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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Abuses of Cold Storage.

Cold storage has apparently been
overworked At first the principle of
cold storage was used to carry perish
able foodstuffs over the period Of plen-
ty and distribute them through the fol
lowing months Of famine. But accord
ing to Investigations OF Boards of
Health in some of the larger cities,
cold storage plants contain food that
has lain there from six months to two
years because market conditions have
not suited the spectators, and they are
holding for greater profits. The result
is that consumers are likely to eat
some very old stuff that may not be
conducive to good health, and that
farmers and other producers are like
ly to suffer unfair competition when
Offering new wholesome products.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
MAYORLESS FOR SIX YEARS.
Town in Shenandoah Valley Has Paid
No Taxes for That Period.

Through an order issued in the circuit
court by Judge Thomas w. Harrison it
developed that the town of Middletown,
Va, has had no mayor. town councilmen
or other town officials for at least six
years and no taxes have been collected
in that time. This condition of affairs is
the outcome of the wholesale burning
of property some years ago, for COM
plicity in which former Mayor David Il.
Edmondson was indicted, woman fig
uring prominently in the trials. Ed
mondson was acquitted in court at Win
chester.
Judge Harrison signed an order APP
pointing as mayor Rev. f. Leslie Robin
son, who is a native of England and
rector of the Episcopal church at Mid
dletown. James II. Light is appointed
town sergeant and seven councilmen are
named. All are required to qualify for
office within the next thirty days.
Former Mayor Edmondson obtained
Judgment for a small amount against the
corporation of Middietown, and in order
to enforce the payment Of the debt he
had to secure a writ of mandamus from
Judge Harrison requiring the collection
of taxes. These taxes, it is said, have
never been collected and the debt is yet
unpaid.
During the last six years several men
have been elected as mayor of Middle
toWHJ Oul III every lHsluHtc my ho't
declined to serve. In the meantime pre-
tenders to the office have arisen but
their orders have not been obeyed and
by the majority of the people of the
town they have been looked upon with
GOODNESS and disfavor. With the APP
pointment of Rev. Mr.. Robinson as may
or and the other five officers it is eX-
pected that the tangled condition of
Mddletown municipal affairs will be
Strengthened out.
The town is next in size to Winchester
and is beautifully situated in the Shen-
andoah valley between the Blue Ridge
and the Allegheny mountains. Its popu
lation numbers over 1000. Mr.. Robin
son, the newly appointed mayer, is a
member of one of England's distinguish
ed families, a graduate of an English
university and of the Theological semi
nary at Alexandria, Va, and is a close
relative of members of the English nobil-
ity. He is well educated and is an elo-
quent pulpit orator. Mr.. Robinson teach
es biblical literature in the Episcopal
Female institute at Winchester.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
No MAN IS STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH,

Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and his muscles would soon fail. Physi-
cal strength is derived from food II
man has insufficient food he loses strength.
If he has no food he dies. Food is con-
verted into nutrition through the Stom-
ach and bowels. 1t depends on the
strength of the stomach 10 what extent
food eaten is digeSted and aSsimilated.
People can die of starvation who have
abundant food to eat, when the stomach
and its associate organs of digestion and
nutrition do not perform their duty.
Thus the stomach is really the vital or
gan of the body. If the stomach is uweak-
the body will be weak also, because it is
upon the stomach the body relies for its
strength. And as the body, considered as
q whole, is made up OF its several men,
bers and organs, so the weakness of the
body as consequence of weak" stom-
ach will be distributed among the or
gans which compose the body. If the
body is weak because it is ill-nouriShed
that physical weakness will be found in
all the organs-heart, liver, kidneys. etc.
The liver will be torpid and inactive,
giving rise to biliousness, loss of appetite,
weak nerves, feeble or irregular action OF
heart, palpitation, dizziness, headache,
backache and kindred disturbances and
weaknesses.
Mr.. Louis Pare OF Quebec. writes: ~For
years after my health began to fail my he ad
grew dizzy. eyes panied me, and my stomach
was sore all the time, while everything I
would eat would seem to lie heavy like lead
on my stomach. The doctors claimed that
It was sympathetic trouble due to dyspepsia,
and prescribed for me. and although | took
their powders regularly vet felt no better
MY wife advised me to try DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical DiscOvery-and stop taking the doc
tors medicine. She bought me a bottle and
We soon found that | began TO improve SO I
kept up the treatment ! took on flesh my
stomach became normal. the digestive organs
worked perfectly and l soon began to look
like different person ! can never cease TO
be grateful for what your medicine has done
for me and certainly give it highest praise"
Don't be wheedled by penny-grabbing
dealer into taking inferior substitutes for
DIR. Pierce's medicines, recommended to
Oe rjust as good"
To gain knowledge of your own body
in sickness and health-send for the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book OF 1908 pages. Send 81 one cent
stamps for paper covered. or 81 stamps
for cloth-bound copy. Address DR.. R. Y.
Pierce, 663 Mali Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Production of Mutton.

