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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
FIND OLD WEAVING SHUTTLE
Prehistoric Sample is Now in Ethno-
logical Department OF the Okla
homa University.

Norman, Okla.-A small boat,shaped
stone implement, believed to be the
handiwork of some prehistoric race,
has been received by j. b. Thoburn,
member of the chronological depart
ment of the State University. 1t was
sent to Mr.. Thoburn by Edward b. An
derson, formerly an arts and science
student of the university, now located
at Anglin, Tex.
According to Mr.. Thoburn. the i'm
PIGMENT is a shuttle used in weaving,
aud probably was made by some ire
istoric race that inhabited the south.
west section of the United States. II
IA regarded by Mr.. Thoburn as one OF
the most interesting relics he has re
ceiveo In some time.
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Is PLANNING A FOX FARM
Wisconsin Youth Sees Money and
Fame In ProIect-Would interest
Federal Government.

Appleton visa fox farm may be
established in the northern part OF
Wisconsin by Talcott Barnes, son of
the late ex.Congressman Barnes OF
this city, An effort to interest the
federal government In the project will
be made by Mr. Barnes.
Congressman Thomas +. Konop OF
the Ninth congressional district has
agreed to do all he can to secure the
all OF the department of agriculture
in the enterprise. The representative
Will go to Washington soon, and while
there he will present the matter to
the secretary OF agriculture and try
TO obtain financial assistance to start
the farm.
Land can be acquired at small
cost in northern Wisconsin, and Mr..
Barnes can stock the farm with ami
mails from a farm he Is interested in
In Saskatchewan Can.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
RAISE GAME BIRDS
Minnesota Folk Plan to Cultivate
Wild Duck.
Will Also Go in For Quail and Pleas
ant, II Market for Them Develops
To Distribute From 5000
to 10000 Eggs.

Minneapois.--M than 100 resi-
dents on the $4,000 acres of land with
In the Minnetonka game refuge will
raise mallard ducks pheasants and
quail next season and II their ex-
periments prove as successful as
those Of people in other states, these
three varieties Of game birds may
markets as chickens, turkeys and
geese are now. From 5000 to TO-
600 eggs are to be distributed among
those who will encourage the propaga-
ton Of wild life and If the ratio Of
young birds to eggs holds true, the
refuge will be heavily stocked, while
outside of 1t by 1917 there should be
more birds as fair marks for sports
men than there are now under pro-
lection.
Thus, while the refuge remains a
haven wherein fowl may breed, there
will be enough game outside to keep
the huntsmen busy.
1t Is estimated by Frank d. Blair,
Field superintendent Of the Mime
sofa Game and Fish Protective
league, that within the prescribed
territory about 1000 mallards. from
5000 to 10000 quail and no more than
a dozen pheasants have been taking
shelter.
At the end of two seasons he be
lieves that there will be 10000 or
10000 bros, the most marked In
crease being among the pheasants-
now very rare-which should be 5000
strong,
THE rate Of increase Of these wild
birds In captivity is remarkable" said
Mr. Blair the other day. 'Mallards
will lay an average of 40 eggs a sea
son, quail from 30 TO so, and pheasants
from 80 to 40. When they are liv-
ing in a wild state they usually lay
several patches of eggs and then hatch
out only one batch, while in captiv-
ity all the eggs are saved Birds
Matched will average roughly about
60 per cent of the eggs.
Tho most serious difficulty con
fronting those who experiment in the
propagation OF wild birds is in keep
Ing them separated from poultry.
They are especially susceptible to dis
eases that are communicated from
coops and land where chickens have
been. A bantam hen is most generally
used to set on the eggs and frequently
breeders make the mistake of turning
the young birds loose in the chicken
yards along with the hen.
The Minnetonka residents who ex.
poet to raise mallards, pheasants and
quail are actuated by a desire to in.
crease the number of birds within
the refuge. Though they will be put
to some trouble, the returns eventu-
ally, they believe, will more than off
set the tribulatiOns."
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IT ak" kittie Understood.

