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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14
NEW YORK CITY A CITY OF ISLANDS
Some of Them Mere Dots, Others as Big
as Separate Cities.

No large city in the world has so many
islands within its municipal boundaries
as New York. Some of these islands are
mere dots. Others are large enough to
have almost the dimensions of cities.
Governors island, with an area of sew
cnty acres, is the property of the federal
government and is assessed ut 81, GOO, 900
by the city. which is $4,000 an acre,
and as land values go within New York
that figure is low.
Blackweli's island, which covers 124
acres, is valued Mt SD 100000. which is
at the rate of nearly $4,000 an acre.
Wards island is valued at S9,oOO,0OO
and Randalfs ut SJ,OOO,0OO. North
Brother island is valued at S220,OOO
Riker's island at $J37 600 and Hart $
island at S3Jo,oOO.
The most important Of the islands in
cluded within the boundaries of the
Greater New York is, of course, Man
haitian island. the value of which is prac-
tically incalculable. 1t is at least So
0OO,OOO,OUO; how much more is con
jectural.
The borough of Brooklyn includes
Coney island. The whole of the borough
of Richmond is an island, an island
valued by the city for tax purposes at
about S50,O00,000. The area Of Staten
island is $4,000 acres. which is almost
three times the size of Manhattau.-New
York Sun.
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mitigating the Orchard

The insect tax upon this cOuntry's
agricultural interests is something
stupendous. Indeed, were it not for the
ravages Of insects, great and small, the
life and profits of the horticulturist
would be so attractive as to completely
change the present attitude toward
their occupation. The government ex-
perts are doing an enormous amount of
educative work In determining the ex-
act organisms that are responsible 70.
each particular form of damage and
the best method of combating same. Flu
migation is one of the modern farmers
magic science wands by which. in a
trice, he clears his crops Of insect life
that if not held eradicated would prob
ably destroy his entire crop. In Cali
fornia immense baloonlike arrange
ments of canvas are used in fumigatine
fruit trees, and now Il Texas inventor
proposes to modify the plan, with the
idea of making it available for smaller
crops, such as cotton and corn. The
appliance consists of a supporting truck
for movement over the ground, general
~ by the use of horses, combustion
chamber for the formation OF the
fumes, or gases employed as fumigant,
and framework, adjustable as to
heights, and hood covering the whole.
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Kitchen Pump.

l feel sure that many farmers would
be astonished If they could really know
just how much valuable time and how
uany weary steps might be saved by a
little thought and planning and with
SO little expense. | feel this especially
true OF the work of the good house
wife who has so many little tasks to do
over and over again 800 days in the
wear. l illustrate herewith little de-
wee l arranged some years ago when
ray wifes health was delicate. and 1t
was with difficulty she could lift even
Il small pail of water, and which she
aad all the girls who have worked IN
our kitchen have enjoyed very much.
The pump as Is usual sits at the sink,
little distance from the range, and
probably IS inches higher than the res
crvoir. thought why not let the
water run into the reservoir instead
vf into pail and have to wait each
time for the pump to cease dripping?
so had a small conductor pipe made
the desired length with a slight turn
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14
Prcnt in Forest Thinning.

