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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Cabbage Rot.

The disease known to the cabbage
growers as black rot, or stem rot, has
come into prominence within the last
few years, and is said to be a serious
hindrance to cabbage growing in sew
eral States. From a recent farmers
bulletin prepared by the chief of the
division Of vegetable pathology, it APP
pears that no way is known of curing
the disease or of entirely Kidding a
locality of it when once it is well es-
tablished. The whole subject of treat
ment may be summed up in one word
preventing. The disease is not con-
fined to the cabbage, but attacks num-
Der Of species belonging to the mustard
family. The planting Of other crops
for long series of years is said to
be the only satisfactory way to get rid
of this disease of the cabbage when it
has once become serious.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Dog Sausage No Joke,

The old joke about eating "hot dog
Is no joke in Germany any more, for
no less than 1000 CANNES of various
breeds We're slaughtered and eaten by
the subjects of Kaiser William last
year, according to report from Consul
George n. lift at Annaberg. The eat
ing Of horse meat seems to be quite
general in Germany for no less than
$4,000 horses were slaughtered for
human food in 1906
''Horsefiesh is very generally advcr-
tised in the German papers, says
Consul lift, ESPECIALLY in those in
large Industrial centerS, and most Ger
man cities have at least one market
which makes it a speciality, claiming
for it higher percentage of nourish-
ment than that of beef, veal, mutton
or pork. Neither is it unusual to find
advertisements of dog meat or for the
purchase Of dogs for slaughter. In the
city of Cassel recently the police, in
searching for a lost dog, discovered a
private slaughter house and arrested
the proprietorS, who were apparently
making a regular business Of stealing
and killing dogs
In the city of Chemnitz alone, Con
sui lift reports, Cos dogs We're slaugh-
tered for human food in 1906, this be-
ing an increase of lightweight over the
previous year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
USEFUL WOODEN LIMBS.
Much Skill Displayed in Their Making
BY Modern Manufacturers.

There are five artificial limb factories
in Kansas City. At any one of these places
finger, toe, hand, foot, leg or arm may
be obtained to replace lost natural
member, And one of these substitute
members is almost as serviceable as me
original. Time was when leg was lost
a wooden stump or peg took its place
and was regarded as a great improve
ment over a crutch. Nowadays artiicia
legs and arms are made with ballbearlne
sockets and so connected with springs
and cords that the wearer may wiggle
his artificial fingers and toes.
Artificial limbs are commonly spoken OF
as cork" Where this term originated
is a mystery, as no cork is used il
their manufacture, nor was any ever
used. One explanation suggested is that
so far as is known, the first artificial
limbs were made in Cork street, London
and derived their name from that of the
street.
Willow wood, grown on uplands, is the
foundation, so to speak, of a modern
artificial limb. 1t is light and strong
Around this body variety of materials
is used. including leather, aluminium, felt
and vulcaniZed rubber.
a first class leg costs 500, no matter
what its length may be. The cost of an
arm ranges from $50 to $3.50. The best
artificial arms give full wrist and finger
motion, being controlled by springs and
connecting cords which are attached to
straps on the shoulders. Thus if per
son wearing one of these modern appli
ances wishes to pick up something he has
but to shrug his shoulder and the thing
is done. The manufacture of artificial
arms and legs has reached such a state
of perfection that it is din, 1t to detect
their use. Persons wearing artificial
limbs ride bicycles. shuttle cards, make
change and even dance. \ man who
City theater has lost one leg and both
arms. Yet by the aid of artificial mem,
bers he contrives to dress himself, wait
upon himself at table and make change
out of his pockets e,-.s'-. --.--.--.
1t is estimated that the FIVE factories in
this city make and sell 2O0Oartifcial limbs
every year. One factory has been estab.
Iished fifty years and gives steady EN-.
ployment to several skilled artisans.-
Kansas City Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
How hook Learning Paws

