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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

1t is announced that the French gov
eminent, looking out for a new source
of revenue, has determine to plant
fruit trees all along the public high
roads OF France. The French are a
law-abiding people, but the announce
ment, one imagines, will carry JOY to
the heart of the French boy. The side
of the public road is hardly the most
prudent place in which to plant the
choicest Illusions and Blenhcim or
angcs On the other hand, fruit trees
might be planted to the great advan-
tage of the farmer in this country.
Without the smallest desire TO dis
place the elm, the oak and the ash,
which adorn the landscape and make
good timber when they are felled, APP
pies and pears in the place of much
timber which is to be found along the
country roads would be welcome.
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per cent. of the springs not strong
enough to run a hydraulic ram without
something of this kind. Where a by
draulic ram can be used | think it is
far ahead of wind pump, as it is cheap
er to begin with will last longer, will
not blow down, ard requires no oiling-
all you need to do is to take care of the
water. The pipes should not be less
than four feet under the ground or the
water will be warm in summer and too
cold in winter.
In Fig. 1 S is the spring; Il, ram; 900
feet of pipe run up TO 7, a GO-gallon
tank in pantry, with overflow pipe, to
b, ten-barrel tank in the barn. In
Fig. 2, A is a board 6X14; b, lever 20
inches long, with a quart bucket on
long end which has small holes in bot
tom to let the water leak out, and a
weight on short end to raise bucket
when empty. L, plunger that puts valve
d in motion. Il is a block on the board
A, under plunger c, with pin at f, to
guide c off of valve while bucket is
leaking empty. Dotted lines show po-
siton Of lever when bucket is full
Ohio Farmer.
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PROTECT THE BIRDS.
They Are the Farmers Best Friend
and Should he TenderIy Cared
For and Housed.

There has been a great increase in
the insect pests in fields and orchards
of late years. The farmer or fruit
grower finds himself confronted with
the problem of how to successfully
combat these little tCrants of the field
and trees. Much hs been done by
spraying and much will doubtless be
done in the future, but as in most such
cases nature will doubtless supply the
antidote. She has already given us
many little helpers, but alas! we
recognize them not. Chief among these
are birds. Sitting near a nest in the
season when the parent birds have from
three to half dozen hungry mouths
to fill, one Will soon be convinced, by
counting the number of insects brought
in an hour, and estimating the number
the nest full of young will consume in
weeks time, of the benefit the pair
of little songsters are to him. Then
let him consider that the good work
steadily increases as the young birds
grow in size and numbers, and multiply
this family 10y the number of nests in
his oIcHdIu anu NlClHlly, anu AS WILL
hardly fail to realize the great benefit
the birds are to him. He will not be-
grudge the few cherries, strawberries,
etc, that the birds appropriate to vary
their diet, and furnish a balanced ra-
ton. That man, unless he is lacking in
forethought, will hardly allow the boy
with the gun to raid his premises. He
will hardly keep drove of useless cats,
nominally to catch rats and mice, but
in reality to roam about the orchards
and fields, robbing nests and staying
parent birds. On the contrary, he will
encourage his little friends in every
way to make their homes near him. He
will put up neat little houses in scclud-
ed hooks, for such as do not build in
the trees. He will leave nothing I'M
done to encourage the birds to ccme to
his place.
The birds are natures own remedy
for the foes of the trees and fruit. If
we make of ourselves, through ig-
norance or worse, an ally of the pests,
we can only expect what we deserve
to suffer the penalty. tmay be a great
accomplishment to be able to. bring
down a bird on the wing, but it is the
act of fool nevertheless, if he who does
it happens to be farmer or fruit rails
err. L. Irwin, in Ohio Farmer.
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GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Starvation and neglect are common
causes of unproductiveness in the or
chard.
One of the best ways of protecting
full-grown peach trees is to mulch
heavily under the tree as far out as the
branches extend.
Crafts for spring setting may be cut
at any time when the weather is mild.
Label them correctly and pack them in
sawdust until ready for use.
Undesirable fruits or those proved
untitled to the climate may be changed
to good ones by CRAFTS, which spread
over the heads will soon form bearing
trees.
The longer an orchard is kept in cul-
tivation and a crop taken off the greater
becomes the necessity for liberal ma
nuring. Now is a good time to apply
the manure.
Reporting of plants becomes neces-
sary at intervals from two considera-
tons, namely: The plant uses up the
fertility in the soil and fills the pot
with roots.
House plants should have as much
sun and light in winter as possible.
Admit air whenever the temperature
is not too cold, say 40 degrees in the
open air.
The leaves of house plants should be
kept clean and frequently sprinkled
with wafer or washed with plant
syringe in order to keep the breathing
pores open.
1t is not the severe freezing that in
iures the strawberry plants so much
as the repeated thawing and freezing.
BY proper mulching in good season this
injury may be avoided.
While the quality Of the Ben Davis
apple is not the best, yet, because of its
large size, brightred color, productive
ness and good keeping qualities, it is
one of the most profitable to grow
st. Louis Republic.
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SIMPLE WATER RAM.
How to Have Plenty of Water for
the Farmhouse and Cattle
ut All Times.

