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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Dry Earth as n DiSinfectant.

1t is well known that fine, dry dirt Is
one of the best of absorbents and dis
infectants, 1t Is also plentiful, and
costs nothing but the labor of han
ding. 1t makes excellent bedding If
covered over with a few inches Of
straw, and it really keeps the COWS
clean, even when used in the stalls
without straw, as it is easily removed
from the hair with a brush. \ stall
bedded with dry earth can be cleaned
out in q much shorter time than when
the earth Is not used, and, as dirt alb
serbs the liquids and gases, quite n
saving Is effected in that manner. Its
use goes beyond the stall. AS the sta
bic should be cleaned daily, quite a
large quantity Of dry earth will be
used in the course Of n year, and it
will necessarily be added to the heap
itself, yet its presence therein will
double the value Of the manure by pre-
venting loss Of fertilizing material. 1t
is q better absorbent than straw or
corn stalks, and is easily handled when
the manure is hauled to the fields.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
LYDIA T. PINKHAM

medicine ills world has received such vide
sprc
a OF
hosts of grateful friends has Lydia T. nkhas Vegetable compound
Inflammation and Liberation and consequent Spinal Weakness
dlvcs of developments
Weakness stomach
Bng Nervous Poraon Headache General Debility qucly yedto;
Under all harmony with the female system
feeling atude don't
efalone feeling cXctaby rritabty nervousness dz-
Weakness arrangement of the
Kidney
rewarded hundred
Sold 10y
fuss
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
WHALEBONE AT $3.50 A TON.
Il Might Pay Now to Look Up Those Ola
Whalebone Ribbed Umbrellas.

L see by the papers" said Mr.. Grill
fnby, that the last quotation for whale
bone in England was $3.50 or, say,
about $500 n ton, making whalebOne
worth now somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50 Il pounl-a pretty costly
commodity.
Il can remember q time when whale
bone was cheap. very cheap; when we
used 10 burn whale oil in lamps and use
whale5one for umbrella ribs Those old
time whalehone ribbed umbrellas were
not much like the present steel ribbed
close rollers.
No They We're Of the bulgy out sort
of Bingham umbrellas that you see now
sometimes reproduced after II fashion
on the comic stage but which are now
never actually used by anybody, though
once they Were used by everybody, UNI
brellas with whalebone ribs. And what
l was going To say was this:
People are out all the time looking
through the country for old furniture.
quaint old colonial, and that sort of
stuff Why couldn't we hunt up those UNI
brellas-there must be millions of them
Lying around in country garrcts-why
couldn't we look up those old whaebone
ribbed Bingham umbrellas, for the whale
bone there is in them? Don't You think
there may be an idea here for making
money!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

e
Such an immense sum being well
worth the saving, the department has
in its employ a large staff OF men who
are studying the life history of the
pernicious insects to find out where
they are vulnerable.
The work has been going on for some
years and much progress has already
been made. The cotton worm which
formerly levied an annual tax of $50,
100000 on the cotton crop, is now con
trolled by sprays; it has been proven
that the ravages of the Russian fly
which sometimes have reduced the
wheat acreage in Ohio 40 per cent and
in Indiana 60 per cent besides greatly
impairlng the yield of the remaining
acreage, can be considerably checked
by planting wheat at seasons when the
fly is not 50 rapacious; the coddling
moth is controlled by arsenical sprays
and S2O,OOO,OOO worth of apples saved
as n result.
The orange and lemon orchards of
California have been relieved of the
white scale which threatened to de-
stroy them, by the importation from
Australia of the ladybird, natural
enemy of the scale. Many other in
stances could be given Of the wisdom
of watching the insects.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
RAILROAD AND WESTERN CAN
ADA.