The girl was making cookies Little
Mary was toddling round the kitchen
The big house eat bothered the little
one. Tel Kttie TO 70 out" she de
mandcd to the cook The latter was
busy 80 spoke rather perfunctorily
"KittIe. go out! Go out, Kittie!" A
disgusted look came over the toddlers
face as she said. "Kittio don't under
stand that talk Speak TO her with
the broom"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02

~ GEARS, Years. What are years?
NJ Only 365 days! What are 800
N days, or any combinations OF
N 365 days, compared with the
unutterable past, whose dust is
being stirred by Europe's war says
Walter II. Main, in the Utica Globe
II was a mere pebble in mill pond
that assassination of petty ruler
last summer-but the ripples 1t start
ed have not yet begun to lap the
shores of the sea of time along when
shades OF the past hover, nodatng to
one another that humanity is ever
the same, always seeking, always
avaricious, always as ready to XIII as
was Genghis Khan, who slew ms
100000 or 100000 and wept Tor
more.
Take that single city OF Trebizond
there on the Black sea, OF when we
have hardly heard, of whose past we
know nothing, and for whose TRADE
Turkey and Russia are struggling
What is the commerce of New York
for a single century compared with
the commerce OF Trebizond for count
less ages?
We look with veneration on a build
ing a century old the Magma Charta
we look upon with its ZOO years as OF
unspeakable antiquity; but here is
city whose past trails off into the dim
realm of myth, 10 the tombs OF
Pharaohs, to antiquity that ends IN
fancy.
1t was 1892 when Columbus stun
bled on San Salvador and marked the
beginning of our four centuries OF
continental history, four centuries that
seem an interminabe past to us, but
which are as a dream which passeth
in the night for Trebizond and its hin
terand In fact America would not
have been disclosed for many years
had il not been for the trade Of Trebi-
zond. For Trebizond has been the
outlet to the western world Of the
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inches each way, and then shove the
butt of an ear Of corn on the point Of
each nail. Boards filled with the ears
may be set along the walls of a shell
ter, or one end may be nailed to the
joist of a shelter shed or room suit
able for drying corn in.
Storing of seed corn rack is, of
course, one of the very best methods
that can be used. These racks are
made by using three, five or six inch
boards as uprights and then mailing
one and one-half-inch strips on each
edge of the uprights at intervals of
six inches. The ears Of corn can then
be laid on the strips where the air
can pass freely between them.
If the weather is open and dry
after the seed is taken in, the doors
and windows Of the storage place
should be open, especially during the
day. Unless it is very dry, it is usu-
ally better to close the doors and win
dows over night
The chief aim for the first few
weeks after selection should be to
get the corn as dry as possible with
out applying heat. The aim after that
should be to keep the ears in place
where they will stay dry. II the corn
is thoroughly dry nothing but the
most extreme freezing weather will
injure it, but If the germ is damp or
wet with moisture it may be greatly
injured in moderate freezing wealth
err. 1t is the corn that is frozen while
moist that is responsible for most Of
the poor stands secured. Select your
seed before 1t gets to the crib, get it
dry and keep It dry, and much will
have been accomplished toward an
other corn crop.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02

member Harun al Rashid, Genghis
Khan and the rest of the half real,
half mythical beings that peopled the
fanciful days of your childhood when
you lived within the pages OF romance
and the tales of wonder from the East
captivated you
But the trail does not stop there
with the heroes of the tales that came
to barbarian Europe just before mod
crn life dawned. when the Marco Po-
los boldly penetrated past the gates
10 the East The dust OF the city OF
Trebizond, which lies thick dates back
beyond the Crusaders The brides OF
their horses jingled, the armor of the
warriors of the Cross ratified witAlh
this same city Of Trebizond there on
the Black sea.
Romance in Its Spicery
Try to read it's story as history
and you are hopelessly lost in list
of meaningless names. Absorb it as
romance, as you absorb India In Kip
ling's Kim" and the city Of Trebl-
zond Is of enhancing interest.
The earliest navigators the Phoe-
nicians, piled the Black sea and did
carrying trade for the caravans from
the East. Then Britain was but a
wild place, inhabited by savages,
where the low, black ships of the
Phoenicians got tin from the mines
to trade at Trebizond for the jewels
of India and China. Britain we con
slider old, with its ruins, about which
cling the story Of the Roman soldiers
But this was even before Rome en-
tered the world stage 1t was when
Hiram Of Tyre was bringing cedar
for Solomon to build his temple 1t
was when Joseph was the wheat king
Of Egypt and before then, even. 1t
was-heaven knows when 1t was
Trebizond was metropolis when the
earliest man in the West and his WON
ankind began to covet the silk and
gold and jade and perfumes of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
GUIDE TO MARINERS
Perry Memorial on Lake Erie
Proves Its Utility.
Dorlc column 335 Feet High Is Sun
mounted by Powerful Lights, Vis!-
BILE at Great Distance-De-
signed as Monument.

