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sheep Eat Many Weeds.

The fact that sheep will eat many
weeds that cattle refuse is a point in
their favor which should not be over
looked. If the weeds are kept down by
sheep they will be destroyed, thus saw
ing labor to the farmer, which is the
important item in the expenses. An old
sleep breeder, who has made sheep his
speciality for years, reports that there
are several sources of profit from the
flock First comes mutton, then lambs
and next wool, to which may be added
the destruction of weeds and the i'm
proyement of the land, the sheep drop
ping the manure uniformly over the
surface of the land, and pressing it into
the soil with their feet.
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USE GOOD PAINT ONLY.
1t Length the Life und Usefulness
of Lumber and the Metal In
Farm Implements.

It is reckless to permit buildings,
yard fences, wagons, machinery and
implements to go without paint. A
well-painted wire or yard fence, of
course, looks better than one that is I'M
painted. But it is not the looks as much
as the preservation Of the object paint
ed that is the purpose of painting. The
life of anything that we usually paint
is greatly heightened by an application
OF a coat of paint. There is usually too
much false economy where we paint a
building. The average man thinks he
can do it the cheapest. Never was a
greater mistake made. How can it
be done the best?" should be the in
quiry. Many paints hardly last a year.
They crack and blister and by holding
the dampness in these cracks, are
worse than no paint. Pure white lead
and oil will last seven or eight years;
and if once or twice during that time
coat of oil is applied, the surface will
be frightened and the protection in
creased. In the use of good paint some
one who understands something about
painting had better be employed. The
job will be more neatly and economical
ly done-Western Plowman.
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DEADLIEST OF WEEDS.
Broom SedEe, n Native of the south,
Has Begun to Infest the
North and West

There is a weed far more deadly than
and vet discussed, that is the broom
sedge, Andropogon scoparius, the
grass" of the worn soils of the south.
All southern farmers know this per-
nicious weed, that creeps into their
pastures and meadows, roofing out tim
othy, roofing out bluegrass, roofing
out all useful vegetation, covering the
abandoned fields with a reddish brown
and waving in the wind like the grass
OF a western prairie. They know, too,
that animals will starve to death when
broomsedge grows up to their eyes.
1t seems to have some nutritious quail
tiles when green and fresh, and in the
arid west il is common grass on some
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Manurp for Early PatafOeH

1t is hardly possible to make land too
rich where the early crop of potatoes
is to be planted. The rich soil insures
early growth Of the plants, and that
they will come up with thick, vigor-
GUS stalks, which is the unfailing sign
of good crop. Too much manure will
cause rot in potatoes late in the season,
but with early potatoes the crop is gen
orally harvested before it has time to
either mature or rot. Generally the
early potato crop may be got off in time
to plant cabbage for a late crop, and
there will be richer soil for the cabbage
roots than there was while the potatoes
were growing.
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ranges and is there esteemed, though
unworthy even there of the esteem in
which it is held, have no doubt.
OF late this weed is creeping north
ward. 1t has invaded West Virginia.
1t has crossed the Ohio river and is
seen in Ohio and Pennsylvania and
doubtless eastward. 1t comes first as
single tuft of yellowish red grass,
standing above the other grasses. 1t
has a light, cottony seed and feathery
top. The seed blows about and the
clumps increase. Sooner or later all
the valuable grasses have disappeared
and the sedge reigns supreme. Then
the field must be plowed, cleaned and
reseeded. 1t is hard to plow, but doubt
less is of benefit as a soil builder, at
least as a soil fertility arrester.
l know OF townships that once were
excellent grazing countries that are
now practically worthless because of
having been overspread with this vile
weed. tits especially dangerous to allow
it to get started where the plow cannot,
or should not, go. Hand labor can cope
with it only when first it makes its ad-
vance.
Another matter. Northern men have
made sad mistakes in making locations
in the south where the land was over
run with broomsedge which in their
ineXperience they mistook for grass.
Lands have been bought at far more
than their real values, live stock has
been turned on broom-sedge pastures
and been starved, almost before the
owners realized the cause of the
trouble. One should study this mat
ter well before investing in farm in
the south. OF course it may grow on
good land; only do not depend on the
sedge to support any northern bred an
finals.
Dig out and burn the first clump that
appears in your neighborhood and tell
your neighbors of the danger. A
stitch in time saves more than 900 in
such case as this.-Joseph f. Wing, in
Country Gentleman.
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FANCY EGG TRADE.
Poultrymcn Should Aim to Sell Di-
rectly to Consumers Able to
Pay Fair Prices.