A bulletin entitled Improvement
Thinning" has been issued by the State
forester Of Massachusetts. The author
shows that the growth on considerable
areas can be improved and made more
productive by the application of moder-
ate thinning while the stands are in the
process of development. Thin as often
as the material to be removed will pay
for its removal is the rule laid down
as to how often to thin. AS to the de-
gree to which it Is safe to thin, the
cover should never be broken to such
an extent that it will not close again In
two or three years and cast a dense
shade. In answer to the objection that
IS sometimes urged that such work is
impracticable under existing conditions
of the labor and wood market, the au-
thor refers to the fact that thinning
has been done and Is going on now in
Massachusetts and neighboring States,
and that 1t has not only paid for itself,
but has in some instances yielded net
profit of from twenty five cents to 50 on
each cord Of wood removed.
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pie ~ inches in length up, is classed
combing below clothing. Labor en-
pended in preparing the clip for sale is
well bestowed and brings its own re-
ward. The yolk in wool is the oily
substance which gives color and lends
softness to the fleece. 1t also promotes
the growth of the fleece and prevents
the wearing of the fiber. Good feeding,
shelter and care promotes this secre-
ton.
Travelling school of Agriculture.
Cornell University in New York will
this summer make an entirely new and
somewhat unique departure in its agr-
cultural work. Following Il petition
signed by seventeen students who were
DESTROYS Of becoming acquainted with
agricultural conditions existing in diff
ferent portions of the United States,
the college Will send out Il special car,
fitted with the accommodations for the
housing and study equipment of the stu
dents during their trip. 1t has been
styled travelling school of agriculture.
Those In charge plan to start on the
trip about the 1st of July, the itinerary
being planned with view to covering
about eight weeks, while the cost per
student is placed at about Sl0O The
car will go from Ithaca to Buffalo and
through Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
Colorado, Texas, Louisiana. MISSISSIPPI
pi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, Pennsylvania and back home
In way this experiment Will be along
the line Of the seed corn and good road
special trains which have been in oper-
alton on many lines of road in the up
per Mississippi valley during the past
two years, proving both popular and
greatly beneficial to the agricultural in
terests of the localities visited. The
course of agricultural instruction CON
templated in the above tour will give
the students who take advantage of it
first hand and intimate as well as ex-
tensive acquaintance with the condi-
tons and methods Of agriculture cover
ing the whole country and will give Il
breadth of view and a fund Of practical
information that could hardly be got
from study in one place or in one
school.
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LONDON'S DESERTED MANSIONS.
Fashionable Residence District Falling
Out OF Favor.

Various reasons are assigned by those
most directly interested-the house
agents-for the migration of people from
one Of its chief centerS, Lancaster gate.
One has only TO take Il stroll through
that district of stone palaces to see that
1t seems to have lost favor with not Il
few of its former inhabitants. for in
every direction one is confronted with
the familiar black and white sign of the
house agent appealing for new tenants.
The number of those vacant palatial
residences is increasing surprisingly. and
this fact is having a depressing effect
apon the MAZDA Vale and Paddington
rates The loss last year to Mazda Vale
rates was no less than IIO31, and in
paddington t49I1.
1t was learned from house and estate
agents that the causes of this desertion
Of the large houses are various. One
well known agent attributed it to the in
reasiug popularity of flats, to the serv-
ant difficulty and to the general spirit of
economy which had been prevalent since
The end Of the war in all classes.
Regarding the first, he said that Lon
ion now possessed magnificent suites of
fats. the rents of which ran up nearly
70 1900. They were elegantly fitted
aud required far less domestic help than
the large house. There was no dearth
IF tenants for houses renting at tl0O
rear: in fact, for each house of this kind
there were a score of applicants; it was
the t4JO to $50 q year house that they
found on their hands.
As for the servant question, many
ladies had told him that the more serv.
ants the less comfort" Many large
houses had been almost reconstructed
internally to meet the requirements and
convenience of the modern servants, but
all in vain; they would not stay in spite
Of enormously increased wages.-London
Daily Mail.
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One half chicken; one large onion, n
g2ndful of mushrooms; stalk o. cell
cry six Chinese potatoes bowl Of
rice; a small dish of Chinese sauce.
SCrape the meat from the bones or the
chicken and cut it into strips an inch
lang; slice the onion; soak the mush-
looms ten minutes In water ana cut
OF the stems cut the celery into finch
lengths wash and slice the Chinese pO-
tatoes. Fry the chicken in fat IN Il
frying pan until done; add the sliced
onions and cook for 1--WE minutes, add
the mushrooms and enough Chinese
sauce to make the ingredients brown.
Pour in water and stew foa few min
utcs, put in celery, then the potatoes.
Stew for few minutes, then thicken
ISlth Toured water Boil up once and
serve with boiled rice.
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Remedy Of One Who Knew.