Will Open Up Immense Area of Free
Homestead Lands.
The railway facilities Of Western
Canada have been taxed to the utter
most in recent years to transfer the
surplus grain crop to the eastern mar
kets and the seaboard. The large In
fluX Of settlers and the additional area
put under crop have added largely to
the grain product, and Notwithstanding
the increased railway facilities that
have been placed at the disposal OF the
public, the question OF transportation
has proved to be serious one.
1t will, therefore, be good news to
everyone interested In Western Can
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by Mr.. Z.
NJ. Hays, president OF the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway, that that railway Will
do its share towards moving the crop
OF 1907 from Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba to tidewater, and thus
assist in removing a serious obstacle
which has faced the settler during re-
cent years. Mr. Hays, who has just
completed trip from Portage la Prai-
rie to Edmonton in a prairie schooner,
a distance of 735 miles, which was COW
cred in eighteen days, Is enthusiastic
about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers in
the Canadian West even If Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to time limit
with the exactitude OF stop-watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
in a position to take part in the trans
portation OF the crop of 1907. and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers In
that country when the harvest Is gar
nered
The wheat crop Of 1906 in Western
Canada was about 9000O,OOO bushels
and with the increased acreage which
is confidently expected to be put under
crop next year 1t Is safely calculated
that fully 125.00O,0OO bushels will be
harvested in 1907. The necessity for
increased transportation facilities are,
therefore, apparent, and the statement
made by Mr.. Hays will bring encour-
agement to the farmers OF the Cana
dian West, new and old. The opening
up of additional thousands of free
homesteads Is thus assured by the
agent Of the Canadian government,
whose address appears elsewhere.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Discreet.

There is Chicago lawyer who, his
colleagues aver, has a positive genius
for malapropos suggestion to his wit
nesses on the stand.
Recently this lawyer was counsel in
suit for divorce, wherein he was examn-
ing woman who had taken the stand in
behalf of the plaintiff.
"Now, madam" began the attorney,
who is always saying the wrong thing.
repeat the slanderous statements made
by the defendant Oh this occasion"
"Oh, they are unfit for any respectable
person to heart gasped the witness.
Then, madam" said the attorney
coaxingly, suppose you just whisper
them to his honor, the judge. '-Harper's
Weekly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
SCAlY ERUPTION ON BODY.
Doctors and Remedies Fruitie>S-
Suffered 10 icurS--t omplctcly
Cured by Three Boxes of tuttCHrn.


Suffered 10 hcars--Complctciy
Cured by Three Boxes of Cuticurn.
.'Whcu | was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each of my
lower limbs. scratched them with a
brass pin and shortly afterward both
OF those limbs became So sore that /
could scarcely walk. When ! had
been suffering for about Il month the
sores began to heal, but small scaiy
eruptions appeared where the sores
had been. From that time onward /
was troubled by such severe itching
that, until | became accustomed TO IT,
| would scratch the sores until the
blood began To flow. This would stop
the itching for a few days, but scaly
places would appear again and the
itching would accompany them. After
| suffered about ten years | made Il
renewed effort to effect a cure. The
cruptions by this time had appeared on
every part Of my body except my face
and hands. The best doctors in my ma
tive country advised me to use arsenic
IN small doses ana SdlNt. l tnti
used to battle the sores IN q mixture
which gave almost intolerable pain. IN
addition | used other remedies, such
as iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, IS
Salve, -- Ointment, and in fact |
was continually giving some remedy
Il fair trial, never using less than one
or two boxes or bottles. All this was
fruitlcss. Finally my hair began to
fall out and ! was rapidly becoming
bald. ! used IS , but it did no
good. A few months after having used
almost everything else, | thought
would try Cuticura Ointment, having
previously used Cuticura Soap and be-
ing pleased with it. After using three
boxes | was completely cured, and my
hair was restored, after fourteen years
OF suffering and an expenditure of Mt
least $50 or $50 in vainly endeavorinS
to find Il cure. | shall be glad to write
to any one who may be Interested in
my cure. Il. Hiram Mattlngly, Vcg-
million, $. OAK, Aug. IS 1906"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
REGIMENT KILLS SERGEANT MAJOR
Orders Men to Shoot at Him with Ball
Cartridges.