I have a spring on my farm IS feet
below the level of the house and 900 feet
away, and only strong enough to run
hydraulic ram about one-half of the
time, and we have plenty of water for
house use and from six to eight head
of horses and cattle, also hogs and poul-
try. From spring to ram l have ten
feet of fall, making rise from ram to
house of 40 feet. While it is pumping
it brings about 20 gallons per hour to
the barn. AS it is idle about half the
time, we get about 240 gallons per day
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

It would require about all the water
that would run through a three-quar-
ter-inch pipe TO keep the smallest size
ram running continually.
The reservoir at spring holds water
enough to run the hydraulic ram about
an hour, then it stops and holds the
water from running away until the
spring fills again and runs out through
a pipe at top of reservoir and operates
a trip, Fig. 1, which l invented (no pat.
enO, as the manufacturer could not
furnish one.
Any one handy with tools can make a
trip of this kind. There is quite large
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
Editorial Comment.

"Poor old Jones, the grocer died early
this morning" said the village EDITORS bet.
ter half.
'Huh!' exclaimed the localopinion
moder, "hes been dead for years"
"Been dead for years." echoed the as.
tonshed wife. "Why, what do you mean?'
Gust what said" replied the eve. Any
man in business who doesn't advertise is a
dead one. Chicago Evening News.
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than in the dairy. The milking should be
done in a clean place; all vessels used should
be washed morning and night in hot water
with Ivory Soap, rinsed and well aired. Milk
should never be kept in a cellar with veg
etables, as an unpleasant taste will be i'm
parted. Attention to these details will in
sure a supply of wholesome milk and butter.
ELIZA X. PARKER,
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Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink GrainO when you please and sleep
like top. For GrainO does not stimulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-C
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place of coffee. 10 and 25c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
SH0VELING DIRT.
Even This Humble Labor May lie
Made Lighter by the Exercise
Of Il Little Thought.

Here is a new wrinkle about so simple
a matter as shoveling dirt into a ditch,
You thought you knew all about that
job before, but you didn't know this
idea. The scheme is to turn the shovel
over, having Il man on one side Of the
ditch TO push the shovel and on the
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
The Mystery OF Dust nj Sea.

1t is puzzling fact that the decks of sail
ing vessels show dust at night, even if they be
washed in the morning, and no work is done
during the day. This is like Indigestion,
which creeps on one unawares. However 1t
comes, the only way to cure it is by the use of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a remedy which
never fails to cure dyspepsia in all its forms,
as well as prevent malaria, fever and ague.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Trains now leave Chicago from Central
Station, Park Row and 18th St, Lake Front,
for St. Paul, Minneapolis, Ashland, Du-
luth and the Northwest. Nearest ticket
agent can give you further information. Jas.
G. Pond, G.. Z. A., Milwaukee, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Husband-Whats the matter with the
biscuits this morning?
Wife--It's the fault of the yeast. 1t failed
to make the rise.
"Why don't you use an alarm clock?"-
Chicago Evening News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough al
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get {
sample bottle free. Large bottles % and 81
cents. 60 at once; delays are dangerous.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
A Definition.

