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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
FUR AS A TRIMMING.
Il Enters Largely Into the Mnke-UD
of Handsome Winter
Costumes.

A black cloth gown is made stylish
with trimming of blue fox. The fur
follows the edge of the underskirt and
the teeth that finish the long tunic.
The bodice shows high empire belt
of gray velvet, and above it is tplero
cut into square points and edged with
fur. Across the breast of the bolero
are several Sits in the cloth; through
these are run gray silk scarf that
tie to fasten the jacket on one side.
The jacket makes high choker about
the throat, and is edged with fur.
Several forms of the plated skirt
are appearing, all of which owe their
origin to the "bonne femme" jupe.
One is plated in the front panel and
again in the back, leaving the sides
quite plain. A pretty gown made in
this way is of elephant" gray cloth,
with the plaits stitched with bright
blue silk. The bodice opens in row
of curved indentations over a yoke
and underyest of blue paDne. Over
the shoulders is a fchu collar of the
cloth, surmounted by one of blue
panne, on which are large incrusta-
tionsl This is lost in the curves form
ing the sides of the bodice. From the
shoulders come caps of blue panne
covered with lace. This same skirt is
pretty in red crepon, without
stitching. The bodice is covered with
lace incrustations and drops over
high belt of white panne, fastened
with three silver buttons.
The straight, half long cloak is pop
ular in cloth, brocade or fur, and
sometimes in n combination of the
three. No means are left untried that
may increase the popularity of this
garment A pretty development of
this style of coat is a combination Of
breitschwantz and black cloth. The
garment has the air of a fur coat with
long strips of cloth stitched over it..
These grow wider and end in points
near the bottom of the garment. The
cloth strips are embroidered with Jet
passementerie.
1t cannot be denied that the bolero
holds its own, but new jacket, a
short directoire, may prove rival.
This has generally double or triple
revers, is cut in short jacket sides over
a waistcoat and has coat tails in the
back. Or it may be worn with soft
| blouse and high belt. The jacket is
jaunty and becoming, and the tailors
are laying considerable stress on it's
| appearance. One may safely count on
| its popularity.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
The storage OF Onions.

Onions, unless they have been prop
erly prepared, arc dlfficult to keep, but
properly ripened off, dug at the right
season and dried as they should be, they
will keep well. The temperature must
be l,w and the air dry, as in warm,
moisr atmosphere they soon grow and
are spoiled. If / had onions to store,
not knowing how they bad been dried,
i should subject them to 100 degrees
heat for several days, which has almost
the effect of kiln drying. Then place
In sh-Eow, Slated boxes, piled one
above another, in a cellar well yrntil-
ated and keep just above freezing. If
this way is MOI practicable they can be
kept in a building away from fire,
stored in a bin which has a thick lining
and covering of chaff and fine hay
Sick's Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Thinks Columbus Made n Mistake.

We liked Americans very much, indeed
the kind of Americans one meets; but we did
not like the American mob, the human back
ground, the kind one doesn't meet; and it is
ground, and not the chosen remnant in the
foreground, that gives a country its char
acter, its dominant note. American food,
American hotels, American railway car.
riages, American shops land the ladies"
and gentlemen" who flung things at us in
them), American officials, American serv-
ants, American newspapers, the starved
looking American landscape, and last, but
by no means least, the great American CHI
mate, ended by getting on our nerves to
such a degree that we were compelled to
wonder, with a French friend of ours, whose
affairs necessitated his residence in New
York, "why Christopher Columbus had not
exercised a little discretion and kept his dis
graceful discovery a secret" = London
Chronicle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

In many flower gardens may be
found the dahlia blooming beautifully,
yet the average gardener may not be
aware that its bulb is of the same class
of food as the potato; when roasted, the
dahlia brlb is wholesome and tooth
some. A London paper says that when
this plant was first introduced into Eu-
rope, ii was not as a flower that il was
valued, but at vegetable. The Mex
lean tree dahlia grows to height Of II
or IA feet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

hook will about touch the ground
"a little longer or shorter, according
to the size of the posts to be pulled
up.
Now back the axle against the post,
raise the coupling pole toward the
post, against which it may lean, place
the chain like moose around the
post, slipping it down until tight.
Next bring the pole forward and to
the ground. This will raise the post
nearly foot and generally fully
loosen it. If the post is very deeply
set or hard to pull out it may be nee
essary to repeat the process, slipping
the moose farther down. Back to the
next post and repeat.-Orange Judd
Farmer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
SIMPLE FARM GATE.
Wherever Introduced 1t Has Been
Found Satisfactory and very
Durable as Well.