Sandusky, O.-The Doric column or
main shaft of the Perry memorial at
Put-in-Bay, recently completed, has
come to be considered an important
landmark by Great Lakes region mar
liners. Visible by day from points afar,
it serves as guide through the
northern course between the Cana
dian mainland and the shores of the
islands comprising the Lake Erie
archipelago, and the treacherous
south passage, between the islands
on the south and the Ohio shores. By
night its powerful lights can be seen
from almost any point in Lake Erie
between Cleveland on the east and
Toledo and Detroit on the west.
In the United States lake surveys
current bulletin the shaft is described
as located at about the middle of
the low, narrow neck of land forming
the southernmost shore of Put-in-Bay
island, in approximately latitude Al
degrees, SO minutes and IA seconds
north; longitude 50 degrees, As min.
The government officially describes
the shaft as Va Doric column Of whit,
granite, surmounted by bronze
tripod and bowl containing electric
lamps which cast an indirect illu-
mination through a plate glass COW
ering," and mentions that "the column
is as feet in diameter at the base and
33a feet in height, measured from the
terrace at it's base to the top OF the
tripod, and forms a conspicuous land
mark from the lake.
The cornerstone of the Shaft was
laid September 10, 1913 the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the battle of
Lake Erie, in the presence of repre-
sentatives of the national government
and the states Of Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, New
York, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Mime
sofa and Louisiana.
The memorial as a whole was de-
signed as a monument to Commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry and his men,
victors in the battle fought on Putin
Bay that permanently fixed the pres
ent boundary line between the United
States and Canada in the Great Lakes
section and on east to the Atlantic.
For one hundred years the gallant
Perry and his men had been all but
forgotten, the only tribute to their
memory being little pyramid of
rusty cannon balls in one of the pub
lie parks at Put-in-Bay.
1t was after the memorial had been
designed that the possibilities that
strong rays of light shed from the top
of the Doric column or main shaft
might be the means of saving lives or
serve to protect against an enemy
became apparent and steps were taken
to establish the landmark that the
ognized
The Doric column is little more than
central point around which much
costly structural work remains to be
done. A museum is to be erected at
the right OF tn, plaza, In the center Of
which it rests. A statue fianked by Z
colonnade typifying Peace and Arbi-
traton, will be erected on the left
The work is of such nature that 1t
must necessarily proceed slowly.
| There is every promise, however, that
at the end of another year the plans
will have been brought to full fruition.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02

East. Even Egypt. the Egypt of 5000
years ago, was a nippant youth when
the Orient was hoary with age-not
hoary with years. years are not
measurable standard to use-hoary
with age, cons and cons OF time.
Bound the West to the East.
The dust Of Trebizond was tracked
there by countless caravans of pa
vient camels through countless cen
turtles. The route they followed was
the slender thread of a trail that for
centuries bound together the East
and Wcst-the West vigorous In its
crude barbarity, ornamenting itself
with the jewels and silks Of the East,
Between the ayarice of the West
and the riches of the East nature had
put barrier Of mountain and desert
which could be penetrated at only a
few places Uncrringly, with the ex-
pcricnCc Of ages, the caravan leaders
picked the trail 1t ran south 600
miles from Trcbizond to Bagdad. the
IIagdad Of the Arabian Nights and
llarun al Rashid. II broke over into
Persia on the east and ran $50 miles
10 lspahan, then wound among the
mountains and plains east. always
east, $50 miles TO Kandahar in AZ
ghanistan, then up TO Kabul 400 miles
farther and to Jelalabad and through
old Khyber pass into lndia-a full
1000 miles as the camel trails.
At khybcr pass the caravans divid.
ed, going into far Cathay, into Cash.
mcre's lovely wales, sung by Lalla
Rookh's minstrel prince, to mysteri.
Gus Mongolia, to all the Oldest tribes
on earth. who made the Injuries for
the rest Of the world.
| This Is the stored city whose dust
| is being stirred by the warriors of this
the twentieth century. Perhaps the
| very gunpowder that may yet awaken
| the echoes in the old cameltrod
| streets is now being made In n factory
in that crude, upstart land, America,
| which Columbus stumbled on when he
was hunting around for way to cir
| cumyeut the Ottoman to beat the
! camel drivers by getting there with a
ship
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Bumper Crops In Russla.