\ sergeant major Of an infantry regi-
ment stationed in Bremen was recently
sentenced to Il slight disciplinary punish
ment for having MORALLY wounded a
fight. He appealed against this, but was
informed that his appeal had been re-
jected. He then ordered his men TO load
their rifles with blank cartridges, but
during their absence reloaded them with
ball cartridges. He then drew up his
men in firing line and carefully showed
them how to aim their rifles straight at
his heart. With the utmost calm he
then ordered Fire. and foll with four
bullets through his heart.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Cider Making.

The Apple Specialist, in answer to
an inquiry, gives the following instruc-
tons how to make cider and keep it
sweet:
In order to make cider the juice
must be extracted from the apples.
This Is done by grinding the apples
into a pumice and thus pressing the
juice out. The pumice is laid up in
hoops alid held IN place by old sacking
made by ripping auQny sacks. II is
laid up in cheese form, one above the
other, and pressure applied at the top.
The cider works out through the sack.
ing and is caught in q tub. Hand ci-
der mills are made that are excellent
for the work, and sweet cider may be
had at any time. Their is no way -
keep cider sweet without racking it off.
drawing it from one barrel to another
several times, letting it run through
several thcknesses of flannel to take
out the sediment. 1t must be allowed to
run very slowly so as to keep all sedi-
ment in the bottom of the barrel. When
thoroughly purified the barrel must be
plugged tight and kept in a cool place.
BY boiling and skimming the cider it
will keep sweet, but has a slight cook
ed taste We have made thousands Of
barrels of cider and have tried ali
kinds of schemes to keep it sweet and
have found nothing equal to racking
off. 1t is a slow process, however, and
ual"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Always to He Depended Upon.

When person gets up in the morning
with a dull headache and tired, stretchy
feeling, il is an almost certain indication
that the liver, or bowels, or both, are de-
cidedly out of order.
At such times Nature, the wisest and
best of all doctors. takes this means to
give warning that she needs the help and
gentle assistance which can best be OBJ
tanned from that old family remedy
Brandreth's Pills. which has been in use
for DER century.
They are the same fine laxative tonic
pill your grandparents used, when doctors
were few and far between and when peo-
pie had to have remedy that could abb
solutely be depended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended upon
and are sold in every drug and medicine
store, either plain or sugar-coated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
ADVICE TO PIPE USERS.
Canadian Journal Says People Don't
Know How to Care for 1t.

The Canadian Cigar and Tobacco Jour
nal gives some hints to those who smoke
pipes. Everybody thinks he knows how
to smoke pipe, but to do it perfectly is
not easy. Time is keynote of success
full pipe smoking" says the Journal,
"and another is gentleness Take it
easy. Don't crowd the pipe to the top
of the bowl. Never get IA pipe hot. Keep
cool and keep your pipe cool. You can
relight a pipe, and if you are an old
smoker you will be all the better for
it. When you have finished do not re-
fill a heated pipe"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Annual Losses Due to Insects

If the power Of the mosquito had
not been proved to us beyond doubt,
we would be inclined to regard the es-
innate of $700,O0O,000 annual loss to
sects, which has been made by the De
partment of Agriculture as too start
ling to be true. The following table
shows the basis of the calculation:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
flows This a.?

We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure
+. J. CHENEY 4 co, Toledo, O.
We. the Undersigned, have known +. !.
Cheney for the last Il years. aud believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by his fpm
WALDING. KINNAN x MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood ana mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price I5c per bottle Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Snake in Hens Nest, China Egg in Snake.