Book learning" for farmers has
1t used to be thought that an almanac
and one or two patent office reports
were all q man needed to make him
competent to run a farm We are
getting past that day, and doing it at a
pretty fast pace, in our times Think
Of the report just published by the
commissioners appointed a couple of
years ago in the State of Louisiana to
investigate crop pests. with particular
reference to the boil weevil and the ter
rible injury it has wrought to the cot
ton crop. For two years these commits
sioners have been studying and 2yper
imenting on the State farms in the
Red river region, and now they send
word out to the world that they have
succeeded in growing cotton that can
not be hurt by the boil weevil. Just
how they have done this we must wait
to learn. The great fact is that they
have done it. Think what this will
mean in money to the farmers of the
cotton growing States. Nor will the
benefit of their work stop there Other
people than the cotton growers are in
terested in cotton. We all have use
for the plant and iJs products. From
the poor man down in the most obscure
quarter of the city to the millionaire
in his beautiful home, we all need cot
ton in some form or other. And book
farming" cuts the cloud which has
hung over the men who grow the plant
and lets the sunshine out all over the
world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Orphans.

Two Of the young friends of Bishop
Wilbvrforcc, Of oxford, gave the au.
thurities of the university So much
trouble that they won the ncknamcs OF
Uophni and phinehas.
one day, says I. H. $. Escott. in
Society in the Country House, they
were Longing about the hall at Guides.
don palace, singing the Lutheran refrain,
The devil is dead when the bishop
suddenly appeared
He walked very gently up to them
aud in his most carcssing manner, plaC-
ing one hand on each head, said, in con
solutury tone:
"Alas, poor orphans Youths Com
UauiDn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
BUILT 1o7 VESSELS IN MAY.
OF These SIS Were Built On Atlantic
and % on Pacific Coast

Last month 1O7 vessels Of 27lGl gross
tons were completed in the shipyards of
the United States and officially registered
with the commissioner of navigation. OF
these ships 80 were built on the Atlantic
and gulf coasts and - on the Pacific
coast The fleet on the Great Lakes was
increased during the month of May by
the addition of eight vessels of an 0g-
gregatc tonnage of 1G.i4i. The total sail.
steam ana unriggod vessels registered
with the commissioner of navigation dur
ing the last eleven months had tonnage
Of 439S2S, as compared with tonnage
Of $4,000 in the same period last year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Proud of His Raisin'. B'Gosh!

\ patent medicine hiped is real angry
with the Courier because we would not
advertise his stuff as cheap as we do the
wares Of Centrala merchants, and re-
marks: you must have been raised on
a farm" We were. thank God. And if
we had to be raised a million times, and
could lave our choice about the matter.
we would be raised on a farm every
dash out of the box. Fact is we are
sorry for the boy or girl who is denied
farm raising-in Gods big out doors.
where the daisies and blue bells grow
wild and the birds sing, and the butter
is sweet and fresh, and you can have all
the room YOU want. Yep, we We're raised
ON farm and have never gotten over be
ing proud of it.-Centralia (Mo.) Courier
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Unseen Workers,

Earthworms have a special duty and
they perform 1.-THE numberless mill
ions of them scattered far and wide.
unseen and so obscure. They have ere
ated all the loan and all the arabic
land of the whole globe.
They pass through their bodies the
fallen leaves and decayins vegetable
matter and by their labor rendering
cultivation ana harvesting possible
When one kills an earthworm. an
agricultural laborcr of the most re-
spectacle class is destroyed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
The Collie Dog.

The intelligence of the collie is be
lieved by many to come as near to hu-
man thought as that of any animal.
and 1t is possible to teach them so
many things that some very remarka-
bic stories are told about them.
They are for this reason the great
sheep dog and no Scotch herder would
attempt to get along without his col
lies, with which he lives alone far off
on the hills, says the Circle.
And that is saying nothing Of their
beauty and charm as companions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
MEAT OR CEREALS.
A Question of Interest to All Careful
Persons.