Julian H. Trask, now city clerk of La
coma, y. H.. but formerly labor commits
sioner of New Hampshire and private
secretary to the late Gov. Busiel, is per-
haps one of the most famous stammcrcrS
in the Granite state, and naturally his
popularity of speech attracts attention
wherever he goes.
While in charge Of the labor bureau at
Concord he was approached one day 10y Il
wcll-drcsScd stranger, who informed him
that he was a business man from the
Queen city, and after some beating about
the bush confessed that he had a son
about 5 or 10 years of age who was com
mcuCiug 10 stammcr badly. and having
talked the matter over with his wife, and
knowing OF Mr.. 1rask's inhrmity, decd-
ed to come to him and solicit his advice
as To what they had better do with the
boy to remedy his defect in speech.
Mr. Trask reflected very briefly and rs
soon as he could screw his mouth into
position to utter the words responded
IS SIS shoot him. BOSTON Herald
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LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA.
Suffered Untold Agonies-Doctors Said
It Was the Worst Case-Wonder-
full Cure by Cuticura.

II used the Cuticura Remedies for
eczema. The doctor said IL was the
worst case he ever saw. 1t was on
both limbs, from the knees to the an
kles. We tried everything the doctors
knew of. but the Cuticura Remedies
did the most good. | was obliged to
lie with my limbs higher than my
head, for the pain was so terrible
could not walk. | suffered untold az
onles. one limb wasted away a great
deal smaller than the other, there was
so much discharge from it. | found
the Cuticura Remedies very soothing,
and | still keep them in the house.
am very thankful to say that am
cured. | found the Cuticura Remedies
all that you say they are. | hope that
you may be spared many years to
make the Cutcura Remedies for the
benefit of persons suffering from the
torture OF skin diseases. such as had.
Mrs. Golding, Box s, Ayr, Ontario,
Canada. June &, 1905"
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How Are the Teeth.

Many farmers make the mistake of
feeding stock food or other similar mix
lures to horses when they seem to have
difficulty in eating, when what the ami
NAL needs is to have his teeth cared for
by a competent veterinarian A horse
whose teeth are out of order bolts
much of its food because it cannot mas
ticate it. hence the food taken does lit
tie or no good and the animal loses
both flesh and energy If the horse is
trying to eat and is not keeping up It's
vigor better look to its teeth, for II
nine cases out of ten here is where the
trouble lies.
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MIR. c. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, KY,
4NA writes:
II have suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for ten years past.
Last March l commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
have not used it since, nor have | iclt
a pain.
Il believe that am well and l there
fore give my highest commenGa ton TO
the curative qualities of Peruna.'
Peru ma for Kidney trouble
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser Grant. Ontario,
Cen, writes:
II had not been well for about four
years I had kidney trouble, and. in
fac,. felt badly nearly all the time.
This summer ! got so very bad
thought | would try Peruna, so | wrote
to Won and began at once to take Peruna
an Manalin.
II took only two bottles of Perrns
and one of Manalin, and now | feel
better than have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Mana!in cured
me and made different woman of me
altogether bless the day picked no
the little book and read of your Perun1."
IL is the Business OF the kidneys
to remove from the blood all poi
sOnGus materials. They must be- active
all the time. else the system suffers. There
are times when they need a little assist
ancc.
peguna is exactly this sort of rem
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys ser
vice NJ a time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14
Carmel Cake Filling.

Beat well together for several min
u'es cup each of brown sugar and
molasses and a tablespoonful Of melted
butter, then add a half cup of hot milk
and tablespoonful Of flour wet in tive
tablespoonfuls of water. Beat all to
Cether and simmer for five minutes
stirring steadily. add Il half cake OF
vanilla chocolate, grated, ana cook for
i've minutes more. Lastly, stir in pinch
OF soda and at the end of a minute take
from the fire and flavor with vanilla
." hen 1t Is cool spread between the cake
ayers.
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the least degree. At times | was
weighed down with feeling of Ian
guor and depression and suffered con
tinually from annoying irregularities
of the kidney secretions. procured Il
box of Doans Kidney Pills and began
using them. | found prompt relief
from the u hing and lameness in my
back and by the time | had taken
three boxes | was cured of all irregu,
larlties."
Sold by all dealers 80 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co. Enfnlo. y. \.
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The early rye always shows itself
soon after the weather begins to moder-
ate In the spring, and some farmers
usually then begin to use 1t for pastur-
age. 1t Is mistake to use the rye too
early, as 1t may cause scours. 1t is very
laxative In its effects, being watery, and
n change from dry feed to young rye
very early in the season may result In
loss of milk.
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Prepare the Wool Well.