Little Nike (who has an inquiring mind)
FODDER, pivot is a autograph?
McLubberty (promptly)-Autograph, is
ut? Sure, thot's pivot they wrote on yure
tombstone whin yez are run over by wan
av thin dommed harseless arrages!-Puck.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

81 cant get away from a good agent a
man writes to this office. "What can do"
Don't argue with an agent Let him talk.
Keep quiet. When he has run himself down,
say: 81 do not want it," DO not say any
thing else.-Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

when you married you thought your hus.
band was demigod?" "G es." "And
now" Now he reminds mo more of a
demijohn. IN. Y Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Whenever you commend, add your rea.
cons for doing so: it is this which distin
cuisines the appreciation of a man Of sense
miration of fools-Stcele.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

The poetry of childhood consists in sim.
ulating and forestalGng the future, Just as
the poetry of mature life consists often in
going back to some golden age. Poetry is
ALWAYS in the distance.-AmieI.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

The affection of Old age is one of the great,
est consultations of humanity. have often
thought what a melancholy world this would
world without the agcd-Coleridge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Martha-"Do you think it would be wrong
for me to kiss Miss PIancrace" Harry
Not if your eyes were shut, perhaps. -
Boston Transcript.
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Too Much Time Wanted-'Tf you will
get my new suit done by Saturday." said
the customer to a tailor, "I'll be forever
indebted to you" eff that's your game"
replied the tailor, "the clothes will not be
done at all."-Ohio State journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Onions" says an authority on sani-
tation, put you to sleep naturally
Bromides don't. There are few doctors
who know enough to know that the
Lord put the best kind of sedatiye into
the ground when He made onions. They
build you up and then let you down
and are as calming as music by moon
light. Gen. Grant telegraphcd the wal
department in the summer of 1864; 4
will not move my army without onions,
and the next day three trainloads OF
onions were started to the front
Dyscntcry was raging and Grant was
as thorough commissariat as he was
general lie knew onions was a specific
for dyscntery and other ills of hot eli
mates. Napoleon, Wellington, Grant
all three-knew the value Of onions
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Small fruit culture will always be
most successful on the intensive plan.
Plant only a small area at a time and
give it the best possible culture
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

As soon rs man gets so old he has no
more trouble with heart affairs, his liver
begins to make him grief.-Atchison Globe
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This world is full Of fools, and he who
would not wish to see one must not only
shut himself up alone, but also break his
looking gass.-Boi,eau.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15

Boston spinsters have organized to keep
married women from getting employment
Yes; they are determined TO make life bard
for man to the bitter end. "-Naryand Jour
ma
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Though a woman be homely or handsome,
modesty is her greatest charm.-Eliott S
Magazine.
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billions of Women Use Cuticura Soap

Exclusively for preserving and beaqang the skin the scalp OF
of
II
purifying identifying the skim scalp hair hands No
toilet BATH Thus combines
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other side of the ditch to pull the shovel
by means of pole fastened by a wire
TO the base Of the shovel handle. The
picture makes it very plain. The old
ditcher who got up this idea is an Hi
uois man and finds it a great help, es-
pecially where The soil is heavy. He is
a man who does ditching by contract,
and who therefore knows what he is
talking about. lie says that two men
working in this way will accomplish as
much as three men working with SHOW
els in the ordinary manner.-orauge
Judd Farmer.
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Lee the Babcock, the scales and the
pepper end pencil sit in judgment on
your COWS
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THIRTY YEARS OF CURES
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ConpeIe External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor,

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3Or 4 Years an independence IsAssureR

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The Hanna-PRyne BiH the Subject of
Conference.

