentive
soil; and the American arbor vitae is
the best tree to plant, planting the
plants about two feet apart in the row.
If the land is dry, the red cedar is the
best evergreen for planting. They
should have the best of cultivation for
a couple of years from planting; at
which time, they should be cut to a
uniform height of two and half to
three feet. After this, the only pruning
that hedge will need will be a shorten
ing back of the long growth, so as to in
duce thickening up of the branches.
In pruning a hedge after it has got
some age, it is best to use some pruning
shear adapted to that use. The ever
green hedge should be trimmed at least
once year, and this during the first
week in July. 1t is necessary in prun-
Ing the hedge, that you do not cut back
10 where you did the previous year, as
there must be little of the last wears
growth left so as to stimulate and give
health to the hedge. The best decidu-
Gus shrub that we have is the Berberry.
By planting a hedge of this, you will
have two varieties: The purple leaf and
the green leaf. They make beautiful
hedge, by planting them alternately of
each variety; and at two or three years
old, they will make a hedge that is three
feet high and eight feet through It is
easily kept in shape by pruning, and is
adapted to either low or high exposures,
as it is very hardy, and we would recon-
mend its planting, as we know of no
plant that will make as great an eff
feet as the above two sorts, planted as
we suggest
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
ARRANGEMENT OF FOREST RE
SERVES.

SERVES.
acres so as 10 make the least danger
from the spread of forest fires, as
shown in Fig. ..
Should it be practicable to reserve
only one-quarter of the tillable land in
forest areas, then with quarter section
homesteads the reservation which
would secure the most equitable dis
tribution of forest influence and leave
the woods themselves at least danger
from fire would be to reserve the north
east quarter of the northwest quarter
and the southeast quarter Of the north
east quarter in the north half OF every
section, and the southwest quarter Of
the southeast quarter of the south half
of the same section, as shown in Fig. /.
Then if systematic forestry is at all
worthy of encouragement by the state,
one simple method Of doing so would be
to make certain requirements OF the
owners of the land, and as a compensa-
ton for these requirements exempt the
forcsted areas from taxation for a peri
cd of 20 or 40 years as seemed most de-
sirable, on condition that the require
ments are fulfilled. Such system
would decrease the cost of the forest
crop, which is necessarily large on ac-
count of the great length of time re-
quired to bring it to mat lrity.-Ameri
can AgriculturiSt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
FOREST RESERVES.
Outline of system which Would
Give Direct and Indirect ben-
efits to Agriculture.

If we admit that forestry is profitable
it is desirable to develop the best plan
of forest reservation, system which
would at the same time insure the per-
sonal interest in the forests themselves
by the people of the district and all the
direct and indirect benefits to agricul-
ture which the forest could give.
Were it desirable TO reserve one-half
Of the good tinable land in forests, then
with homesteads of quarter section
each the reservation of alternate 40
acres would enable the forests to most
completely protect the farming lands
and at the same time place the wooded
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

New York, Oct. 18th, 1898.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus, o.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is good for ca
tarrh. l have tried it and know it. 1t
relieved me immensely on my trip to
Cuba, and l always have a bottle in
reserve. Since my return 1 have not
suffered from catarrh, but if / do shall
use Pe-ru-na again. Meantime you
might send me another bottle.
Yours, Amos j. Cummings, NJ. c.
Summer catarrh assumes various
forms. 1t produces dyspepsia and
bowel complaint. 1t causes biliousness
and diseases of the liver. 1t deranges
the kidneys and bladder. Summer ca
tarrh may derange the whole nervous
system, when it is known to the medical
profession as a systemic catarrh. Pc
ru-na is a specific for all these forms of
catarrh. Pe-ru-na never disappoints.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio,
for free book on summer catarrh.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
Give the Children n Drink

called Grain-0 1t is delicious, appetizing,
nourishing food drink to take the place OF
coffee, Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all it's injurious properties.
Grain-O aide digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not stimulant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about as
much as coffee. 10 and 25c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
Gen tCs.

"How is it Wilkins over there looks so
cool when everything else is sweltering?"
"Ah, Wilkins is smart Do you see those
b old papers he is reading? Well, they contain
the account of February's blizzard. Every
time Wilkins begins to feel the least bit
warm he reads about the twenty-some be-
low zero and shivers. His scheme is cooler
than fans and cheaper than ice. "- Chicago
Evening News
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
Exhibits at Paris.

