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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
FatteninE Coop for Poultry.

In the fattenng of poultry for mar
ket it is always a good plan to confhe
the birds to quite small quarters in or
der that the food given them may ac-
complish the best possible result. lhe
fattening coop should be where 1t rs
light and dry and the birds must De
kept comfortable at all times. More
than all, the coop or coopS must be kept
clean, else the fowls are likely to be
come sick and will not in such condl-
ton take on flesh. Where there are
a number Of fowls to fatten coopS are
arranged on a wide shelf which forms
the bottom. then when 1t Is 10 he
cleaned simply lift it up and set in an
other place, leaving the shelf free to
clean thoroughly. Any box of hight
material will do for the fattening coop
with wire netting to within six inches
Of the bottom. Across this space bar
may be placed with just enough space
between ii and the wire netting so that
the hen can get her head out to feed.
A narrow trough should he kept in
front of the coop and be filed with a
variety of grain in mixture so that the
fowl may help itself when it desires.
These coops are very inexpensive, easy
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Method for Testing Eggs,

A simple method for testing eggs,
which comes from Germany is based
upon the fact that the air chamber in
the flat end of an egg increases with
age. II the egg is placed in n solution
of common salt it will show an increas-
ing inclination to float with the long
axis vertical. BY watching this tend
ency the age of the egg can be deter
mined almost to day fresh egg
lies in a horizontal position at the bot
tom Of the vessel; an egg from three TO
five days old shows an elevation at the
fiat end, so that its long axis forms an
angle of 20 degrees, and an egg n
month old floats vertically upon the
pointed end.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Fall Excursions to Milwaukee.

The Jobbers and Manufacturers asso-
citation has arranged for three Mer.
chants Excursions TO Milwaukee during
August and September.
Any merchant in the northwest is en-.
titled to rate Of one and One-tifth fare
for the round trip, not alone for himself
and wife but for anyone actively inter
ested in his business.
You can buy tickets to Milwaukee rs
follows:
First Excursion August to II and
return home August & TO 80.
Second Excursion, August Is to % and
return home August 20 to September D.
Third Excursion, September to . and
return home September 3 to 10.
Ask for ticket to Milwaukee Mt fun
fare and for a certificate mot a receipt
for fare paid. This certificate will en-.
title you to onc-iifth fare to return home
if validated at the Sccrctary's once, ~
University Bldg, at any time within the
dates fixed.
Get the low -ate and visit Milwaukee,
the most beautiful city in America.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
REubarb Cream Pie.

Chop enough rhubarb fine to make :
cup. Add l cup of sugar, a pinch Of
salt and grating or two of yellow
lemon peel Dissolve ! rounding table
spoon of cornStarch in tablespoons Of
cold water in a cup; fill tie cup with
boiling water and stir we'll Beat the
yolks of eggs light; add to the rhu-
barb then the cornstarch and water.
Line a plate with good paste, pour in
the filling and bake In moderate
oven. Cool and cover with Il meringue
made with the stiffly beaten whites Of
8 eggs and one-half cup of powdered
sugar. Set in the oven to color lightly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
The Disk Cultiyator.

Disks as farm tools are growing more
popular all the time. They are used at
all stages of farm work, from p!oWlhs
to final cultivation. A man OF long eA-
perience says of them:
The main points in favor of the DISK
are that it will work closer TO young
corn without covering it. Will WORK
ground without injury that is too wet
to be plowed with a shovel ploW, Will
not throw up clods, but leaves Tue
ground always in fine filth, can be
set to run varying depths, shallow next
to the corn and deeper in the middle
Of the row, which is the proper way
when making the last two cultlvauonS'
However, the disk will not ploW deep IN
very hard ground or turn the soil IN
such a way as to kill large weeds, YET
if the weeds are taken in hand before
they become too large the disk IS salts
factory in this as well.
When corn is checked it is not prac-
ticable to pillow across the field with the
disk. If the disk is run across the
rows, it will be very inconyenient as
the gangs are more nearly rigid and
cannot be so easily adapted to the IN
equality Of the ground.
For barring away the young corn,
cutting the dirt away from 1t, and for
giving the last cultivation, laying by,
| consider the disk vastly superior TO
the shovel. but where land has been
severely packed, as by hard rains, moth
ing, in my opinion, will take the place
of a tours shovel cultivator of the twist
ed pattern, and they should not be less
than five inches wide.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Market for Sunfower Seeds.