A wool grower sending wool to mar
ket in n heavy, dirty condition, leav-
ing anything in the fleece to make
more weight, and expecting to get more
money IS greatly mistaken. Buyers es-
innate the value of the clip by he net
yield of clean wool. When growers do
their best they secure for themselves
the best results. The soundness Of the
fiber may be tested by stretching a
small staple between the fingers. sta
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14
Old Horse Cars for Consumptives

The idea of utilizing old horse tram
way ears for consumptiVc patients has
been carried into practical operation in
Lcith. II II field with Il southern OK
posurc near the Pilton hospital for infrc-
tiouS diseases four old cars have been
stationed. Very little has been done TO
them. Merely the window glass has been
knocked out on the south side, and one
Of the seats fitted up for two hunks On
the top of the ears the fixed seats are
cleared off and garden chairs placed
ready for the patients when the weather
is sufficiently favorable to allow of them
sitting without shelter London uospl-
tai.
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An Eixht-Sidca Barn.


Here is a plan for barn of the elsht-
fided or octagon shape. This octagohal
barn is % feet on each side, providing
accommodation for about fifty head OF
rattle. There is a considerable gain
In floor space when the octagon form
Is used instead of the square form, the
game amount Of wall enclosing great
pr number of square feet. The main
objection to an eight-sided barn Is that
it is difficult to fill with a hay fork or
Bheaf carrier. This may be largely
overcome by erecting gable on one OF
the sides of the roof and r inning a
track in from that height, which may
be extended to within 20 feet Of the OPP
posite wall. The roof requires to be
felf-supporting and to secure this the
plates should be bolted together at the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14
Awake I'm MexIcn

Mexican farming interests are wax.
ing up under the example of their
neighbors of the North, and new
school Of agriculture Is to be estab.
lished under the charge OF one OF In.
Their Burbank's co-workers. This school
is the first Of the kind to b( establish
ed In Mexico, and is located near the
boundary line. The conditions there
are similar to those IN Texas and south
California, and a high grade OF agrlcul.
ture may be expected under intelligent
methods.
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Snr,iinc CroQucttcs.

After drawing all oil off, fill n cup
with sardines from which skin and
bones have been removed cook half a
cupful OF grated, stale bread in half a
cupful Of milk, adding the beaten yolk
OF one egg, two tablespoonfuls of but
,er, a teaspoonful OF lemon Juice, the
cooked yolks of three eggs tsifted), and
a dash Of paprika with the sardine
pnree mix thoroughly, shape Into
ovals, dip In beaten egg and sfted
crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
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Yolks Of four eggs, teaspoonful OF
mustard, a saltspoonful of salt, two
chopped shallots, olive oil. tarragon
vinegar, pepper. Break the yolks into
u basin with the pepper and mustard
stir in Tablespoonful of Oil, then a
tcaspoonful Of vinegar alternately until
the sauce is of a right consistency
then add the chopped shallot, or chop
ped parsley, II preferred.
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LIVE THERMOMETERS
Crickets Chirp Fast or Slow According to
Temperature.

The chirping of crickets on n hot sum
mer's night falls into a rhythmic beat,
and this beat is n very accurate Their
mometer.
In the latitude of Boston according to
Outing, the crickets chirp about fifty
times minute when the temperature is
at 80 degrees. They add four chirps a
minute for every degree above that.
1t is said that in other localities, while
the number of chirps to the minute may
not be the same as the Boston figure,
there is ratio of increase which is in.
variable.
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The Pleasing Garden,

If you have a garden 1t carries with
it the satisfaction of going out early in
May and gathering radishes, lettuce,
young onions and spinach A few
weeks later early peas and beets are
there for the taking. By the Fourth of
July early potatoes, sweet and nutty,
after a fashion never found In any
store, can be dug. In succession fol.
low snap beans, crisp cucumbers to,
matoes, corn that is sweet in some.
thing more than name and muskmelons
fragrant, melting, delicious.
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| i~h hops.