Mrs. H. NJ. Tolson of Stafford county,
Va, had a bad scare yesterday. She
went to her hen house and saw what
she supposed was black hen lying dead
in the nest. She attempted to take it
up, but as soon ms she touched the oh
ject she discovered it was large black
snake coiled up in the nest.
The snake had eaten all the eggs it
could find and also swallowed a china
nest egg, Mrs FOLSOM made rapid
retreat. The snake measured nearly six
feet. It was killed. Washington Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

When bone black is treated with sui.
phuric acid the insoluble phosphate
which It contains is converted into sol
uble phosphate, says n Virginia bulle-
tin. Dissolved bone black contains
from 10 to % per cent Of available
phosphoric acid. In this form it is one
izers. The question is often asked, Is
available phosphate from dissolved
bone better than that from dissolved
rock? 1t would be well, therefore, to
phosphoric acid has the same value re-
CARELESS Of its source.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
MILK Emf.

or $40 samples OF whole milk analyz-
ed by Canadian station, forty-hve
eighty-five doubtful This was more
unfavorable than the results obtained
In previous years, Twenty-ninc sam
pies Of cream examined showed per,
centages Of fat ranging from 12.63 TO
33.5l. The author believes that the
following standard should be cstab-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
WEEKLY PAPER FOR BLIND.
London Daily Mail to Issue Edition
Much Attention Is Paid.

The announcement that the London
Daily Mail is about to issue a weekly
edition for the blind draws attention
to the other British journals published
in Braile type, which have had long
and useful career, though they have
seldom been seen by the general public.
The first weekly newspaper for the blind
was published on June /, 1892. and
called the Weekly Summary. 1t has
always been issued below cost price,
and its promoters derive no benefit from
its publication. Another was started
only last year, called the Braille Weekly,
md issued from Edinhrrr
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
RUBBER GETTING SCARCE.
Annual Output Decreasing, but 1t May Be
Made from Wheat.

In an article entitled Rubber Made
from wheat William r. Walsh writ
The importance Of the discovery can
scarcely be oyercstimatcd, coming as it
does at time when the world is anxious,
ly asking whence its future supplies of
rubber are to come. In half Il decade,
it is said the annual consumption Of the
elastic material will bc at least 10000
tons. Even 100000 tons is regarded
by many AS Il conservative estimate"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Bolivia to Have Suction Gas.

Suction gas plants are being intro
duced on the Bolivian tablclands, says n
British consular report. The fuel prob
lem there is n serious one, and these sue
ton gas plants are being used III 30.
!iviun mines with anthracite for fuel rs
the most economical power.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Waterspout in Bay of Biscay.

With nm estimated height Of 100 feet,
and u width of about 40 feet, Il gigantic
watcrspout was Witnessed III the Bay Of
Biscay from the deck Of the Union Cas-
tie liner Norman on her way to the
cane.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Sardine Canneries for Imam.

Large sardiue canneries have been
started at NGgasaki, Japan, with view
to exporting the fish 70 Europe The
flavor however, is not good, and the
prices are too high as yet 20 compete
with the Mediterranean product.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
BaCilli Not Killed by Cooking.

It has been established that ordinary
cooking does not kill bacilli, or deprive
them Of their intectiye character. If they
are situate in the deeper portions OF the
meat, Or in the inner layers Of q butch
er's roll.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Prize Rent DOdper.

At st. Osyth, ESSEX, England. an
eiectmcnt order has been granted
against a tenant who, it was stated, had
paid no rent in forty years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Chinese Cctfjns Heavy.

Chinese collins are made Of timber 8
inches to 10 inches thick. 1t is calculated.
therefore, that over 100000 feet of
timber is utilized yearly for collins in
China.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Ennr-Raxx Corn yIarLer

The following suggestion, which
seems Il good one, comes from farmer
who has built and used one He SAYS ::
This will make four marks at a time
on ridges or In burrows. To turn at the
lay it back, fold up outside runners,
and you have just two runners to turn,
toe same as an ordinary sled. The
sketch will clearly show the construc-
ton of the marker. On stumpy ground,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Attorney Has Father Fined.