F. d. Coburn, secretary of the board
of agriculture, has found new prod.
uct of Kansas soil and is thinking Of
issuing a bulletin advising the Kansas
farmers to devote little ground and a
little time to the culture of the Russian
sunflower.
Mr.. Coburn has found that there is
good market in England and other
countries of Europe for the suniiower
seeds. which when ground and crushed
produce an oil that is used in the manu-
facture of the finest toilet soaps. Mr.
Coburn learned of this through a letter
from III. A. W. Cortield of London, who
asked that the names of farmers who
produce sunfower seeds be sent to him
-Toneka Cor. Kansas City Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Who'll Show Missouri.

4 ST. Joe woman had a husband who
was good to her, but there was another
man she knew who wrote poetry. Her
husband found this poem the poet wrote
his wife and promptly killed the woman
and himself; the poet, however escaped;
Give me n kiss add TO that kiss a score;
Then to that twenty ada a hundred more;
thousand to that hundred, so kiss on,
TO make that thousand up n million:
Treble that million, and when that il done
Let's kiss afrcsh, as when we fire begun.
Now what is there in that to make n
woman turn down good husbaud?-
AtchiSnn Glnho.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Whom TO Dock LINN BIS.

The docking Of lambs should take
place when they are or 3 days old.
OF course, it may be done later, but the
injury resulting is less at the age
named than later. When docking is
deferred until the lambs are several
weeks old bleeding is usually profuse.
In some instances 1t will cause the
death Of the lambs unless It is stayed.
The flow Of blood may be checked by
tying cord tightly around the adher-
ing portion of the tail and better still
by soaring the wound with hot iron.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Urine With Cream Suuce

Cut cooked tripe into pieces about an
inch square, and dry them on n nap
kin. Melt Il tablespoonful of butter in
a saucepan, and put IT In one and
half pints of cut tripe; stir gently. and
fry for five minutes, then cover it and
set it on the side of tie range to keep
warm. Melt, in another saucepan. one
tablespoonful of butter adding a
heaped tablespoonful o. Hour, stir and
cook for two minutes add one pint Of
milk, half teaspoonful Of salt. then
stir, and cook it to smooth sauce.
Drain the tripe, add II ana serye.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Waste Land in Corn Fields.

Most corn growers plant more acres
to corn than they harvest. Investiga
ton has shown that there are twenty
five acres and often much larger area
Of idle land in every corn field of 100
acres. This idle land results from the
failure Of seed here and there through
out the field to grow. 1t Is cultivated
just the same as if 1t were properly en-
gagged. The farmer, therefore, wastes
labor and loses the use Of the land
Where large acreage Of corn Is grow
the aggregate loss is an important
item.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Tomatoes and Nitrate.

One hundred pounds to the acre Of
nitrate of soda applied to the tomato
crop when the fruit is beginning to set
will largely increase the yield and has
ten the time Of ripening. Spread the
nitrate broadcast or between the rows
just before a shower. and then cultivate
it into the soil. one quarter Of an
ounce to plant is about right in small
gardens Experiments At the New Jer-
sey station have shown that nitrate
applied about the middle of June had
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
For Ringing Hogs.

Make box 6 feet long Az feet high,
is inches wide and put Il floor in it..
Put a door IN one end and Il stanchion
in the other end with loose bolts, 50
you can adjust it easily to suit the s'ze
of the hog The stanchion is the same
as for cows, except the one you move
should not have a bolt through it, but
a notch cut in lower end to catch over
bolt. When you are through ringing
loosen stanchion. The hog will always
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Oatmeal Rolls.