Do not sell to local store-keepers if
you can do better at distance. If pos
sible, secure customers among clubs,
fashionable hotels, and high-class pri-
vate trade.
Make egg production a study. Man
age so as to have an abundance of eggs
when prices are at their best. In re-
gard to the color of the shell, it pays to
cater to the wishes of your trade. TIE
Leghorns, Spanish and Minorcas are
all producers of white eggs. Brahmas,
Langshans, Cochins and Wyandottes lay
brown eggs. The flavor of eggs is af-
fected by the food. To produce fine fa-
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Did you make your Grain-O this way

Here are the latest directions: Use one
tablespoonful of Grain.O to two cups of cold
water Mix the Grain-O with half an egg
and add the water. (Be sure to measure
After the water gets to the boiling point
let boil for fifteen to twenty minutes. Use
cream and sugar to suit the taste. If you
have not cream use hot milk.
A lady said: "The first time l drank
GrainO I did not like it, but after using it
for ten days and forming the habit, nothing
would induce me to go back to coffee
This is the experience of all. If you will
follow directions, measure it every time
and make it the same, and try it for ten
days, you will not go back to coffee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

Course me luck!". Kissed the burglar, and
fed into the night. Bear in mind, if you
please, that all crime was now disease, mere
~, and all diseases the work of germs. The
burglar perceived, in the cellar, window
where he tried to enter, one of the latest
electric automatic spraying devices, and en-
deavored to avoid it. But fortune was
against him. A click in the dark, and al.
most before he knew it he was drenched
with germicide and cured of his malady.-
Detroit journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
The English of II.

"You Americans call things by such queer
names" said the Englisbman.
What's wrong now?' asked the New
Yorker.
. why call these things elevators, when
they take people down as often as they take
them up?"
"Well, what do you call them in your
country"
1--WE call them lifts"
"Well, | can't see that the word lift ex-
presses their use any better than elevator"
"Oh, yes, il does. Don't you know you can
lift persons down as well as lift them up?'
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Ask Your Friends About 1t.

Your distressing cough can be cured. We
know it because Kemp's Balsam within the
past few years has cured so many coughs
and colds in this community. Its remark.
able sale has been won entirely by its gen.
uine merit. Ask some friend who has used
it what he thinks of Kemps Balsam. There
is no medicine so pure, none so effective.
Large bottles 25c and SOC. Sample bottle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Fresh Blood ms Food.

The albumen, or white, of an egg is
somewhat similar to blood in compost
ton, and the poultryman viii find it
very profitable to procure fresh blood
from the slaughter-houses wherever it
can be obtained. 1t can be put in a
bag and cooked, or Il may be mixed
wr-h two parts corn meal and one part
shorts, baked into cakes, and crum-
bled for the fowls whenever it is need
ed. Fed to hens it increases egg pro-
duction, being cheaper than meat and
much more beneicial.-Farm and Fire
side.
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From Baby in the High Chair

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself. Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at the
price. 1t is genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Iane,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 % and SOC.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Signs of Spring.

Atchoo!
The popularity of the shady side of the
street.
The flowers that bloom in buttonholes.
Absence of furry garments.
Open spring coats.
The advent of the shirtwaist girl.
The posy hat.-Philadelphi Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Abolish the Death Penalty.

At Albany the lawmakers are wrangling
over the abolition of the death penalty.
The man who succeeds in passing such bin
breaker of mans laws as Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters has TO the breaker of natures
laws. If you've neglected your stomach I'M
til indigestion, constipation, biliousness,
liver and kidney troubles are upon you
there's but one cure-Hostetter' Stomach
Bitters. Don't fail to try it. All druggists
sell II
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
A Happy Miss.

A Georgia paper, printed in a locality
where bullets have tendency to fly, chron-
ices an office accident" thus:
"The bullet passed entirely through the
chest of our foreman, Mr.. Jones, but fortu-
nately missed a plate-glass window, which
cost considerable money" - Minneapolis
Journal.
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you gimme something SOS ] can 60 some
where's and eat?' The politician looked at
him thoughtfully and exclaimed: That
shows how we all have our troubles. Here
you are with no place to go and eat, and
here am | half worried to death because
can't keep my invitations to banquets down
TO anything ike a reasonable limit. Wash
ington Star
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

Where Ideals Are Cheap-"What is your
notion of an ideal woman? Zone who can
look like a princess in three-dollar suit. -
indianapolis journal.
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Objects of Interest.