An excellent authority on sheep
growing says: The environment that
conduces to the production OF the most
rapid growing mutton Is not the one to
produce fine wool, and the greatest per
lection can be attained in either wool
or mutton, as in anything else, only by
tie single eye. Let no one with the
best types OF male and female in both
wool and mutton breeds have any mis-
giving with regard to where he Is go
ing to stand. Crossing is a transitional
state that must evolve into a fitting
survival Of types OF distinct attributes
and special qualities to suit particular
circumstances and environment"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Free Seed DistributiOn.

The annual protest of seed men
against free distribution of seed by the
Department Of Agriculture has been
sent to the President 1t is signed by
twenty nine seedsmen, embracing the
whole territory between the Rocky
Mountains and the New England coast.
The protest states that the original in
tention Of the law was to obtain seeds
unknown In the United States that
might prove valuable, and in this way
increase our agricultural productions,
but that this statesmanlike proposition
has been grievously distorted, with the
result that in the main the most COM
mon kinds Of garden seeds have been
distributed.
No doubt great abuse has crept
into this matter OF free seed patron
age. 1t has been used by great many
INSCRIPTIONS politicians to make them
selves solid with certain voters. Like
all other public questions, there are
two sides. The distribution of sugar
beet seed grown on the Pacific coast
for experiment all over the country Is
good feature that will offset some OF
the undesirable ones. Not all the seeds
distributed are common garden truck.
Field and Fireside.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Feeding COtfOnsceG Meal.

Many mistakes are made IN the feed
Ing OF cottonseed meal, feeders forget
ting for the moment that 1t is an ex-
tremely concentrated food and needs a
pretty strong stomach to handle It,;
hence it should be fed sparingy to
young stock. AS n food by itself 1t
will not do for any considerable period,
but as one Of mixture it has great
value even at price as high as $35 n
ton, provided the other grains used are
not too high in price. A fine mixture
is corn meal. the grinding OF the corn
and the cob together and the cotton
seed-m meal Or, bran may be used when
the corn is ground without the cob but
in the latter case the ratio should be
two parts Of the cottonseed meal to
one part each of the corn meal and the
wheat bran.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Cost of Putting lin SilnSe.

The question is often discussed as to
the cost Of putting up silage, says
Michigan Farmer. From large num-
Der Of records kept among Illinois
farmers it was found to cost about SO
cents per ton. In some cases the cost
was as much as 70 cents per ton, while
in others as low as 80. In filling n
Michigan silo this season where the
horn was heavy and had to be hauled
about 100 rods to the sllo it cost 81
cents per ton. The cost should vary
hauled. II silage Is to be put up eco
nomically An ensilage cutter should be
used that will take the corn and handle
it RAPIDLY
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
THE BOSTON "TEA PARTY"
Local Daughters of American Revolution
Celebrate Anniversary.