To a vegetable dish of cold oatmeal
left from breakfast, add one table
spoonful Of melted butter, one egg,
one pint of hot milk. two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, and -four
to make a stiff batter. Bake in gem
irons or muffin rings in q brisk oven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

i much greater effect on Tie crop than
the same amount applied earlier in the
season dressing of 100 pounds per
acre increased tie crop one-third above
that Of a plot not SO treated. Nitrate
Of soda is a very quick working ferti-
lizer. 1t produces rank, dark green TO-
liage, which obstinately resists the at
lacks Of insects and of mildew. We
have found nitrate excellent also TO
produce early asparagus, but care must
be taken not to apply too much.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

Pare the potatoes and cut into small
cubes, Put them into cold water for Il
few minutes, then into boiling water
and let them boil about ten minutes.
Then drain off all the water and put
the potatoes into double boiler,
dredce them with q tablespoonful OF
-four add about the same amount Of
butter and two cupfuls Of milk. Cover
them, and cook gently for twenty min
uteS. Season with salt pepper and
celery salt Serve in a hot dish.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
The Secret of Boiling WATER.

To boil anything We! it is not nee
essary 10 boil it hard, The average
kitchen servant thinks that the more
commotion in the watcr the hotter it
is, and in order to produce this she
burns a great deal of fuel and ruins the
stove by keeping it red hot. Mater
placed in a stewpan directly over a red
hot lid will, of course. boil more We
hemently, yet it will not cook meat or
potatoes any quicker, aud not 50 well
as water that just keeps at the boil
ing point and quietly SINNERS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

Two cupruls Of brown sugar, one half
cupful of butter, two and one-half cup
fuls of -four one nupful of sour milk,
one te0spoouful Of -oda, one teaSpoonful
of ground cloves ane-half teaspoourul
each Of ground a.pice ana mustard.
two teaspoonfu,S of cinnamon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Cheese CUIlets.

Put two tablespoonful, of butter in
saucepan. and, while melting. add
four level tablespoonful Of cornstarch,
a saltspoonful of salt ara dash Of
WHile pepper or paprjka. When blend
ed add one cup of rich milk; stir until
smooth, then add one cup mild Amerl-
can cheese, cut into small pieces, and
half cup grated Parmo>an. Mix thor
olshly, spread in buttrrpd outlet molds
or pat into shape witt the hands, and,
When stiff, egg, crumb and fry in deep
G
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

step back, then lift out the loose
stanchion so he can go through. Sim
ply catch the hog in stanchion to hold
him and then use the tongs Have
narrow shoot at rear end of box so you
can drive hogs into it easly.-Farm
and Home
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
ITS MERIT Is PROVED
RECORD OF 4 GREAT MEDICINE
A Prominent Cincinnati Woman Tells
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Completely Cured Her.

The great good Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is doing among
the women of America is attracting
the attention of many of our leading
scientists, and thinking people gener.
ally
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
Catsup without Seeds

Boil half an hour brskly the juice
expressed from five pounds of an
stemmed currantS, three pounds Of
brown sugar pint Of vinegar, a table
spoonful each of allspice, cloves. pepper
and half of cinnamon, a tablespoonful
of salt, with one nutmeg grated
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
In Pinch. Use Aliens Foot-Ease,

A powder to shake into your shoes 1t rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions, swollen.
Sore Hot Gallons, Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen 5. Olmsted,
LIE Row ~ Y
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

A. w. Benson, the new senator from
Kansas, has joined the ranks of those
known as the Short Leggers." 1t in
cudes all the senators whose bodies are
long and whose legs are short.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09
CAllar SupnnrterS-

An improvement in the rather clumsy
gold collar supporters are slides of sill
yer as thin as featherbones. These, too,
are topped by pearls or rhine stones.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

Honduras has large tracts of pine
lands. which will ere long lead to the
building of railroads.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

MRS. WlNSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teetbng; sOftens the gums. reduces IN
Examination. allays pain. cures wind collie. -
cents bottle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-09