There will be large exhibit from this
country at the Paris exposition in 1900,
which will prove very interesting to all who
may attend, but no more so than the news
that the famous American remedy, Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters, viii positively cure
dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, bilious.
ness and nervousness. To all sufferers of
the above complaints trial is recommend
ed, with the assurance that when honestly
used cure will be effected. 1t also tones
up the entire system.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

'I am not at ell certain" said the father,
"that my daughter loves you sufficiently to
warrant me in intrusting her to your keep
ing for that" well" replied the young
man, perhaps you haven't had the same adj.
vantage for observing things as l have
Philadelphia North American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
An Argument.

Here the voice of counsel for the defense
thrilled with emotion.
Gentlemen of the jury" he cried, you
cannot believe the prisoner to be the cool,
calculating villain the prosecution would
make him out to be! Were he cool and CAL
culating would he have murdered his wife,
as he is accused of doing? Would he not
rather have spared her in order that she
might be here at this trial to weep for him
and influence your verdict with her tears?"
Only the thoughtless think lawyers do not
assist the ends of justice.-Detroit Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
FEEDING THE CALVES.
An Easily RECONSTRUCTED and Econom-
fcnl Arrangement for Keep
Ing Them Apart.

Where one has more than two or
three calves in pen, some arrange
ment must be made to keep them apart
while being fed. The accompanying il
lustration shows my plan. The upper
part is a stanchion with the openings
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

''What is the meaning of this?" demanded
the customer, hotly, as by the aid of the MIR
ror he detected a pucker across the back Of
his new coat oh" replied the quick-wit-
ted tailor, promptly, that is--er- the last
wrinkle, sir. philadelphia Record
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

A man with good voice went to oblige
kirk social the other evening, and the
ruling elder who introduced him equivocally
referred to the artistic as an amateur gen
tleman. London Mail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

"No real gentleman, Mr.. Hopkins, would
ever have his photograph taken in a dress
suit"
What do you mean. Miss Simpkins?'
in order to do so he would have to wear
it in daylight The Rival.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
DO YOur Feet Ache and Durnr

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
n powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Gallons, Sore, and Sweating
Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
1t, CSC. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

Why the Minister Sighed.-Jingso--
"What did the minister say when the plate
came up?" Hingso-"lle said he wouldn't
mind so much if the buttons were all alike.
Syracuse Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

Eyes, that's the bride" very young
isn't she?" Nineteen, | believe" "Who
are those midle-aged women with herr
'Those are her unmarried sisters. She's
chaperoning them Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
No Wonder.

"She has a remarkable voice"
'ln which respect?'
"ln timbre."
mo wonder. Size used to call a logging
camp to dinner Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

A Profound Themc.--"What is cncour.
agement, pa?" Encouragement Well,
thing people don't get, as rule, until after
they quit needing it.'-Chicago Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

Ethel (of Boston)-"They say he is very
rich, but intolerably vulgar" Victoria (of
Chicago l-"You're dead right, there, my
dear. He's got load of dough, but he's on
the hog every other Judy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.

''Nfa, I'm at the head of my class
Flows that, Dcll?" Teacher says I'm
the worst of all the bad boys in school. -
Answers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

Too much good living makes bad liver
Il. A. w Rnilntin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

Plums are delicious and wholesome
but the skin must not be swallowed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22

A bloodhound is noted for his dog ged
perseverence.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13
A Missing Word.

A North Carolina preacher in one or
our western counties, whose memory
sometimes fails him at the critical
point, says the Homiletic Review, was
recently preaching a sermon before a
Sunday school convention. His sub
iect was THE Resurrection" The
thought toward which he was driving
with all physical earnestness was that
the doctrine of the resurrection was the
very essence of the gospel. The word
essence" he had carefully calculated
to use in tremendous epitomes of his
whole thought. Rising on tiptoe. he
shouted: I'm a nutshell, my brethren,
the doctrine of the resurrection is the
very-is the very" Alas! His
chosen word, Essence" was gone. He
paused a second, and then strobe for
ward and shouted in thunder tones
The doctrine of the resurrection is the
very-is the very" The recalci-
trant. was again nowhere in sight.
Pausing once more, and mastering his
physical weapons for final desperate
endeavor, he lowered his voice, but
with intense earnestness, as if angry
with poor absent essence" he again
let drive, Brethren, the thought
have tried to impress upon you is thai
the doctrine of the resurrection is the
very-is the very-is the very soup o.
the gospel"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13
MYSTERY OF BALKAN BlRSCH.
Fifty Years Ago 1t Was the Sensation
of the Day.