On the 10th oi December last was
the anniversary of the historic "Boston
Tea Party" and it was appropriately oh
served by the Boston chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and other patriotic societies. 1t was on
this date. 1872 years agd2t that the little
band of patriots, disguised as Mohawk
Indians, boarded the ships in Boston har-
Dor and threw overheard their cargoes
of tea in protest Of the tax imposed on
that commodity by England 1t was
enc OF the acts leading directly TO the
outbreak of the War of the Revolution.
OF course, the startling intelligence of
the spilling of the tea in Boston harbor
travelled throughout the colonies as fast
as the good horses of the day, with
plenty of relays, could carry it, reaching
New York in five days and Phladel-
pnia in eight days. In the latter place
there was much interest excited over the
"amazing news from the eastward" The
Pennsylvania Journal, n staid old sheet
of that time. issued what is believed To
be the first extra" in the history of
American journalism, setting forth the
story of the Boston tea party" as
brought by the express rider from New
York
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Good SmOkehOuse.

The thrifty farmer prepares his own
pork for home consumption, and II ne
is short Of cash with which to build an
up-to-date smokehouse he will appre-
ciate the following plan, which VIII
enable him to carry out his ideas at
small cost. Buy an old but good up
right piano box, and after making 1t
smoke tight with paper, set 1t in the
desired place and dig a trench so that
the piping will enter at one end OF the
box through the bottom. Then take an
old wash boiler with a good copper
bottom and have a tnsmith make a
hole in one side near the bottom, and
IT. this fasten a piece Of tin water pipe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Farm Problems.

What do you do for thumps In pigs
When is the best time to water a
horse?
What does It cost to produce a
pound of beef?
How much grain and hay should a
work horse be fed?
What weight cattle command the
best prices on the market
How does the cost OF raising n col,
compare with that Of raising steer;
How does the stomach OF the horse
compare with that OF the steer In
size7
How much gain In weight should
you make for every bushel Of corn
fed to steers or no2s?
How great "a spread" between the
price paid for feeders and the sell
ing price 10 necessary to show a
profit?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Difficulties of ENGLISH Tongue.

Walter Christie, with his racing ear,
the Blue Flyer, was talking To 4 French
chauffeur on the Cape May beach.
1T makes warm" said the French
man, wiping his brow.
You mean it is warm-not it makes
warm" said Mr.. Christie, laughing.
You remind me of the Frenchman at
the English Alpine club.
This Frenchman said enthusiastica lily
to red-faced, stout Englishman, with
calves as big as barrels:
'Ah, you have climb ze Matterhorn
1t is foot to be proud Of
Pardon me- the Englishman re.
turned. You don't mean foot. You
mean feat
"'Ah.' said the Frenchmnn. YOU have
climb her more Fan once, benz New
York Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
He Snoilei 1t All.

W. Caryl Ely of Buffalo, the president
Of the American Street Railway associa-
ton. was talking at the convention in
Philadelphia about motornen's and con
ductors' adventures.
"A conductor came to ne with sml-
ing face the other day." he said. He
wanted to tell me what had happened
on an incoming car.
1T seem that a midde-aged woman
and her little son, lad Of q or Z years.
got on the car, and as soon as they were
seated the woman took half dollar out
of her pocket and handed it to the young
ster to pay the fare with.
The boy held the con in his small,
fat hand, and examined it closely and
solemnly.
The conductor appeared for the fares,
and the youngstcr gave him the half dol
lar with owlish solemnitv.
The money was pocketed and 40
cents in change was put in the small,
extended hand.
''As soon as he got this change the
boy laughed. wriggled in his seat, and
shouted gleefully:
"'Oh, ma, he's taken the bad half dol
larN New York Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04

or four-inch stovepipe. Then buy add
tional lengths of pipe and make the
connections yourself, having an elbow
to go into the box.
Make the smoke fire in the boiler,
the smoke will pass into the box, and,
on a small scale, one will have a first
class smokehouse At little heat Is re-
CURED to keep up the fire sufficient to
give the desired amount Of smoke,
there is no danger Of the wash boiler
being too frail for the purpose The
illustration shows the plan perfectly,
the details of the piping being shown
in the lower part Of the cut-Indian-
apolis News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Amount of Corn Required.