Make one pint of farci sauce, omit
Ing the tomato and adding ouc-halt
pint more milk, using three tablespoon
fuls -four when smooth remove from
fire, beat In one egg, one tablespoonful
each of minced chives and parsley, one
tablespoonful lemon juice and one pint
baked cooked fish; spread on plate TO
cool; then form into outlets, crumb and
dip into beaten egg and crumh again {;
fry delicate brown; serve on napkin,
ard garnish with pimolas cut into
ii, ceS
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corners and held by band of iron 4
feet long, bent to fit and solidly boltcd
so that the corners can never spread. In
the stable part the larger cattle should
be assigned to the outer circle, the
smaller ones to the inner row. One
feeding alley serves for the two rows,
and circular track can be arranged
for carrying silage. In order to get
sufficient light there requires to be an
almost continuous window about three
feet above the ground.-Montreal Star
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Drought Rather than Moisture.

1t is much easier for one to be indie
pendent of dry weather than of wet un-
less the soil is naturally wet, so that
it may be pipe drained and thus get rid
of the excessive moisture and this is an
expensive operation, but, notwthstand-
Potato growers are perhaps more inter
ested in the problem Of how to battle
with dry weather than growers of any
other crop and, under normal condi-
tons, the secret is simply to see that
the soil is properly supplied with hui
mus or Vegetable matter.
1t is folly. or will be found 50 after a
few years, to attempt to grow potatoes
on the same ground year after year or
to grow them wholly by the aid of com
mercial fertilizers Here is where it
pays to make every possible effort to
grow clover for getting heavy crops Of
clover under the soil will add the re-
CURED humus. which, in connection
with first-class seed, care and cultiva-
ton, will enable one to grow heavy
crops Of potatoes In normal seasons and
better than your neighbours in dry sea-
sons.
This question Of getting humus into
the soil is one that must be met sooner
or later by every farmer aud especial
ly by those who pin their faith very
largely to commercial fertilizers.
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Ginger Ice Cream.

Make a custard Of one pint of cream,
and put four eggs into it, Cut up into
small pieces two ounces Of preserved
ginger, add sufficient ground ginger to
favor well, and syrup or sugar to taste.
Stir occasionally until cold, and put
It into the freezer. Care should be TAX
en- to use fresh and good ground ginger,
rs otherwise It Is apt to impart moldy
Kind of flavor.
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at the lower end, and a very slanting
funnel shaped at the other end, that
would just slip over the spout of the
pump. | would not suggest the pipe
hc over u inches in diameter. Ours
hen not in use slips in behind the
range and is not In the way. or in
sight and is always on hand and a
sscat convenience. W. Oviatt in
Farm Progress.
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y. Y, writes:
Seven years ago
was suffering very
auCh through the
allure of the kid
lcys to eliminate
. he uric acid from
NY Sy 5 I EN-. My
back was very lame
and ached if | over
cXerted myself in
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14

Add to the juice OF four lemons the
grated peel of one, half pint of clarified
sugar and one pint Of cream; mix all
these thoroughly together, tuen strain
through n sieve into mold, or glasses
packed In ice. and freeze
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The Noh,'s H,.ti,

Too great care cannot be- used in keep
ing the nursing bottle clean As soon as
it is empty. remove the nipple and put the
latter to soak in a cup of pure boiled wa
ter Cut potato in small pieces and
drop in the bottle; fill half full of Ivory
Soap suds and shake well. Empty, rinse
and put to boil in cold water.
ELEANOR X. PARKER.
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Baked Thirty to forty-Gve minutes
Steamed-Twenty to forty minutes.
Boiled Gin skins) to thirty
minutes.
Boiled (pared) Twenty five to forty
Eve minutes.
Well softened potatoes are cooked.