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Wine Sap Apples" the finpst grown in Arkansae--for sale b, StrAuss & Miller,
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HOW TO HANDLE GRAVEL.
Some Practical Suggestions for Max
ing Country Roads Better mt
small Expense.

Wherever gravel abounds, no other
material can compete with it in quail
ity and cheapness for building first
class roads. If, now, methods may be
devised for handling this somewhat
difficult and clumsy material at less
expense, an impetus will be given to
the cause of good roads. want to show
an idea or two il use in this town, and
elsewhere, for loading and distributing
gravel rapidly and easily. Anything
that will save human muscle and econ
omize time is worth trying.
Let US back up our carts to the bank
chosen and begin to open it. This must
be done right and with purpose in
view. A few boards or planks seven
feet long should be cleated together.
After shoveling into the bank on a
level until an upright wall of gravel
one to two feet high is left, lay down
the platform of planks, and with bar
keep it with one edge close to the bank,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

One of the best washes for fruit trees
is made by taking two gallons of water
and one of soft soap; boil well and then
add one gallon of crude carbolc acid,
mixing thoroughly.
As general rule an Old orchard
should not be filed with young trees.
The soil is too often exhausted by the
growth of the former occupants. Bet
ter start new orchard.
Generally apples and peaches grown
commercially must be planted on a
sufficiently large scale to be shipped
in carload lots. Then buyers will be
on hand to take the crop as soon as
matured.
One of the best ways of protecting
trees from borers and other pests is
TO apply the modern tree protectors
when the tree is planted out. See that
they fl close, to the ground and not
tao close around rhe stem.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
PICKING STRAWBERRIES.
A Wisconsin Grower Describes the
Excellent System In Vogue
on His Farm.

I put two pickers on each row, ono
on either side. Each picker has a
stand or carrier which holds four
boxes. The stands are light and are
of lath with a handle made from an
old barrel hoop. BY the use Of these,
the boxes are easily handled and are
kept clean. My berry house is sim
ply a shelter to keep the sun from
the fruit. 1t is made light and set
on runners so that it can easily be
moved and kept near the pickers.
Each picker, when he gets his stand
full, takes it to the berry house, en-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
PICKERS' STAND.

changes it for an empty one and is
given credit for the number Of boxes
brought in. l pay one cent box
for picking, but toward the end Of
the season sometimes have to pay a
little extra. Each variety of berries
is Grated by itself and l try to have
the boxes of uniform quality all
through. Putting a few extra nice
ones on top may work for few times,
but the people will soon find it out.
My crates aye all stenciled with my
name, so that customers know whose
berries they are getting, and by hon
est packing the demand for our fruit
is increased.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
HOODS SarSa7as.ikKa
In the Lake Country

of Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime.
sofa and Michigan, there are hundreds OF
the most charming Summer Resorts await
ing the arrival of thousands of tourists
from the South and East.
Among the list Of near by places are Fox
Lake, Delavan, Lauderdale, Waukesha,
Oconomowoc, Palmyra, The Dells at Kill
bourn, Elkhart and Madison, while little
further of are Minocqua, Star Lake, From.
tenac, White Bear Minnetonka and Mar.
quette on Lake Superior
For pamphlet of Summer Homes for
l9OO,,' or for copy of our handsomely illus.
trated Summer book, entitled in The Lake
Country" apply to nearest ticket agent or
address with four cents in postage, Geo. Fl.
Heaftord, General Passenger Agent, Old
Colony Building, Chicago, III.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
CONSERVING MOISTURE.
This Is One of the Most Important
Problems Presented to the
Market Gardener.

Nailre's method of conserving moist
ure is by surface mulch of leaves and
decaying vegetable matter. Thas to
the soil is added humus, which is the
great storehouse for nitrogen and
moisture.
The conservation of soil moisture is
ne of the most important problems pre-
scented to the gardener. If the supply Of
moisture is deficient all the labor OF
cultivation and expense in the form
OF fertilizers count for little or moth
ing. The Importance of water to tho
growing plant can only be appreciated
when we understand how large par.
of its structure is composed of water.
The quantity of water in plants varies
from 90 to as high as % per cent. oi
their total weight. There is thus a
constant giving off Of moisture by the
foliage during the entire period ot
growth, and it must be made good bv
that which is taken up by the roots,
The movement of the soil moisture
brings to the roots soluble plant food,
and nitrification-or the conversion Of
nitrogen compounds into the form OF
nitrates-can only precede in the pres
ence OF moisture. Moisture may be
conserved as follows: BY (D blowing
or tilling; (2) mulches: ca rotation OF
crops to increase humus: (4) under
drainage; (5) lessening the influence
of winds; (6) applications of lime, salt,
etc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
HOW TO LOAD GRAVEL.