Russia apparently has plenty of men
still in reserve. Her wheat crop, ac
cording TO estimates published by the
International Institute OF Agriculture.
will be- about 40 per cent larger this
year than last, and the winter rye
yield about 20 per cent larger The
war instead Of decreasing the amount
OF farm work In Russia has stimuat.
ed IT, and the promised crop yield in
dicates that more men are employed
in agriculture this year than there
were last year. Whatever happens,
Russia is not going to be starved out.
--liartford Courant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
NeWspaper Holders.

A simple newspaper holder can be
made by cutting away a portion OF one
side Of an ordinary clothospln, drilling
a hole through the thick end for a
screw or nail, and fastening II In place
where desired Another way IL to split
off one side Of clothespin and cut
the bottom Of The remaining part Ia
pering as shown; then drill a hole Il
avoid splitting the piece and fasten
q convenient place.
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tBy ]. c. BEAVERS. Purdue Experiment 4
Station.)

Thy ]. c. BEAVERS. Purdue Experiment
Station.)
So long as corn remains the princi-
pal crop In Indiana, the selection and
storage of seed corn will continue to
be topics of vital Importance. One
Of the most important factors in corn
production is that of having seed ears
of the right type and of good strong
vitality. These desirable characters
can never be obtained in a strong way
except by giving careful attention to
the selection and storing of seed.
There is only one proper time OF
selecting seed. and that is in the
field, preferably in October. Howev-
err, If you failed to select your seed
at that time, it will be a great deal
better to select it while husking than
to wait until after corn is stored in
the crib.
Seed corn should be we'll dried as
early after husking as possible. When
stored in a crib it does not usually
have opportunity to dry WELL and con-
sequently is more subject to injury
by molds and decay than well-dried
corn. For this reason, If for no other,
get your seed corn before it gets in
the crib, and put it In place where
the air can circulate freely around
each ear and drive out the excess Of
moisture.
Corn may be stored in number of
different ways, any one of which may
be thoroughly satisfactory. Special
seed corn racks are now used by
many, but other methods often prove
more applicable to the average farm
ers conditions. One splendid plan
is to drive No 10 wire nails through
an inch board at a distance of three
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Arcadlsn Disturbances,

The noises of the night can be just
hs aggrayating in the country as in
the city. To be sure, there is not the
clang Of the trolley, but the clang Of
the cowbell in the still watches OF
the night can be just as irritating to
the nerves Of the citizen Who Is try.
ing IN vain 10 WOO slumber These
moral reflections are induced by the
fact that resident Of Carman was
seen chasing COW around a pasture
keld about $3.50 O'Clock one morning
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Hen Lived In Well.

moved from an old abandoned we'll
here at the home of Elnore Dupree,
Second Street, after the well had been
closed up for ever nine months. 1t was
discovered that hen, which had been
missing for over nine months, was at
the bottom OF the well
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Was Great Trade Center.