Stranger-What are the principal objects
of interest in this town?
Citizen-Savings bank deposits
pnlitap
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YES, sir, have come to ask you for the
hand?" ayes, sir. It is a mere Formally,
/ know, but we have thought it would be
pleasing to you to have me go through with
it." Whats that? A mere formality"
And may j inquire who suggested that ask
ing my consent to my daughters marriage
was only a mere formality?" at was Isa-
be!'s mother, SIR" ''Isabel's mother? Then
| have nothing further to say."-Cleveland
PLAN Dealer
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The man who tries to say smart things
makes more breaks than other people,
Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

How Ny Throat Hurts!-Why don't you
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

Spain might have known if she made war
against flag bearing 10 stripes something
would happen.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Awkward Miss with an umbrella BEG
pardon
Polite Gentleman-Don't mention it. |
have another eye left.-Stray Stories
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04
Coughing Lead. to Consumption

Kemps Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles IS and SO
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

She-'Does he call her peach now?" He
mo; he says she's his box of straw berries,
because she's the dearest little thing he ever
saw.-Yo nkers Statesman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

Even in the most funerea matters there
is likely to be some trace of levity. The
sexton is always giving some one a farewell
Lig-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

The quality end quantity of wool de-
ponds on the condition of the sheep, the
well fed sheep producing the best and
the heaviest fleece.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine.--F. M. Abbott, 1888
Seneca ST., Buffalo, N. Y, May 9, 1894.
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Lovers may not wish to snub the gas, but
they do turn it down" pretty often.-L. A.
w. Bulletin.
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A stolen pair OF shoes is boot-y.-L. A, W
Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-04

A model young mans characteristics are
honesty of speech, responsibility OF carriage,
industry of mind and consideration for 9TH
ers With these young man is as model
as it is given for an earthly being to be-
Ladies Home journal.
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If woman really loves her husband she
keeps him holding his tongue out all the
time to see if there is coating on it
Atchison Globe.
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osophy" Of perpetual motion. as 'r solved by
an up to date philosopher: Rags make pa
per. Paper makes money. Money makes
banks. Banks make loans. Loans make pow
erty. Poverty makes rags. Rags make
wei, just keep on repeating the above
Boston journal.
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He was caught red handed, but that made
no difference. He might just as well have
you sen. Y journal.
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George Saxton fooled with buzz saw,
and lost his finger. Later, he fooled with
love, and lost his life-Atchison Globe.
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n LABASTINE is the original
and only durable wall coating,
AW entirely different from all kali
somines. Ready for use In
white or twelve beautiful tints
~ - by adding cold water
n AIDES naturally prefer ALA
BASTINE for walls and cell
ings, because 1t Is pure. clean,
durable. Put up in dry pow
dered form, In five-pound pack
ages. with full directions.
"A IL kalsomnes are cheap, tenn
porary preparations made from
whiting, chalks. clays, etc.
and stuck on walls with de-
caying animal glue. ALABAS-
- TINE Is not a kalsomine.
EWARE Of the dealer who
says he can sell you the same
thing" as ALABASTINE or
something just as good" He
Is either not posted or Is try
ing to deceive you.
n ND IN OFFERING something
he has bought cheap and tries
A~ to sell on ALABASTINE'S de-
A mands, he may not realize the
\ damage you will suffer by a
kaIsomine on your walls.
~A ENSIBLE dealers will not buy
~ q lawsuit. Dealers risk one by
SAs selling and consumers by using
0 infringement. AlaDaS1lne 20.
A1 own right to make wall coat
~ ing to mix with cold water.
HHEHNW HE INTERIOR WALLS Of
every schoolhouse should be
coated only with pure, durable
ALABASTINE. 1t safeguards
health. Hundreds Of tons are
used annually for this work.
M n BUYING ALABASTINE, see
that packages are properly la
Vs. beled Beware of large four
pound package light kalso-
mine offered to customers US
nvc-pouEd package.
UA nm UISANCE of wall paper Is OBJ
kHA M Waited BY ALABASTINE. 1t
@VA ~ can be used on plastered walls,
III NM wood ceilings, brick or cam
VM vas. a child can brush 1t OH.
W 1t does not rub or scale off.
xusu ESTABLISHED IN favor Shun
all limitations. Ask paint dealer
or druggist for tint card. Write
33zA for "Alabastine Era" free, to
ALABASTINE CO., Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
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No Serious Damage Done.

Buffalo Commercial, April 4, 1899.
, 1899-06-23

Once when the late Jay Gould went
to Margaretville, n. Y, with his ply
stefan and private car. he called on his
old friend, George Decker, a retired
merchant Of the village, who was form
erly a clerk with Gould in Roxbury.
Every one who knows Mr.. Decker well
calls him &C." and this was what Mr..
Gould said to him:
Hello, c. guess you know me
this time, don't your"
A few years before Decker, while in
New York on business M afternoon,
was suddenly confronted on Broadway
by a dapper, black-eyed little man, who
grasped him by the hand, exclaiming:
SLOW are you, Mr.. Decker? l am glad
to see you"
Mr.. Decker looked the little man over
from head TO foot, and hurriedly an
swered:
Eyes, so am 1; but l don't know you,
sir. Good day"
But, hold up" said the other, "aren't
o George Decker, of MargaretvilleY'
"Oh, yes; that's all right" responded
Decker, "but l am in too great a hurry
to be interviewed to-day, my friend.
You have struck the wrong man"
'Yes, perhaps" said the little man,
.but my name is Jay Gould; don't you
know me?'
"~Jehosaphat!' exclaimed Decker, Il
took you for a confidence man"
, 1899-06-23
CHAPTER- XVII