THE mystery of Balaam Birch was
a sensation in the early forties,' vol
unteered an old resident to Wash
ington Star reportur, land though 1t
was cleared up in week or so, 1t
proved to be very lively one as long
as it lasted. Balaam Birch was a we'll
known carpenter. He was last seen at
the corner of Fifth and F streets one
afternoon during a heavy rainstorm.
From that moment all traces of him
were removed as completely as if he
was swallowed up in the ground.
Hundreds engaged in the search for
him, and all kinds of stories were put
into circulation as to his disappear
ance. Every house and yard in that
part of the city was thoroughly
searched, without result, citizens gen.
orally joining the local police force IN
the search He was seen by several on
Fifth street at different points between
Louisiana avenue and G street, though
last seen, according to a comparison Of
time, near the corner of Fifth and F
streets. The mystery was how he
could so suddenly disappear in broad
daylight During that time, and for
many years after, a stream Of water
ran through Judiciary square, which
connected with Tiber creek, which was
very materially increased by sudden
transforms, and though the suppose
ton most generally INDUCED in was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13
Up-to-D Date.

Take up the white mans burden,
And blow in your hard-earned tin
For Goldfish and canned tomatoes
To fatten your wife's lean kin:
Her aunts and her wicked uncles
Are coming to drive you wild;
These half-starved sullen people,
Half devil and half child.
rake up the white mans burden,
And fill up your house with hunks,
That kinfolks may sleep in comfort:
They're coming with bags and trunks
Ihey're coming to stay all summer,
10 die in your yard next fall
These half-shot, sullen people,
Half stomach and half gall.
TAKE up the white mans burden,
And sit on the porch and swear,
For kinfolks will use the sofa,
And loaf in your easy chair.
They'll eat all the pies and doughnuts,
And you must subsist on prunes-
These fine-haired silken kinfolks,
Half pelicans and half looms.
Throw down the white mans burden,
And get a breech-loading dog
To mangle the first relation
Qialf crocodile and half hog)
Who comes with his ten valises
And seventeen tourist trunks,
To eat up your canned provisions,
And sleep in your ill-spared hunks.
-Atchison Globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13

officers are jealousy guarding it. But
it had alresdy become known by the
mistake of first refusing the invention
and allowing Colonel Humbert to get a
public patent of it,
When Colonel Humbert first set him.
self to solve the problem Of noise and
flame in a gun he considered the
causes of these things.
The noise is due to the sudden expul-
sion of the gases of the exploded gun
powder following the bullet and the
return of the air to the barrel.
The flame is due to the gases being
set fire to by the heat. If the barrel
could be closed at the moment the pro-
jectile left it there could be no noise.
This is just what his invention accom-
plished by its valve arrangement. The
flame which came from the mouth of
the gun occurred inside the passages OF
the tube, making it invisible.
The device can also be used on a
rifle. 1t is a mere nut that can be
screwed on the muZZle in a minute.
But in this case it is ball instead of a
valve that rises and prevents the
escape Of the gas. Rifles equipped in
this way are intended for sharpshcot-
ers.
The effect of a battery of noiseless,
flameless and smokeless field guns and
a company OF sharpshooters with rifles
Of the same sort would be as democrat
iZing to an enemy for the panic they
would be likely to create as for their
destruCtiveneSs.
Soldiers are trained to fight an en-
envy they can see and their blood is
fired by the roar of cannon and crash
of rifle volleys.
But the silent moving down with
nothing in sight to fight against would
be an uncanny conflict that no army
in the worlG is trained for.
Imagine it's effects upon the ignorant
and superstitious wild men that the
United States is now fighting in the
Philippines.
Practical experiments have lately
been made by the French artillerists at
Chalons with this new gun. 1t has
been proved that it could destroy an
intrenched regiment or battery in one
minute at a distance of four miles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13
SHE INSISTED ON FRESH AIR.
And the Cold BIooded Man Had to Stand
the Draught.