The gate shown in the illustration l
have used and find it the most durable
l have ever had Make it any desired
length. Use AKA pine, six feet long,
for end upright, a, to which the hinges
are attached. For the other end (b)
and the middle (c), use 2x4s, and three
2x4 braces as shown at e. For the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
HE PLAYED CUCKOO,
The Clock Was n Few CuckOOs Shy
and Charles Had to Make Up
the Number

This story was told recently at a
smoker given by the alumni of the
University of Michigan at Chicago on
the occasion of the big Wisconsin Mich
igan football game:
"a young man and his wife, not long
married" said the relator of tho in
cident, lived down on the South side
where they had prettylittle two-story
brick. One of their wedding presents
was a large clock which told the hours
and the half-hours by means of the
cuckoo's cry instead of by the usual
chimes or the sounding of bell. One
night the college fraternity of which
the man was a member. gave ban.
quet aud it was accordingly late when
he arrived at the front door of his home
He thought that discretion was the
better part of valor, so that when he
got inside, be began TO remove his
shoes before going up the stairs. I'm
fortunately he was not very happy in
his execution of this act, for one OF
the shoes slipped and made n noise
that could be heard all over the house.
moment later his wife's voice came
from the head of the stairway:
Ills that you, Charles?'
"'Yesh. dear
"'What time Is IT, CharlesT
bout I2.'
"'And then said Charles, in telling
the Incident afterwards, that blamed
clock began to cry out. Bnt II
cuckoocd only three times and had
TO stand there like fool and cuckoo
the other nine detroit Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Norm Onisnl,

This is a question that should interest
every one. 1t is blot upon our fair land
a symptom of governmental ill-health The
right laws would act as speedily upon it as
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does upon con-
stipation or dyspepsia. They would quickly
clear it out and restore healthy purity; and
this is just what the bitters does for the hui
man constitution. 1t makes the stomach
strong by curing Indigestion, biliousness and
liver trouble.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Give the Children n Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is a 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.
GrainO aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not a stimulant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about as
much as coffee. Is and 25c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Equality Of the Sexes.

Woman certainly stands at last upon a
footing more nearly equal with that of man.
For instance, she may no longer gain entree
into the column of the purely literary mag
azines by merely numbering somebody, but
the north pole, or to ride many consecutive
centuries upon bicycle, etc.-Boston Jour
nal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
A Favorable Notice.

Wright--Old Dreiboan's book is having
wonderful sale.
Penner-You surprise mel OF course, the
book has merit, but it IS the driest kind of a
scientific treatise.
"True But some one of the reviewers re-
ferred to it as AN immortal work, and the
typo made it immoral Philadelphia
Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

Mr. Zweipiggiesteinsto! er is the name
of foreigner who has recently located in
this city. The other morning a neighbor
passing by him in hurry said Good
morning, | vas glad to see you, but / will
nod mention your name: Pm shortness OF
breathe dis mornin' Joliet (Ill.) Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04


a
Medicine Washington
Roach
Persuaded by friend IhaVe used Peruna and glad
TO testify that has greatly helped in strength and appetite
aduised by friends that remarkably cous o
the almost universal complaint of caarh ~
Senat S
we'll
Address Medicine Columbus Ohio for
on c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

If you want TO build an automobile engine,
or intricate machine of any kind, come to
US, we have the skilled labor and tools re-
CURED. Auto-Machine Works, III South
Clinton Street, Chicago, ILL.,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
nAI0NSUp.' ..AXM.
QFMy,!d ;{SQlH1llS
PULLING FENCE POSTS.
Not q Very Hard Thing to Do When
One Combines Patience with
Little Ingenuity.

Take the hind wheels and coupling
pole of farm wagon and chain
with a ring, or better, a large hook
ut one end. Fasten the chain to the
pole in front of the axle in such a
manner that when it is passed back
over the axle and bolster the ring or
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
The Florida Air Line.