Cod at Any Time Of the Year, ES-
pcriGly in Hot Weather, IS Very De-
pressing TO the System. Pe-rH-fa is
an Tucgaalcd Tonic for such Cases.
Read What People Say About H.
- a . . a .
: Hon. w. II. Kelbaugh, ET-Mambar
wv. Va. legislature, 2U4 oh street, y
VI. Washington, ID. c., writes
. "YOu can use my name and ,
WORD ar al times for Peruna as a =
-medicjne and tonic uHequdied.
thave tried il for n stubborn cold :
land badiy run down system. I.
.tried al sorts of other medicines
tand paid several expensive doc ,
efOr bins. Peruna cured me,
strengthened me more than ever,
$and saved me money!
Mrs Clara Litterst. Selh"ld. Ind,
SAYS: Last fall | took a severe cold. |
took peruua. began TO improve and kept
on so until was able to do my work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

had been such a decent prisoner, and
had been such good company, and had
been such help In digging the bullets
out of. the wounded. that the gang was
going to let us go free, without tax
ing cent from US, but was going to
consider us honorary members Of the
gang and divide the money they had
secured in the last hold up with us.
Pa said he wanted his liberty, and
thanked the leader for his kind words.
but he said there was strong feeling
in the east against truly good people
like himself taking tainted money,
and while he would not want to make
a comparison between >, the methods
men adopt to secure tainted money, in
business or highway robbery, he hoped
the gang to which he had been elected
an. honorary member would not insist
on his carrying away any Of the taint-
ed money . E2s g.. ~. -,..:a .z.=s :z
.'You are all right in theory, old
man. said the leader Of the gang, "but
this money, which might have been
tainted when 1t was shipped by ex-
press from Wall street to the far west,
has been purified BY passing through
our hands, where 1t has been carried
over mountain ranges on pack horses.
In billiards., till every tainted germ
has been blown away. Now. We pro-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

some one told him that Adam and Eve
were still alive, and running a stock
ranch up in the Big Horn basin, he
would believe it, and If it came to him
as q secret that Solomon in all his
glory was placer mining in q distant
valley over the mountains, he would
rush OF to engage Solomon ito drive
q chariot next year in his show. Such
an ability to absorb things that are
not so, ina world where all men are
suspicious OF each other, should be en-
couraged. This old man comes to our
quiet valley, where all is peace, ana
where we are honest, fresh from the
wicked world, where grating is q Sci
ence respected by many, and where the
bank robber who gets above a million
is seldom convicted and always re-
spected, while we, who only occasion
ally meet q train with q red light and
pass the plate, and take up slight
collection, are looked upon as men
who would commit a crime. Why,
gentlemen, our profession is more re-
spectacle than that Of the man who
IS appointed administrators Of the es-
tate OF his dead friend. and who blows
in the money and lets the widow and
orphan go to the ls,orhouse or the of
5fcer Of q savings bank who borTows
the money Of the poor and when theg
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

we sucked the soup through the hole.
The next course was fish, each man
having a can of sardines, and we ate
them with hard tack. Then we had a
game course, consisting of fried elk,
and then salad of canned baked
beans, and coffee with condensed milk,
and spoonful or two Of condensed
milk for ice cream. When the banquet
was over the leader or the bandits
raped on the stone floor of the cave
with the butt of his revolver for at
tention, and, taking a canteen of whis-
ky for loving cup, he drank to the
health of their distinguished guest,
and passed it around, so all might
drink, and then he spoke as follows:
'Fellow Highway Robbers: We have
with us tonight one who comes from
the outside world, with all it's wicked
ness, this old man, simple as a child,
and yet foxy as the world goes this
easy mark who is told that the dinas-
oras still exists, and believes it, and
comes to this valley to find it. If
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

felt like Robinson Crusoe on the
island.
Some times for couple of days the
robbers would go away to rob a train
or stage coach, and leave us with a
few guards, who acted as though they
wanted us to try. to escape, so they
could shoot us in the back, but we
stayed, and fried bacon and elk meat
and sighed for rescue.
One day the robbers came back from
a raid with piles of greenbacks as big
as bale of hay, and it was evident
they had robbed a train and been re-
sisted, because one man had bullet in
his thigh, and pa had to use his know
ledge of surgery to dig out the shot,
and he made big bluff at being sur
geon, and succeeded in getting the
balls out and healing up the sores, so
the bandits thought pa was great.
When he insisted that the leader let
him know how much it would be to
ransom us, so we could send to the cir
Gus for money, the leader told pa he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
Yankee Enterprise in Mexico.