Conference.
The President was Joined in his daily
walk this morning by Senators Fairbanks
and Chandler. They entered the Presi-
dents rooms upon their return and we're
with him almost to the time Of the Cabi-
net meeting Among other things the
Hanna Payne Subsidy bill was discussed.
1t is soon 70 come up in the Senate. and is
expected 10 call forth long and animated
debate. II is an Administration measure.
and the Republicans Of both houses Of Con-
gress feel pledged TO its passage.
Sentiment OF the subject OF sTbsidiziug
ocean transportation lines in order TO build
up a merchant marine, is about evenly AZ
vided in Congress- il is said, and among
the people OF the country. Moreover. il is
thought to be question Of growing popu-
larity, and hence the Republicans are
prompted to put themselves on record as
favoring Government aid to steamship
lines.
The President desires that the question
shall be settled at this session Of Congress
by the enactment OF a wise and compre-
hensiye law which shall furnish basis for
the upbuilding Ot an American merchant
marine. And # is understood that Sena-
tors Fairbanks and Chandler were
entrusted today with Mr. McKinley's views.
and were duly informed that It would
please the Administration il the Hanna
Payne bill should be passed by the Senate.
Representative Dolliver OF Iowa called
early with a friend from Des MOines. to
pay his respects. Senator Frye was also
a few moments with the President Sena-
tor Thurston presented his wife and a small
party OF friends a few moments before the
Cabinet meeting was called to order. Repre-
sentative Graham OF Pennsylvania, was also
among the early callers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-16
CHARGES BY Mr.. LHNTZ
Petitions TO the President, He Says,
Have Disappeared.
The Ohio Representative EnIivens
Committee Meeting Protests
Against Alleged POlyE1nous Post
masters MissinE-Mr. GrOsvenOr
10 He Asked for Information.

The House Committee on Postoffces and
Postroads had a meeting this morning
which was accompanied by an unexpected
sensation. II was a hearing on the reso-
luton introduced last December by Mr..
Lentz, asking for an investigation OF the
charges that had been made in the public
press that the President had appointed
pOlyglmists to Office after having been in
formed that the appointees we're polyga-
mists, ana named as the men so charged
the pOstmasters at Logan and Irevo. Utah.
IN answer to a question to stlte why he
believed the charges had bees fled with
the President. Mr.. Lent said: Il know
as well as I know that George Washington
lived, because get it from the hest source
Of information" He said andavits and
protests placed on file and receipted for
by Mr.. Porter. Secretary to the President,
could not be found, 50 Mr.. Grosyenor and
others said.
What authority have you for saying
Mr.. Porter receipted fer the papers?" ask
ed Mr. Gardner OF New Jersey.
Mr- Lentz replied Unat Mr. Grosvenor
told him. And in reference to the disap-
pearance OF the papers" continued Mr.
Lentz, Mr.. Grosyenor said to me: You
don't suppose We Republicans are fools
enough TO allow any grass TO grow under
our feet after you made the charge. We
have people TO look after such things -.
This statement produced a profound
sensation. Mr.. Loud, the chairman. said
that Mr.. GrosvenOr ought 10 be heard in
reply. He sent a messenger for Mr.. GrOs-
venOr and requested that gentleman TO
appear before the committee, but Mr.
GrOsvrlOT who was also presiding over
the Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries. sert word that he could not
come.
Mr. Lentz sid the conversation took
place on a trein on The 18th OF December
Mr. GrosyenOT, he said had been to New
Jersey and he Lentz) 10 Philadelphia
And we met on the train coming TO
Washington" said Mr. Lentz- Chairman
Loud announced that he would have Mr.
Grosveuor and Mr.. Porter. the President s
Secretary before the committee next
Friday. Mr. Lentz said he desired Nj.
GrosvenOr to be present, and he would re-
peat the statement
Mr. Loud read letter from the POST
master General 10 the effect that az the
time OF the appointment OF Mr.. Smith as
postmaster at Logan. Utah, there we're 20
charges Of polygamy on file against that
official, but afterWard Rev Mr.. Clements
sent a note to the President making
charges against the Logan postmaster.
The note was referred TO the Postofice
Department
In reference 10 the charges against the
postmaster at Prevo the United States
marshal was directed TO investigate the
matter. He reported thar charges of 20
lygamy had been filed in the local courts
against the postmastC- and that they
hey would soon come up. The depart
ment did not care TO act until after the
case had been heard by the court.
Postmaster General Smith has been re-
qucsted to appear before the committee
next Friday