Angus does not %reappear, II though
Della feels his absence to be the greatest
relief, the day passes as though there had
been n death in the house. BY the time
Della has completed her preparations fol
n decided departure, and written the let
ter which shall explain her temporary alb.
sence to Angus 6he epistle, by which he
will learn how much his mother is ready
to sacrifice for him will be dispatched
from Antwerp. she has fairly wept her
self dry, and is waiting in her sitting
room, helpless and hopeless indeed, but
Palmer than she has been all day.
She has been expecting Angus to return
each hour, and every fresh footstep that
has sounded in the marble corridor has
been a fresh disappointment to her, but
now that she believes he has come she
feels as if it were impossible TO meet him.
She stands by the door, breathless, I'M
decided whether to remain or fly, as the
manly step strides up the corridor in the
direction Of her room. The Flemish
wench appears first, grinning from ear to
ear, as she endeavors to make her UNDER
stand that the Baron Gustave SAKE de-
sires to have an interview with her.
II cannot see him. | caunot see any
one!" exclaims Della, hastily, but the or
der comes too late.
The baron has followed the servant to
the door of her apartment; be is even now
standing Before her; she has no a%lterna-
tive but to receive him.
"Entrez, monsieur" she says, courte.
susly, but all the color has forsaken her
cheek, and she trembles 50. that she al
most totters back to her seat.
TO my regret [ find madame ON the
eve of departure" says the baron, but
[ trust 1t is not for long. Your determine
ton has been sudden, surely. l met
Monsieur Moray yesterday, and he said
nothing of such h plan to me-
lie is a fine, soldierly man In appear
Rnee, this Baron Gustave SAKE, with blue
eyes and brown hair, and a heavy mus
iache Of reddish tinge, that droops over
his mouth. In age he may have number
ed about fve-and-forty years, but he car
ries them brayely, and has all the bearing
Of a young and gallant a lie is an
Austrian, and a colonel in the army, the
brother-in-law also Of the Chevalier de
Landry, in whose house Della has ad-
Yaneed to considerable terms of intimacy
with him. And his. presence has the pow
err to make her quail at the idea of the
step she is about to take as she never
Quailed before.
, 1899-06-23

1t seems very hard to refuse him-very
hard-to shut her ears against the pleading
of his voice, her eyes against the pleading
of his eyes, but it must be done. So she
turns her face to one side, the better to
escape his observation, and answers, sad
":
"No, baron, it is useless for You to plead
thus any longer. There is an obstacle be-
] tween us that no arguments could over
come.'
TEL ms what it is"
81 cannot, because it involves others as
well as myself. You must take my word
for it that reasons exist against the idea
Df anything like marriage between as that,
IL you knew them. would make you shrink
from me as if I were a snake with the
power of sting"
81 nm willing to take you, Della, with
out learning these terrible reasons, which
have no concern for me"
81 cannot be your wife,
"Then you. have ruined mei' he ex
claims, as he PAGES with agitation about
the room. you have smiled upon me and
given me hopes, only that you may have
the delight of crushing them!'
"Oh! no, no! do not judge me too hard
~. 1 th0uBhtI was not AWARE ulu
not suppose-' she stammefs.
You women are all the sameg' he in
%terrupted her, a%ngrily; you encourage
our attentions and return'our %glances, and
then, when we ask you for that to which
we suppose you have entitled us, you turn
about, and say, You thoueht-you were
not aware-you did not suppose And
SO is the child not aware, as he plays with
the butterfly, that each touch of his fin
gersmaims a limb or creates Il wound.
Madame, l thought higher things Of you.
l believed you to be above the usual tri-
fling of your sex. | saw in YOU noble az;
Observation-Disclosures bravery and peise-
verance-and l credited you also with
perfect truth" -
Indeed, l have been true TO your
TOO true, l think so! But not true to
yourself. But l will so, madame; you
shall no more be subjected 10 the discom-
fort of my presence, and / pray you TO for
give me for the Inconvenience l have un-
Willingly caused you. Farewell, and may
the good heaven bless your
And without a second look Mt her, the
baron SEXES his hat and PUSHES from the
apartment, and down the corridor into the
open street.