30 all gravel will fall upon it. The
shoveling on this fiat surface is Sc
much more speedy and easy, that two
men will handle as much gravel in day
as three will when striking the edges OF
their shovels constantly against OBJ
Structions.
Let this shoveling continue, keep
ing the bottom level, and the planks
close to the bank right back eight or
nine feet, leaving the upright walls
on either side. Next set up four OF
five posts on either side, five feet out
of the ground, bind them together with
4x6 crosspieces and lay down three
inch planks, as cover. Then have a
pair of horses and scraper draw the
gravel upon this raised platform.
Carts to be loaded are backed under
It, and the drivers upset the floor, let
ting the gravel fall into the cart. This
arrangement is next in speed to a
steam shovel, and will load gravel four
times as fast as by hand.
Wagons are superior, even to carts
if they have bodies constructed for
the work. Their preparation is easy,
however. Planks one foot wide are
fixed on edge and attached to the
stakes. Other narrower ones are fitted
closely for the bottom. and the ends
of these planks are rounded for handles
SO they may be turned up, letting the
gravel fall through upon the roadbed.
This is as easy as dumping a cart, and,
besides, it saves spreading heap, for
it may be placed m this way just where
1t is wanted. These simple, homemade
contrivances may mean increasing the
stretch of good roads at no added ex-
pense. in other towns as well us here,
If adopted.
An excellent tool to save strength
and time is the six or eight-tined fork,
when coarse gravel is being handled,
and nowhere does it work no easily
as upon the plank platform Another
good thing is stone-boat built with
siX-inch sides, if the gravel is being
hauled but few rods. 1t must be
rugged to dump, by hanging a strong
ring at the exact middle Of one side.
When the road is reached. unlock the
team and drive around to the side hav-
ing no ring. Put the chain across the
boat and into the ring. Next stand up
a four-foot piece of plank under the
chain, back of the horses. When they
start over goes the load. The boat is
loaded in one minute by the scraper,
after being drawn alongside of an
eight-inch plank that is kept on edge
by stout pins of wood or iron driven
into the gravel. The boat, PLACED just
beside this, when the scraper is thrown
over, catches the load. Th~ wheel
shovel or wheel scraper is a valuable
adjunct where the gravel and roadbed
are near neighbors, also.
Sometimes where a piece Of road is
go far from a gravel deposit as to be
deemed impossible of improvement. be-
cause Of the expense of teaming, it may
be profitably worked when employing
these simple time and labor savers. Re
member that gravel is never tied up
by frost in winter, when men and teams
are idle. 1t is always accessible, and
may be siedded during the coolest
6ays.-Farm Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
NEW FRUIT VARIETIES.
Their Merits and Drawbacks De-
scribed by Prof. Beach OF the
New York Experiment Station.

At the meeting of the Eastern New
York Horticultural society Prof. S. A.
Beach, of the New York experiment.
al station, gave an address on New
Varieties of Fruits Not Yet Intro
duced." Among the new and desir-
able varieties of apples he spoke Of
the Arctic, which is now being plant
ed in the Champlain valley in a small
way. 1t is one of the hardest of the
American apples. 1t somewhat re-
sembles the Baldwin in appearance.
The quality is good and the tree is
productive. Another apple now being
introduced is the Bismarck. 1t is an
early bearer, good size and fair quail
ty, but is not dessert apple, The
Greenville is a very handsome apple,
and seems to be worth trying. The
Ingham is a new apple that is cue
cess in the west. 1t is being largely
planted for the export trade The
Ontario is n seeding of the Northern
Spy and Wagner. 1t has proved to
be good apple for northern lati-
tudes. The Rome Beauty can be safe
ly recommended LOT general pan
where spraying is practiced. 1t bears
annually and has an established repu-
tation in market. 1t is not strong
grower, and should be top-worked on
other varieties. 1t is good dessert
apple. The New York Imperial is in
demand as an export apple. 1t is an
early and abundant bearer and en-
cellent keeper. Among the Japan
plums the Burbank, Abundance and
Red June have proved the best for the
market. The Wickson is the largest,
but the flavor is not high. It is not
an early bearer, but is more produc-
tive as it gets older. Campbell's Early
grape ripens between Moore's Early
and the Worden. The flavor Is bet
ter when left on vines for some time
after ripening; it is worthy of trial.
The Nergennes grape is winning IA
vor; it is edible in October and keeps
until Christmas. 1t is not strong
grower.-Nick's Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Cntarrh Cannot be Cured

with Local Applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
TO cure it you must take internal remedies
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of tbs
best physicians in this country for years
and is a regular prescription. 1t is composed
of the best tCnics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly on
the mucous surfaces. The perfect com.
bination of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Ca.
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
An Author Wants a Chance.