Through Sleeping Car line st. Louis t
Jacksonville, Fla. Double daily service vi
Louisville, Lexington, Chattanooga, Altar
ia & Macon. Most attractive route. Flo
information address r. A. Campbell, G. /
A., st. Louis, Mo-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

Impossible this third act" said the
stage manager, you must show that you
are violently in love with the heiress."
"How can ]" walled the walking gent,
when / know that she is drawing ten dol
lars less than am?"-Philadelphia North
American
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
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 Is and Soc
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and sc
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

1t would be as easy for one to he sick and
selfish and happy-EEiott's Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

A man who is in the habit of telling every
thing he hears soon doesn't soon hear very
much. Washington Qa.) Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
The Queen a. Crescent

Only through Pullman line to Florida
The Queen 4 Crescent only through car
line to Asheville.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

The hungry mendicant prefers the colo
barr to the cold shoulder Chicago Daily
News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

After six years suffering / was cured by
piso's Cure, Mary Thomson, 293 Ohio Ave.
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, '9i.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

The great virtue ia industry; all the other
virtues follow in its rain.-Atchison Globe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Ouinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. Csc
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23

That admittedly great and discern
ing critic, Col Franklyn Fyles, of the
New York Sun, in commenting on the
extraordinary intrepidity and marvel
business of the feats of the four Pot
ters, the daring aerialists who are
with the Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers com bined circuses, which,
by the way, will exhibit in all their
full blown summer beauty in Rock
Island, Wednesday, June u. said in
the issue of the Sun of April 81:
Aerial feats are never so attractive
in theatres or music halls as in the
greater heights that circus usually
affords. Four gymnasts, the Potters,
at the Madison Square garden, prove
this clearly enough. Two are men,
and the others are youths, apparent
lv. After a tum bling act on of the
stages of the arena they retire for
few moments and reappear for the
most important part of their work.
They climb up among the rafters of
the garden, each of the men taking
his place on a trapeze hung far from
the others. When the apparatus has
been set in motion, the men swing
themselves to a third bar suspended
between the first two. Its distance is
enough to make the flights seem mar
velous to the spectators, so mar
row is the margin by which the
men save themselves from falling
into the net. That protects them
from serious injury, yet the nerves of
the spectators are almost as much
strained. Possibly il is the way the
men seem to save themselves only by
a hairs breadth that makes their per-
formance so engrossiDg- If this is
true of the two who toss themselves
through the air in their cinnamon
colored tights. it is doubly the effect
i've cause when the younger of the
boys is thrown by one acrobat. sus-
pended by his feet from a trapeze and
holding the youngster by the ankles,
to the other principal, who catches
him by the hands as he shoots toward
him through the air. The fingers of
the men seem scarcely to meet, Just
as they had appeared barely TO touch
the bar, which they grasp firmly, how
ever. and so disappoint the exPecta-
tions of an accident
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23
Try Allen,. Foot Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. At this season your feet feel
swollen, nervous and hot, and get
tired easily. II you have smarting
feet or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot
Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions of
all pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try it today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores for 25 cents. Trial
package free. Address. Allen S. Ohm
sted, lie Roy, \. Y.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23
OIL AND GOLD MINES.
Visitors Speak of the Food Used.

Maj. Desborough, writing from
Fresno, Cal, says: Il found Grape
Nuts food 45 miles in the mountains
in an old oil camp, where the whole
crowd, 10 men, eat it for breakfast
every day and every Sunday have it
in a pudding for dinner"
Gen. f G. Machen, an old confed-
crate soldier, has just returned from
an extended trip through the south
west and along the Mexican border
investigating mining properties. He
says: mo matter where travelled,
always found it possible to get
GIape-Nuts and Postum Food Coffee,
of which am very fond"
The Grape-Nuts breakfast food is
especially valued by campers and
frontier people. as it is already cooked
and ready for instant service, and be-
ing concentrated. furnishes unusual
strength and nourishrnent, in small
quantity. 1t is believed that a man
can travel farther and exercise more
continuously, on a few teaspoons of
Grape Nuts than on like quantity of
any other food known.
The reason for this is that there are
selected elements in Grape Nuts that
furnish direct to the brain and nerve
centers the necessary particles to re-
build the delicate gray matter con-
tanned in these parts. therefore a man
continuously fed on Grape-Nuts is alb
solutelv certain of a good condition of
the nervous system, which is really
the controller of the entire body.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23
JAY GUESSED RIGHT,
of Former Rock Island
Ball Player Brings Four
Scores.
WHERE THE OLD FAvoRITEs ARE,
Hill Managing Des Moines-Bay
and Wright in Youngs.
town.