Persons.
Arguments on food are interesting
Many persons adopt a vegetarian diet
on the ground that they do not like to
feel that life has been taken to feed
them. nor do they fancy the thought of
eating dead meat.
On the other hand, too great con-
sumption Of partly cooked, starchy oats
and wheat or white bread, pastry, etc,
produces serious bowel troubles, be-
cause the bowel digestive organs
(where starch Is dlgested), are over
taxed and the food ferments, producing
gas, and microbes generate in the de-
cayed food, frequently bringing on peri.
tonitis and appendicitis.
Starchy food is absolutely essential
to the human body. It's best form is
shown in the food Grape Nuts" where
the starch is changed into a form of
sugar during the process Of its manu-
facture. In this way, the required food
is presented to the system in pre-di-
gested form and Is Immediately made
into blood and tissue, without taxing
the digestive organs.
A remarkable result in nourishment
IS obtained the person using Grape
Nuts gains quickly in physical and
mental strength. Why In mental? Be
cause the food contains delicate par
iicles of Phosphate Of Potash obtained
from the grains, and this unites with
the alpimen of all food and the combi-
nation is what nature uses to REBUILD
worn out cells in the brain. This Is a
scientific fact that can be easily proven
by tep days use Of Grape Nuts.
There's Reason" Read The Road
to MELVILLE IN pkgs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

sure greater accuracy. Accordingly he
designed the implement shown in the
Illustration, 1t comprises pair Of
knives, containing numerous cutting
teeth. The knives are attached to ply
oted handles, one knife moving over
the other. When the latter are grasp
ed, one in each hand, considerable
power can be applied to the cutter,
be trimmed in single cut. 1t would
be impossible, with this tool, to trim
too much in spots forming an uneven
surface 10 the hedge. The extreme
length of the blades insures an even
cut throughout.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

A New Idea,

A new idea for pie board Is slab
Of marble. Sometimes a piece of mar
BILE will be found in the cellar of an
old house when Anticipated washstauds
or mantels have been torn down. A
section of new marble, the remnant
marble yard for the price Of a medium.
size pie board. A housewife who has
used marble for rolling ont dough says
that in addition to its cleanliness the
results for puff paste and pie crust
are superior to n wooden board.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Gamer sauce.

Served with boiled mutton. Ten or
fifteen minutes before the mutton is
tender, stir into two tablcspoonfuls of
melted butter, tablespoonful of flour /;
add a teacupful of the mutton broth,
a teacupful of milk, season with pepper
and salt, cook few minutes, and Just
before sending to the table. add two
heaping tablespoonful of capers. DO
not let the sauce boil after adding the
Gamers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
It Happened in the National Guard.

The captain tells story which runs
something like this: In camp one morn
ing the first sergeant reported that Pri-
vate B had chill. rs it a serious
one?" asked the captain. well, sir,
don't know just how serious it is, but
it's big one, for it seems to be all over
him. and he weighs two hundred
pounds" On seeing him the captain
found him looking rather blue, and in
structed the first sergeant to send him
to the surgeon in charge of a corporal
Soon after breakfast the captain saw
the corporal and asked him how the man
was getting on. ''Oh. he's all right now"
was the reply. II took him up to the
hospital tent, and when l saw what kind
Of medicine the doctor gave him I had
chill too.'-Arny and Navy Life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Keen Rust from Tools,

TO keep iron and steel goods from
rust states the Mechanical World, dis
solve half an ounce of camphor in one
pound of hogs lard take off the scum.
mix as much black lead as Will give the
mixture an iron color. Iron and steel
goods rubbed over this mixture and
left with it on twenty hours, and
then dried with linen cloth, wtll keep
clean for months.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Sum mer Pest.