A publishing firm recently received the
following offer from an anxious autobiog-
rapher who probably had been reading
"The Hooligan Nights" II wish to put
my life Before the public if | can &c.
Anuf Out of it to give me a start in the
ed 20 times tsu shot G at p times ReIessed on
8 haBis Corpas Warents. Broke Is Jales
Convicted times Broke pen and taken q
Convicts with me. Waylaid and shot my
fathern law twice married separated and
Divossed. If | can get start in the World
Bye putting my life Before the public l
will doc o."-Loudon News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

Reports from Montrose, S. d., say
that child of Christopher Myers re.
Gently died there from drinking but
ter color. The bottle was left within
reach. ana the child got hold OF il
and drank some. A physician was
called, bat the child expired in grea.
agony. Some Of the cheaper butter
colors contain arsenic, but are repre-
scented by the companies that make
them as being harmless.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
One Night to Denver

Via Chicago, Union Pacific & Northwest.
ern Line. Colorado Special" leaves Chca.
go 1000 every morning, arriving Denver / &c
the next afternoon, Colorado Springs and
Manitou same evening, No change OF cars
All meals in Dining Cars. Another fast
orado," illustrated, mailed on receipt of four
cents postage. Ticket Offices, Chicago &
North Western R'y., 1913 Clark St., and
Wells st. Station.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

A package marked quinine was secretly
sent to a bright woman, but being curious
she took it to druggist who said it was not
quinine, but arsenic. A like inquiry into
some Of the medicines offered will certainly
detect the false from the true. For half a
century Hostetter Stomach Bitters has
pepsia, liver and kidney troubles and has
never once failed. Try it if you feel weak
and tired
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
HistriOnic Improbnbiiity.

1t was during the performance of "Quo
Vadis" at Eureka, and Vinicius was begging
Petronius to forget his reproaches, saying
tearfully:
"Ah, how can you ever forgive me?"
'Vinicius," replied Petronius, with great
earnestness, thou art my only sisters dead
child"
Whereupon the audience, which was not
dead, but only bored, burst into huge laugh
ter-kansas City journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Matter of Memory.

The man who was attempting suicide was
not sinking for the third time.
OF course, it was necessary hereupon chat
he recall everything in his past life in the
space of one instant.
This he failed to do.
Again my cursed memory" he Kissed,
and he waded ashore in much chagrin, which
was in nowise lessened by the derisive laugh
ter of the ectatoFs.-Detroit Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Art in Pennsylvania,

Our community has received social and
professional addition in the person of Mr..
'Bill" Jones, who returns to his native town
an accomplished artist. In Philadelphia he
was regarded as one of the best men in the
Hotel Blanks barber shop. He has now
accepted position in Tom" johnson ton.
orial parlors.-Mountville (Pa.) Clarion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
The Shriners Mt Washington.

On May 10th, Goth and Dist the Big Four and
c. y Q. will sell round trip excursion tickets
to Washington at one fare for round trip.
For maps, rates, etc, address j. c. Tucker,
G. n. A, 234 Clark St, Chicago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

Dropsy treated free by Dr. II. H. Green's
ions, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists III the world. Read their adver
tisement IN another column of this paper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
Genuine Optimism.

The Pessimist-That waiter is awfully slow
with those cheese sandwiches.
The Optimist-Oh, never mind. The longer
we wait the better grows the cheese.-Indi-
annapolis Press.
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ever forgive me?'
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, 1900-05-24

An old bachelor says that when man
hasn't enough worry he should marry
Chicago Daily News.
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am sure Pso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. TLos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
FEB IL, 1900.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24
M0S1sixlg
TTeds1eSS

Is serious complaint. It's warning Mat
should be needed. 1t is different from an
honest tired feeling. II is sure sign OF
poor blood. You can cure it by making
your blood rich and pure with Hoods Sar.
saparilla. That is what other people do
thousands Of them. Take a few bottles Of
this medicine now and you will not only
get rid of that weak, languid, exhausted
feeling, but it will make you feel well all
through the summer.
Tired Feeling-"I had that tired feel
ing and did not have life or ambition to ac-
complish my usual amount of household
work. Hoods Sarsaparilla gave me relief
and also cured scrofula tendency" Mrs.
r. Merritt, Dowagiac, Mich.
HOODS SarSanas.ilKa
Is the Best Medicine Money Can Buy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

The hundred-yard runner is always a
dashing fellow.-Chicago Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-24

1t is fatal defect of many old saws that
they are hOpelessly iull.-Indianapoh.
News.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
SERIOUSLY HURT.
Falls Head First From His Wagon TO
the Pavement.