Jay Andrews, who is well known
in this city, aud who is at pres
ent playing third base for Buff
falo, is very superstitious. One OF
Andrews queer hobbies is that the
bats must not be crossed when they
lie in front of the bench. In a recent
game he happened to look at the pile
of bats, and at once jumped in the air,
at the same time shouting, -Four
runs this time. It's cinch. Never
failed yet" The other players
thought he was crazy, and when he
told them that four bats were stick
ing out farther than the rest and that
it meant four runs, everybody
laughed. But; they saw that doc"
was in earnest, so they waited, think
ing that they'd kid" him when the
side was out.
But they didn't get chance, for
with four hits and an error, four runs
were scored. The players all bad a
good laugh over the affair and no
doub bt, some of them were converted
10 jays baseball religion.
Where They are Playing.
Where some of our old players are
playing:
Belden Hill, third baseman in '94,
is managing the Des Moines team.
Artie Ball is playing the short field
for him.
Bobby Rothermel, who played the
second cushion for Rock Island last
year, is playing short for Wheeling,
the leaders of the Interstate league.
Billy Bottenus was on the initial
sack this year for Elmira, in the At
lantic league, until that league went
defunct.
Harry Bay, who played such a fast
game for Rock Island last year, was
given trial by Detroit this year. He
was all right in the field and on the
bases, but his hitting was little weak.
He was farmed out and is at present
playing for Youngstown, where he is
side by side with Joe Wright, who is
still hitting them out with regularity.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23
A Life and Death Fight.

w. A. Hines, of Manchester. Iowa,
writing of his almost miraculous es-
cape from death, says: Exposure
after measles induced serious lung
trouble, which coded in consumption.
l had frequent hemorrhages and
coughed night and day. All nv doc
tors said l must soon die. Then /
began to use DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry which wholly cured me. Hun
dreds have used it on my advice, and
all say it never fails to cure throat,
chest and lung troubles" Regular
size so cents and 81. Trial bottles
free at Hartz q Ullemeyer's drug
store
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23
SUMMER NORMAL SCHOOL.
Opening of the Years Work at Augustana
Courses of stndy.

Opening of the Years work at Augustana
Courses of study.
The Western Illinois Summer Nor
NAL school at Augustana college,
Rock Island, ILL.,, viii begin next
Monday, June 25. The success at
tending the school last year-the
large enrolment, the high character
of the instruction given, the zeal and
earnestness Of students together with
their expressions of appreciation, have
combined to satisfy the management
that there is abundant demand for q
teachers summer school in the tri-
cities.
1t is proposed to make the coming
session of the school more valuable to
those who attend than was the one
last year. l. The session will con-
tinue six weeks instead of four. 2.
The tuition will be only $40 for the
six weeks. 3. The program will eX-
tend throughout the day, thus en-
abling mem bers of the school to take
all the branches they desire without
the annoyance of conflicts. + In ev-
cry way the experiences of last year
will be utilized in making the school
in every particular thorough. progress
sive, practical, and helpful to all who
NAV wish to avail them selves of its
advantages.
The work planned for the coming
session will include seven courses of
study as follows: l, Department of
common school branches; 2, depsrt-
ment of advanced studies; 3, depart
ment of primary methods; A. depart
ment of pedagogy and psychology; 3.
department of drawing; 9, depart
ment of vocal music; Z, department
of penmanship. In,carrying on the
work of the above departments the
following objects will be kept con-
stantly in mind by the several in
structors: 1, The improvement of
the Students scholarship; 2, the ac-
QUESTION of that mental discipline
which will give the teacher greater
facility in imparting his knowledge to
others; 3, a practical knowledge of
the fundamental principles of peda-
gogy; 4, the acquisition of general
culture; 5, an appreciation of the
value of the common
branches which go to make up the
courses of study of rural and graded
schools.
High school pupils who have failed
in one or more branches will find the
summer school an excellent place to
make up this lost work. The long
term-six weeks-is ample for pupils
who are studiously inclined to make
up work in one or two branches and
thus enable them to enter their
classes unconditional in Septem ber.
The same may be said for any pupils
who have failed in advanced geogra-
ply. arithmetic, United States history
Or grammar.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-06-23
Good Cough Medicine.

1t speaks we'll for Cham berlain s
Cough Remedy when druggists use it
in their own families in preference 10
any other. Il have sold Cham ber-
lain's Cough Remedy for the past five
years with complete satisfaction to
myse f and customers, says Drug
gist j. Goldsmith. Van Etten. n. Y.
"Ihave always used it in my own
family both for ordinary coughs and
colds and for the cough following la
grippe. and find it very efficocious. "
For sale bY all druggists.