The illustration shows one OF the most
destructive of the summer insect pests,
which attacks both fruit and Orna-
mental trees. 1t is known as the vel
low-neck caterpillar. and is usually
found in numbers along the branches
Of trees. feeding on the foliage until
the limb Is entirely denuded, when they
migrate to another limb. The female
deposits the eggs on the leaf OF the
tree, where they are usually hatched
during July, and the young insects be-
gin feeding on the leaves.
The full-grown moth is shown in the
upper part of the illustration. The
caterpillar is about two inches long.
with a dull yellow band just back Of
the black head. This pest is familiar
to most farmers, for it may be found
in nearly every section of the country.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

1t is said that an affcctual cure for
the ants that are the bane of many
a good housekceper is TO melt together
in an earthenware vessel a quarter Of
a pound Of sulphur and two ounces of
potash. When cold pulverize and
sprinkle in the hauuts of the slug
CARDS example. If the ants will not
flee from this mixture he very sure the
housekeeper will during the somewhat
choky melting process
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

During the holidays at one Of the sea-
port towns blind man was crossing the
road, when a mutorcar suddenly turned
the corner ana knocked him down. break
ing his arm. He put i'll for damages at
the county court II" was led into the
witness box To- give his evidence. The
torcAr, if you couldn't sec it, The blind
man: "Why? Cos smeIt it."--Dnndec
Advertiser
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
(omDnte of Rhuburb I'm NIOIdS.

Cut the rhubarb in pieces, and set
1t on the fire with enough sugar to
swecten It, and very little water ;
moisten two tabespoonfus of corn
-four with a little water in a basin :;
when the rhubarb is almost done, add
the corn flour. boil for a minute or so,
then pour into mold; when cold turn
into a glass dish and serve with
Mhipped cream.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

IN this line is the fruit gatherer shown
here. the invention of New Jersey
nan. It consists of n leather recer-
.acle which is attached to the arm.
1ne end overlapping the palm of the
hand the opposite end being sealed
The open end is shaped like a scoop.
As the operator picks the fruit, such
rs berries. chcrrie2 etc, he drops it
nto the receptacle. The device docs not
n any way interfere with the free
movement of the arm or hands, nor is
here any likelihood Of the fruit falling
out of the receptacle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

An old German who doctors cattle
prescribes a drench Of two tablespoon.
fuls of epson salts, two tablcspoonfuss
OF lnseed oil, one tablespoonful Of
black pepper and one tablespoonful Of
turpentine. He puts the medicine IN a
quart bottle and fills it with warm
water. In about fifteen minutes the
hloatlng Is gone.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Apricot Shcrbct.

Select a good brand of canned april
cots and remove the fruit from the
sirup. With a sharp knife remove all
the skin from the fruit and cut the
apricots in small pieces. Return the
fruit to the strip, add two cups of
sugar and a little less than a quart
IF water. Stir wei together and
freeze. Serve in shrbct glasses and
pass sponge cake with it, unless it is
used between the meat and salad or
game course
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Fruit Filling for Cake.

Cook together in boiling water half
n cup of seeded raisins and half as
many candied cherries until the fruit
pumps out nicely, Turn out all the
water. chop the fruit, season with
lemon juice and then return to the
liquid in which the fruit was boiled
and add enough powdered sugar to
make the mixture spread easily and
keep stiff
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Strawberries

While the matted row system for
Strawberries IS prcferNd by the major.
ity of growers, yet It will be an aa.
vantage to train the first runners to
grow III the rows fand not have the
rows very wide) by cutting off the late
runners that appear.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Mrs. Plnkham's Invitation TO Women.

Women suffering from any form
Of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs
Pinkham, ut Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given. the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way of recovery advised. Out of her
vast volume of experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help your case Her advice is free
and alMays helpful.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Walnut MnfnrN.

Cream we'll togcth.r ouc-Qulrter Of
4 cupful Of butter AND one cuptul Of
sugar, add a pinch of salt and one
egg and beat again; add one cuplul
If flour, one cup of walnut meats which
have been put through the food chop
per or pounded until fine, one-Quartcr
Of a teaspoonful OF baking powder and
a little milk, if necessary, to make a
drop batter. Drop by spoonfulS on
creased pans and bake in a moderate
oven.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

A good way to rid the trees of them
is by spraying with paris green, but
if this is not desirable because of fruit
on the trees a torch made of cloth or
small rags and saturated with kerosene
may be applied to the infested limbs
and the insects destroyed in this man
ner
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
(ncti ns Stock Food.