1t Is we'll enough 10 lay down the
rule that ten pounds OF corn will make
one pound of pork, but rules may not
give the results expected unless APP
piled under certain conditions. Some
breeds Of hogs will produce more pork
on the same food than others, and
even with a selected breed there will
be some individual animals that will
increase more rapidly than others. In
the winter season, f the hogs are ex-
posed, twenty or thirty pounds of corn
may be required - make a pound of
pork. Care and management are i'm
portant, as we'll as breed and food.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
BOYS TERRIBLE ECZEMA.
Mouth and Eyes Covered with Crusts
Hands Pinned Down-Miracu-
lnitc C,1rn hrr H,,4icura

lous Cure by Cuticura
When my little boy was six months
old, he had eczema. The sores extend
ed so quickly over the whole body
that we at once called in the doctor
We then went to another doctor, but
he could not help him, and in our de-
spair we went to third one. Matters
became so bad that lie had regular
holes in his checks, large enough to put
finger into The food had to be Civ
en- with a spoon for his mouth was
covered with crusts as thick as I'M
ger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and sup
pirate, as did also his eyes. Hands,
arms, chest and back, in short the
whole body, was covered over and
over. We had no rest by day or night.
Whenever he was laid in his bed, we
had to pin his hands down; otherwise
he would scratch his face, and make
an open sore. ! think his face must
have itched most fearfully.
I'VE finally thought nothing could
help, and | had made up my mind to
send my wife with the child to Eu-
rope, hoping that the sea air might
cure him, otherwise he was to be put
under good medical care there. But,
Lord be blessed, matters came differ
emily, and we soon saw miracle. A
friend of ours spoke about Cuticura.
We made trial with Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Resolvent, and within
ten days or two weeks we noticed a
decided improvement Just as quickly
as the sickness had appeared it also
began to disappear, and within ten
weeks the child was absolutely well,
and his skin was smooth and white as
never before. +. Hohrath, President
Of the G. l.. Hohrath Company, Man
ufacturers of Silk Ribbons, 4 to 20
Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa,
June 5, 1905"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Imagination's Limits.

when it comes to the four seasons,
give me the autumn for NINE" observed
the man who was sitting directly in
front of the conductor. I've heard hat
before" replied his matter-of-fact neigh
Dor on the end. There's wine in the
air, believe, and tang that's borne
in with the early suspicion of frost, and
there's soft, hazy, dreamy, golden glow
resting on the face of nature, while the
gorgeously painted leaves that are fall
ing and silently drifting away like our
hopes and ambitions and aspirations,
give n melancholy touch to the canvas
that invites retrOspection and harmo-
niZes with it. The outer shells Of the
nuts are cracking, the squirrels are chat
tering and laying in their stores and the
shrivelled stacks of cornstalks stand like
yellow, worn out sentinels in the brown
fields that have yielded their harvests.
All that's been written; everything's been
written and written pretty badly if the
truth must be told. Autumn is great
theoretically. You're roaming the woods
with a dog and a gun and drinking in
its beauties--in your mind. When you
hew to the line and foot up the column,
the whole business is in your mind. What
difference does it make to you whether
It's autumn or spring or winter or sum-
mer? What do you get out of the
changes? A ride in trolley to business,
a short walk to restaurant at noon and
a car ride home. The only gun you see
is in the window of a hardware store.
Could you load and fire one if you had
one-honest? Probably not \ few peo-
Pile; that is, comparatively few people,
are free to take advantage of the sea-
sons; but for the most of us who enthuse
over them it's the same old grind.
whether the weather conditions are one
thing or another"
well, I'm not sorry have little
Imagination anyway" said the first
speaker.
1.-The imagination is all right" conclud-
ed the matter-of-fact person, but it
won't clothe and feed yon and pay rent
even if you overwork it. Providence
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat Of the disease. Catarrh
is n blood or constitutional disease ana In
order to cure it you must take Internal rem
edies Hairs Catarrh Cure IL taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces, Halls Catarrh Cure Is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by one
Of the best physicians IN this country for
years and is n regular prescription. 1t Ii
composed of the best tonlcs known, com
bned with the best blood purlhers acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The per
feet combination Of the two ingredients IL
what produces such wonderful results II
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free
II. J. CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo, o,
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Hairs Family pills for constipation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Hated To Saw.