I'm Mexico" said J. M. Hughes OF
st. Louis, II met hustling and enter
prising Americans everywhere. Mont
Grey is almost a Yankee town and an
evidence of it's progress is the con-
struction of a SIS 100000 steel plant
In the state Of Cohuila came across
q man who had acquired what prob
ably will make him a multimilli onaire
- an estate of 100000 acres of land,
apparently worthless, yet which was
found. to have a vast amount Of rub
Der trees He got the property for
song and the rubber will make him q
fortune. Away out toward the Pacific
coast met . former United States
army oflcer who had an immense
sugar cane plantation that he told mo
was equal to the most productive
farm in Louisiana. He raised his cane
by irrigation and there was no such
thing as q failure of the crop"
Washington Post. - ~. .ss.: :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
HORSE LEAPS OVER GO-cART
Mother Faints While Animal Clears
Child at Bound Without
Hurting It.

Atlantic City; N. IA hair-raising
escape from death by the infant daugh-
ter of Miles Barnett, a contractor, and
the remarkable instinct of runaway
horse were the thrilling features Of
runaway on the West: side, where the
rampant animal, seemingly about to
trample the child, leaped completely
over the go-cart, leaving the baby un-
scathed. -
+: The horse took fright at an automo-
bile, broke away from the vehicle 1t
was drawing and. dashed mad:y
through thoroughfare crowded with
wagons. Mrs. Barnett did not see the
animal until it was almost upon her.
Unable to draw her baby carriage
away, she fell fainting to the side
walk.
Jacob Kumpf, "a butcher, bravely
leaped In front of the horse and, at
tempted to swerve 1t to one side.
While the effort cost Lam serious. in
juries, as he was knocked down, it I'M.
doubtedly caused the horse to take a
leap over, the carriage, in which the
little girl. unmindful of the danger,
was clapping her hands at the excite.
ment. 49,. :;Gs5*~ C.. J. -
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pose to- give you g banquet tomorrow
night, at which we shall al make
speeches, and then you will be provid-
ed with horses, supplies and money,
and guided away from here blindfo1d-
ed, and within 48 hours you will be
free as the birds, and all we ask is
that you will never give us and our
hiding place away to Billy Pinkerton.
Is it a go?" -
:: Pa said it was go all right except
taking the tainted y money, but he
would think it over, and dream over 1t,
and maybe take his share of the swag,
but he wanted to be allowed to return
1t if, after calling meeting of his
board of directors, they should refuse
to receive the tainted money. Pa add
ed that the board of directors of a cir
Gus might not be as particular as a
church or college, and he thought he
could assure the gang that the money
would not come back to bother them.
The leader of the gang said that
would be all right, and for pa and I
and the boys to begin to pack up and
get ready to return to civilization and
all its wickedness. We worked all day
and played cinch for hundred dollar
bills all the evening, and the next day
arranged for the banquet.
When night came, and the pine
knots were lit in the cave, about Is
bandits and pa and l sat down to q
course banquet on the floor of the cave,
and ate and drank for an hour. We
had few dishes, except tin cups and
tin plates, but it was a banquet all
right. The first course was soup,
served in cans, each man having a can
of soup, with hole in the top, made
by driving nail through the tin, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
Duel to Death in i Canoe.

! Fort William, Ont. w. "A: Thomp-
son and Isadore Bouchard, while In. q
canoe on Helen lake, half a mile from
shore. engaged in a combat. capsizing
the craft. They then climbed to the
top Of the npturned' canoe and engaged
in hand-to-hand struggle lasting
nearly 80 minutes, when, their
strength spent, they slipped into the
water and sanK. .ss> =...,=: 5 :=.*.
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One Funny Thing.

ss5 One Funny Thing.
Calyin-I maintain that women have
no sense OF humor. They seldom have
q proper appreciation of really funny
things. SIS.
Clarence Oh, Il don't know. Look
how popular Cholly Nitwtt Is with
then Cleveland Leader. z:.