The New Mexico Experiment Sta
ton has Issued very creditable bulh-
tin dealing with the composition and
feeding value Of the prickly pear and
other cacti. The spines Of the cacti
are removed by singeing with a torch.
The protein content in the air-dry ma
terial ranges from 2 to 10 per cent.
the fruit being the richest part. The
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
strawberry Marnalnde.

Weigh the berries that are to be used
and allow for every pound threc-quar-
tiers of a pound Of sugar. Free the
fruit from the green hulls, put them in
colander, rinse off with cold water,
drain and put them in a preserving
kettle; boil twenty minutes without a
cover; add the sugar and boil five min
utes. Put In fruit jars, close and keep
In q cool place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

picked fruit can be
temporarily held
by the picker.
These devices have
taken many forms,
the majority con
sisting Of baskets
and similar recep-
tacles, which are
secured to the body
of the picker. A
vast Improvement
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

Second Regiment,
Missouri Brigade.
says: Il am pleased
to indorse the use
of Doan's Kidney
Pills. n medicine Of
great merit. Having
had personal eXpe-
rience with many
kidney medicines, |
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

T re first class
work can be accom-
plished. AS a rule
expert hedge trim
mers employ a cut
ter having but n
: in e lie pair of
blades. \ Virginia
man thought that
Il trimmer could be
Il cv s Q d which
would simplify the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
BAD WEATHER LOST 100000.
and Motor Boat Trade Lost
Many Sales.

The absence Of amy springlil, weather
in April and May is estimated to have
cost the automobile trade over S2UOO,UuO
in lost sales, etc. while the motor boat
people are figured To have dropped no
less than $l,UUO,uOo from the same eli
matte causes.
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to know whereof l speak, and am
pleased to add my endorsement and to
recommend their use"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box,
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, y. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

cacti compare favorably with many
forage plants. Heretofore the great
difficulty in the way of utilizing cacti
as forage has been the spines, but
since they can be removed by the torch
large amount of cheap forage is made
available to the stockmen of the arid
Mains
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Hedge Trimmer.

The trimming of a hedge is properly
the work of an expert. many years of
practical experience being required be-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
MISS ELIZABETH WYNN

Miss Hulda Kughler, Of No, %,
West 18th Street, New York City,
writes:
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Fruit Gntherer.

have been on the lookout for some
such satisfactory device in which the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
Big Source OF Revenue.

The automobile industry In the state
Of Michigan alone is paying the railroad,
81 100000 year III fr,lEht rates.
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A FRANK STATEMENT
From a Prominent Fraternnl Man of
RoIIn, Missouri.

Rolla, Mo-, Major, Uniformed Rank,
knights Of Pythias, Third Battalion.
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The first iron wire was drawn ut
Nuremberg in 1851.
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"Fur months | suffered with dreadful
headaches, pain in the back and severe
hcmorrhageS ! was weak and out of sorts
all the time Lydia +. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound helped me when al! other nlGdl-
cine had failed. II seemed 70 he just what
needed and quickly restored my health
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25

covered carriages We're first used in
England in 1850
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MRS WINSIDW'S SOOTHING SYRCP for
Children teothing softeus the gums reduces 10.
termination, alluy" pain, cures Wind collie. u
ceuts a bottle
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The first American paper money
WINS mndn In no.
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Dear Mrs. pinkham:-

"For months was i'll with m Internal
trouble. / suffered terrible agony, was
nervous, irritable, and sick all the time. L
took different medicines without benefit.
Lydin f. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
was recommended and within six months I
was completely restored To health and l
want to recommend it . every suffering
woman
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-07-25
MISS HUlDA kUGHLER

There is a beauty and attractive
ness in health which is far greater
than mere regularity of feature,