1t was on a Rockhill ear. The con
ductor had offered "A passenger smooth
dime in change and the latter had re
fused to accept it. Handing it back
after slight alteration, he said Say,
what do look like. anyway"
"Pease don't ask me that replied
the conductor quietly. IF ! should tell
you it would make you fighting mad"
All the way down town the passenger
wondered what he looked like 10 the con
ductor.-Kansas City Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04

sas City Journal. They are even ex-
posts and telegraph and telephone
poles. 1t works out well In both Of
these. In the picking of ties, the rail-
roads are using great many Of the
softer woods, those which ordinarily
years. BY the treatment of chemicals,
though, their life is extended to at least
ten years. The movement first had it's
origin about 1880, when attention was
called by the government that there
was becoming scarcity of timber, IN
various sections of the country.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Necessities of a Happy Life.

There are two fundamental necessities
for a happy life, namely. useful occu-
patton for mind and body, and an out
let for unseish affection. The first re.
quste for enduring happiness is in hay.
ing work to do III which one believes.
Such work always aims at the accom-
plishmcnt of something useful. While
this work must be done with fair ell
cheney, it should not be accompanied
with too much drudgcry or exhaustion.
The simpler the plan on which ones
living is modelled. the less will be the
complications and disturbances caused
by an er-eaborate scale of existence,
and the more time will be left for the
real duties and pleasures Of lifo.-From
Vital Questions" by DIR. Henry D.,
Chaplin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04

used to have such pain in my back
that once l tainted. The kidney secre-
tons We're much disordered, and | was
so far gone that l was thought to be
at deaths door. Since Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me feel as If | had been
pulled back from the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04

made by boiling the blade of a strong
heavy scythe to a sledge or sled, as
here shown. One of these machines is
claimed to cut about two and a half
acres per day. Americans will make
some improvements on 1t, especially
In the manner of gathering the stalks
when being cut
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04

aIter DAY, QOn I Wor-
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured
thousands Of women
in the same condi-
ton. Mrs. A. Hell
man Of Saltwater,
Mimi, says: But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills l would not be
living now. They
cured me In 1899
I've heen we'll since.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Don't Forget the squash Bug

AS the squash bug winters in the
adult state under rubbish, etc, cleanl-
ness becomes advantageous in avoid
ing injury the following season. Where
the pest has been troublesome, collect
ing the cucurbit vines after the crop
Is taken and destroying them Will be
the means Of killing or starving many
Of the immature bugs.
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Germany Good Customer.

Germany Is good custo.ler of agr-
cultural America, especially her crops
and products Of the South Last year
she bought raw cotton to the value Of
500 100000; oil cake and cotton seed
meal, $4,10O,OO0; lard and oleomar-
garine, $17,0OO,OOO; raw tobacco. So
100000; corn, 81 ,20O, 900; wheat, So, 600.
coo.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Robbed In Church.

just think what an outrage It is to
be robbed Of all the benefits OF the
services by continuous coughing
throughout the congregation, when
Anti-Gripine Is guaranteed TO cure.
Sold evcryw where. % cents. +. W. Die
mcr, NJ. d., Manufacturer, Spring
field Mo.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04
Buying Fruit Trees,

If fruits OF any kind are to be set
out, see that the supply Is purchased
and the stakes set so that when the
time comes for transpanting there
need be no delay. With many spring
is considered the best time for set.
ting out fruit, and If this plan be in
tended, so far as possible the work
should be done early, so that the trees
or plants will be able to make a good
start to grow before hot, dry weather
shall have set In. Purchases may be
maze In winter, in advance
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-04

Among the insects the most intcll-
gent are those of the ant tribe, while
next to them rank wasps. Bees come
some way lower down the scale. Bee
ties ARE hopelcssly stupid, but even they
are not as bad as butterflies and moths