wonderful treasures of the inscrutable
East.
Was Great Trade Center.
To Trebizold old Genoa turned
when 1t wrested the sea power OF the
world from old Venice. Many nations
traded with Trebizond in its event
full past and everyone in turn waxed
fat and prosperous and fell, until the
Turk came TO control the Dardanelles
in 1853, and now Russia seeks to own
the Black sea.
II was because the ottoman Choked
other traders that Columbus. the son
of proud. rich Genoa sought an all.
water route TO the East
When the first Prov from Europe
grated on the shore Of the China sea
and found the coral reefs of India
then began 81 dwindle that caravan
trade which for ages beyond number
had brought all the Orient, all Cathay
westward in the shortest way. Then
was doomed the camel traffic. II still
persists, long strings OF camels from
the Orient still tread the streets Of
Trebizond, but there IS a railway that
brings goods to Batum, in Russian ter.
ritory, faster than camels can travel
and Batum has the trade.
But Trcbizond Is still a metropolis,
and the dust of Trebizond which Is
disturbed by the war strife carries
with it the romance Of the race and
brings up a mirage 10 the fancy that
includes me brave figures Of past as
old as humanity
Mysticism Of Far Cathay.
When you feel that dust Of ages ris-
ing and smell the sandalwood and
spicery of the East and the same pun.
gent odor Of the camels that you may
have noticed in new America on cir
Gus day, you lose all sense Of time, you
lose view Of the land beyond the west.
ern sea, the land America. 80 new
and fresh and inexperienced with a
mere two or three centuries behind II !.
you lose all tangible things, you be.
come infected with the mysticism Of
the East For the nOVce you forget
time; you are transported TO the Bag
dad OF the Arabian Nights, you re.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Drive Chicken Lice Away.

For Kidding the hen roost Of vermin
q sure means is a preparation OF sui
phur and carbon, known technically
as sulphuret-carbon 1t destroys or
drives away the insects without injur-
ing the birds. Put two ounces OF this
preparation in bottle, open at the
mouth, and hang 1t by string In the
henhouse. After eight or ten days the
bottle should be refilled.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Horse Importatlcns.

According to the figures Of the Unit
ed States bureau Of animal industry,
1910 pure-bred horses were imported
during 1914. or these, 234 stations
and 157 mares were Belgians 1888 stall
lions and ISL mares were Percherons
Verv likely importations In 1915 will
be few
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
HE JUST BEHAVED HIMSELF
Michigan Doctor Explains Why He Is
hale and Hearty at Age Of
Ninety Four.

Battle Creek, Mich DIR. ]. NJ.
PEBBLES. a former resident OF Bat
tie Creek, and now visiting friends
here. expects to live beyond the cen.
fury mark indeed, he believes that
two hundred years should be the NOR
snl span, and that right living will do
much tcwad lifting the race to that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
A Kicker Of a Hubby.

Flint, Mich.-Complaining that her
husband had the habit Of beating her
so badly that he broke some Of her
bones every once in while, Mrs. Car
RE d. Anderson has begun proceed
ings for divorce from Cyrus Anderson.
She alleges that on one occasion he
kicked her and caused an injury from
which she Is still suffering. and again
he struck her so as to cause her to
suffer from stiff neck for three
years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
XIII Cabbage Worms.

For cabbage worms: Mix one part
of fresh Persian insect powder with
four parts of air-slaked lime and dust
It on the plants at regular intervals.
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advanced longevity.

advanced longevity.
Doctor PEBBLES is now living in his
ninetyfourth year and hafe and hearty.
He has reached this eminence In
life through a laconic rule of lv-
ing 1t Is this: Il behave myself
THAT means, according to the aged
physician, regular habits of life-early
hours for retiring. with plenty of exer-
else and strict attention to matters OF
diet. Doctor PEBBLES Is vegeta.
rian.
For GO years he has not tasted
flesh food Of any kind, nor even fish
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Proper Roasting Place.

The hen should have place to
roost and 1t should not be over the
cows. on the farm implements and
buggies, or In the hay NOW.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02

recently, trying to capture her in or.
der to get the bell with which she
was adorned. Duffcrin (Mantoba)
Leader.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-09-02
Select the RustIers.

When buying hens select the rust
lers. They are the best layers and
are more easily fed.
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Warmth for little Turkeys.

Remember that the little turkeys
must be kept dry and warm; and the
same rule applies to little chicks.
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or fowl. He also discards from his
daily menu all condiments, such as
vinegar. mustard. catchup and similar
appetizers.