Travelling brings out the idiosyncra-
sizes of people as no other experience
can effect. Certainly the man and
woman who occupied opposite COM
partments in car that recently rolled
westward from New York could not be
said to be as conveniently adjusted as
Jack Sprat and his wife. 1t was a
very cold morning outside the frame
heat surged the mercury upward until
it reached the fever register. "Por-
ter" snapped the man, viciOusly, Il
want those ventilatOrs closed. You'll
give us all pneumonia in a couple of
seconds" and the porter meekly closed
the transoms. Porter" Immediately
called the woman, Il want the ventil-
ators on my side of the car open as
wide as you can open them" The Off
cial hesitated only an instant, for the
womans quick DO it at once, por-
ter" brooked no delay. He pulled
them down with a grin at the opposite
passenger But the man didn't smile
himself He uttered audible maledic-
tions on author of his discomfort, and
ostentatiously shrouded his shivering
form in an overcoat, pulling the collar
we'll up over his throat and ears. And
the woman, in a linen shirtwaist, read
her book serenely, whimsically I'M
mindful of the glares of her neighbor
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13

The gun is loaded with shrapnel
shells containing $50 shots each.
Twenty of these shots can be fred
in a minute This Is an unheard of
rate in a field gun. The explosive
charge which scatters these bullets is
melinite, like dynamite in strength. In
one minute this gun throws 5000 bull
let's. Each one of these can kill more
than one man at a distance of faur
miles.
The test which the French officers
made of this gun was by setting up a
dummy regiment at this distance. In
a single minute almost every one of
the thousand wooden figures was shot
through in some part.
A battery of old guns was placed at
distance of three miles, with wooden
posts for artillerymen. A single shot
guns and blew the wooden posts to
pieces.
The new gun was trained on a bal
loon half a mile high and nearly two
miles distant. II took three shots to
get the range, andthe fourth shot blew
the balloon to pieces. 1t fioated down
! in mere shreds.
In order to more perfectly obscure
the gun it was painted a greenish tint.
Another balloon was sent up to try to
discover it's location while this firing
was going on. But even at an eleva-
ton almost directly over the gun not
the slightest vapor nor flash could be
detected. Only when it was wheeled
over an open stretch of ground and
away from all foliage could the gun
itself be seen.
Similar firing tests have been made
before on dummy figures and balloons
at Chalons. But nothing has ever
equaled the destroying power of thi;
new quick-firing gun that can neither
be seen nor heard.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13

declares that recent experiments show
that the gun gives no flash or sign of
fire. 1t is practically noiseless, and its
explosive gases are made to counteract
the recoil.
Yet this wonderful sound-destroying
device is so small that it can be put
on to the end of any modern gun as
easily as a sewing machine bobbin
can be slipped into it's place.
The French artillery experts have
applied it to their new rapid-tiring field
gun. By this combination they have
the most perfect and destructive gun
in the world
This noise and flame destroying at
tachment is very simple. 1t is a tube,
which is screwed on to the muzzle OF
a gun. There is but one piece of NOV
able mechanism in it, hinge valve.
When the gun is fired and the projec-
tile leaves the muzzle, the outward
rush of gases makes this valve close.
This stops the escape of the gases in
that direction, but they find an outlet
in the two little passages in the upper
mart of the tube. The gases rush out
through these with such force as to
make a recoil which offsets the recoll
of the shot. The flash takes place in
| the interior passages of the attached
tube, and is thus completely hooded.
When Colonel Guilbert Humbert, a
retired officer, first brought his inven'
| ton to the notice of the French ord
nance experts, over a year ago, they
declined to even test it. Even Colone
Humbert's reputation for honorable
service in the Franco-Prussian anc
African wars failed to secure him con
sideration.
1t was thought to be an old man!
toy. In formally declining it for arm!
use he was politely but ironically givel
permission to patent it and make /
public"
He did that and made test of hi
own. His first trial was on 1k-incl
Hotchkiss gun. 1t worked almost per
fectly. The firing produced no fam
: and only a slight Kissing sound from
, the discharge of the gas through tn
!, small holes. The recoil was also less
J ened.
The French ministry of war at ono
= acquired the right to adopt Colone
Humbert's invention.
The Spanish-American war Shove
the immense advantage of rapid-fir
smokeless powder guns. This sug
gested to the French committee of al
a tillery to apply Colonel Humbert's al
: tachment to their new rapid-fir
: smokeless powder cannon. The resu
: is the present matchless artillery piec
: An effort is being made to keep tn
matter a secret. and all French arm