A Connecticut prosecuting attorney
had his father fined 50 for violation of
the sidewalk ordinance
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
French Make Macaroni, Too

Macaroni does not all come from Italy.
The French city Of Lyons last year pro
duccd 330OO,0OO pounds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

lished in Canada: Whipping cream
not less than % per cent fat, and table
cream not less than 1T.5 per cent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Mackerel in Church.

During a harvest festival at the fishing
town of Puneknoll, Dorset England.
mackerel, hung across the chancel,
formed part of the church decorations
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinne Tablets.
Druggists refund money II It falls to cure.
o. w GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Dissolved Bone Black.

raise the outside runners as when turn
ing. and 20 right along.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Testing Individual Cows.

A circular by the limos station en-
phaszing the Importance of studying
the production Of individual COWS con
tains records for one year of eighteen
dairy herds IN Illinois, including 22l
COWS. The average production was 8
GlG.g9 pounds Of milk and 22G.G3
hounds Of butter fat. The best herd
averaged 3J0l7 pounds of butter fat
and the poorest 1905 pounds. The
best ten cows averaged 3SS.75 pounds
of butter fat and the poorest 10,109.42
pounds. 1t Is believed that at least
one-third of the cows in the ordinary
herds are practically Improbable A
marked Improvement was observed in
herds where grading had been prac-
tlced. 1t was found possible to remove
five cows from herd OF ten and there
by increase the profit s7.G2 per head.
Farm Notes.
There Is no sensible reason why half
as much wheat again may not he had
from an acre within less than u gener
alton Of time.
One-fourth Of the dairy cows Of the
country do not pay for their feed, and
more than half Of them do not return
any profit.
In nine months Asa. 1S1 dozen eggs.
valued at $3.50, i37, were exported from
the United States, double the number
sent out during the same period last
year.
The Agricultural Departments an
nual report says the corn crop can be
increased by one half within Il quarter
of century, and without any pretense
that the limit has been reached.
Equally feasible Is 80 per cent In.
crease in the crops per acre Of oats.
barley. rye, buchwheat. Potatoes, in.
stead Of growing less than 100 bushels
per acre, should double their produc.
ton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17
Annual

Total ..S5,551 100000 $595,
Natural forests and forest prod
ucts .....................1 100,
Products in storage ...... lOO,t
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-01-17

FoUR-ROW MARKER.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-18
PROF. STOECKEL DEAD.
LIVED HERE FOR YEARS
Was First Head of Yale Department of
 Music.

Norfolk, May 17. - Prof. Gustave Jacob stoeckel. the first head of the department of music at Yale, died at his home here to-day after long illness. He was eighty eight years old. Prof. Stoeckel was born in Maikammer, Ger many, in 1919. He was graduated from Kliserlautern, Bavaria, and some years later, in 1S47 after working in Ger many as a teacher and organist, he came to America. and soon came to Yale as instructor in music at the uni versity and organist in college chapel. Afterward he became Battell professor of music. serving in that chair until 1896, when he was made professor emer- itus. While very efficient and skilled as an instructor in music Prof. Stoeck- el was not prominent as a composer, his best work being in the arrange ment of hymns for the college choir and of choral song music. The college hymn book used until recently in the chapel was compiled and published by him. Ee took a very warm interest in the work of the college glee clubs, for |
 which he arranged many songs Of these the one which has survived most prominently is the famous "'Neath the Elms of Old Yale" constantly sung by the university glee clubs, and which about the year 1870 Prof. Stoeckel adapted from a German recruit march.
 As professor and instructor at Yale | Prof. Stoeckel was much loved and re- spected. He leaves three children, Carl Stoeckel of Norfolk, Robbins B.. Stoeckel, judge of probate in the Nor folk district, and Irene Stoeckel. A son, Dr. Gustave M. Stoeckel of New York. a graduate of the class of 1871 of Yale, died several years ago. After becoming professor emeritus he retired and lived quiet life and Norfolk. He was. with one exception, the oldest Yale professor at the time of his death, since the death of former President Day of Yale.