Bige Hartgraves was quite severely
and probably fatally injured about l
O'Clock today at the intersection of
First avenue and A street by falling
from his wagon and striking the
pavement head first.
Hartgraves was drunk and was
hardly able to get into his wagon at
the park. He started west and when
at the place above named he pitched
forward and struck the pavement
with much force. There was a cut
about four inches long across the top
of the head and it is possible that the
skull has been fractured. The man
is badly hurt, and the doctors who
were summoned to attend the case
state that the fall may prove fatal.
The man was rendered Unconscious
and he is breathing in peculiar
manner, which indicates probable
fatal results.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
A Newly Made Grave.

Ottumwa, July 16.-A newly made
grave, hidden in the center of 500
acres of brush in the vicinity of
Mason Lewis house, in Keokuk
township, has given rise to tn theory
that perhaps the body of Walter
Davis, an aged man who disappeared
from his usual place of abode in that
township some time ago, reposes I'M
derneath the sod. Efforts were made
it is said, by two farmers to exhume
whatever is buried there, but the
stencil was SO great that they gave
it up and notified the coroner of their
suspicious, who together with the
officers will visit the place this week
and m axe further investigation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
Something Gained.

Speaking of the recent smallpox
scare in Marshalltown the Times-Re-
publican says:
"This city at least gained some
thing besides valuable experience and
big chunks of free advertising be-
cause of the late smallpox scare. 1t
has good building ready to be con-
verified at small expense into an
emergency hospital, something long
needed and desired-a place where
the homeless and friendless sick and
the unfortunate victims of accidents
can be taken and cared for at an ex-
pense not to exceed that entailed
under the present system of sending
them to the county Jail or the county
farm9 The good ladies who have
been trying to enthuse the public in
favor of a hospital will now find an
opportunity open to show they were
in earnest by offering their assistance
and encouragement to the city coun-
Gil -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19

@. Q. Beale who has been connect
ed with the Fremont Gazette for
some time!past has severed his con-
nection with the. same and will seek
employment in other fields. The
gentleman.disposed of his interests
in the paper a number of months ago
but has continued with the property
as manager for time. The young
man has been we'll liked in the news
paper world and it is hoped by his
friends that he will continue to keep
in touch with the work in the future.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
A SNAKE STORY.
The Biggest Batch of the Season i'm
This Community.

Eddyville Tribune: The following
we'll authenticated snake story comes
from Lost Greek. Mr.. Jones of that
place has quite a reputation as a
chicken raiser. A short time ago he
set Black Spanish hen on 10 eggs
and last Thursday morning he heard
her clucking and fussing around the
nest in a terrible '1utter. On inves-
tigation he found that an enormous
black snake had invaded the nest
and was just engaged in getting
away with the last of the eggs. The
shells were too hard for it to break,
and it had swallowed the eggs whole,
each egg making lump which plain
ly showed through the skin.
Curious to see the outcome of this
strange repast, he placed the snake
in box and fastened a screen over
it. Here it lay in stupor until yes
terday morning, the 21st day after
setting the hen, when he noticed
that it was bleeding in a number of
places and nearly dead. A closer
inspection revealed that the eggs
were Matching and that the chicks
were cutting their way through the
shells and through the snake 10
freedom. The heat of the snakes
body had acted as a natural incu-
bator and by evening II young chicks
had released themselves from their
prison. On cutting his snakeship
! open it was found that the remain
ing two had pipped the shells, but
failed of strength to peck out the
rest of the way.
Today the whole II are as active
and clipper as crickets and appear
none the worse for their experience
in their novel incubator.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
500 Reward, $500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrah being constitution
al disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patien strength by
building up the constitution and assist
nature to do its own work. The propri
etors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of Testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY &CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
Train WreckerS,

The Mason City Globe Gazette says:
1.-TWO attempts were made last
week to wreck the Iowa Central
trains near Sheffield. On Thursday,
when train No. was a short distance
south of Sheffield the engineer dis
covered just in the nick of time a
pile of ties thrown across the rails.
They were placed on the track with
the evident intention of derailing the
train. The ties were on a curve, so
that the engineer might not discover
them until he was too close to stop
his train, but in this the attempted
wreckers were foiled and the engineer
by reversing the lever and putting on
brakes stopped the train within five
feet of the obstruction. On Friday
just before No. 1, which is the mail
train from the south, had arrived at
Sheffield, a man came into the depot
and reported that he had found rails
piled up on the track north of town
and that he had removed the OBJ
struction. Just why anyone can be
so villainous as to wreck trains, and
that they should do so in broad day
light battles understanding. The
penalty for such heinous crime
should be such that it will be per-
manently prohibitive. The officials
offer no explanation"