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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
Unusual Business Happening.

Through the transfer of lease re-
Gently in New York, what is believed
to be the most unusual trinity Of bust
ness interests in the history of the
country has developed. For hundred
years the same family has retained the
ownership of the property, which has
been occupied in part by the same firm
for that length of time, leasing through
the same real estate brokerage firm.
The property in question is section
of the four-story building at the cor
ner of Front and Fulton streets, which
has come down through three genera
tons of the Peter Schermerhorn fam
lily. The original lease made to Sam
uel G. Smith has been renewed from
year to year for the past century by
the brokerage firm of William Cruik-
shank's Sons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
EARN THEIR CROSSES
WRITER TELLS OF BRAVERY OF
GERMAN FIELD COOKS.
Are Held Responsible for Feeding tho
Men in the Trenches, and Well
and Nobly They Are Doing
Their Duty.

There isn't anything heroic about
New York Globe, ''and when things go
wrong one either apprehends a cook
as chasing a waiter with bread knife
or giving way to tears" Yet the Ger
man army contains many cook whose
expansive apron is decorated with the
iron cross. And the iron cross Mr..
Corey reminds us, sis conferred for
one thing only-for 100 per cent cour-
age" The writer tells an interesting
tale:
They've earned it, said the man
who had seen them. They are the
bravest men in the kaiser's four mil
lions. I've seen generals salute greasy,
paunchy, sour-looking army cooks
THE cooks job is to feed the men
of his company. Each German COM
pany is followed or preceded by field
kitchen on wheels. Sometimes the fires
are kept going while the device
trundles along. The cook stands on
the footboards and thumps his bread.
He is always the first man up in the
morning and the last to sleep at night.
The Teuton believes in plenty of food
of sort. A well-fed soldier will
fight. A hungry one may not.
"'When the company gets into camp
at night said the man who knows,
the cook is there before it, swearing
at his fires and the second cook, and
turning out quantities Of depressing
looking veal stew, which Is, neverthe-
less, very good to eat
When that company goes into the
trenches the cook stays behind. There
is no place for field kitchen in four
foot trench. But these men in the
trench must be fed. The Teuton in,
sists that all soldiers must be fed
but especially the men in a trench.
The others may go hungry, but these
must have tight belts. Upon their
staying power may depend the safety
OF an army.
So, as the company cannot go to
the cook, the cook goes to the COM
pany. When meal hour comes he puts
yoke on his shoulders and cooks
cap on his head and, warning the Sec
ono cook as to what will happen If he
lets the fires go out, puts bucketful
of the veal stew on either end Of the
yoke and goes to his men. Maybe the
trench is under fire. No matter His
men are in that trench and must be
fed.
Sometimes the second cook gets his
step right here. Sometimes the ap-
prentice cook-the dish washers
summoned to pick up the cooks yoke
and refill the spilled buckets and tramp
steadily forward to the line. Some
times the supply of assistant cooks,
even, runs short. But the men in the
trenches always get their food.
That's why so many cooks in the
German army have iron crosses dam
Cling from their breasts said the man
who knows. No drawer men ever lived.
The man In the trench can duck his
head and light his pipe and be rela-
lively safe. No fat cook yoked to two
buckets of veal stew ever can be safe
as he marches down the trench under
fire. But he always marches. His men
are always fed, and fed on time. The
hero of the German campaign is the
fat cook of the field Kitchen"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
Will Create Precedent.

The first instance in Europe of the
use of a submarine cable for the trans
portation Of high voltage electric pow
er current will be in connection with
the project for supplying practically
all of Denmark with cheap electricity
for both light and power, generated by
waterpower in Sweden. When COM
pleted, power sufficient to provide for
an area Of 500 square miles will be
brought across three high-pressure
cables laid under "the sound" at the
entrance of the Baltic sea. The elec-
tricity is to be generated with power
from the Swedish river Lagan, supple
mented with the use of low-grade coal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
BOWERY IS ORDERLY
New York Thoroughfare Not as
Black as Painted.
For One Man Who Would Insult
Lone Woman, a Hundred Would
Fight for Her-ls Fort of
Missing Men.

New York.-"There Ia nearly al
much crime committed in Fifth avenue
every day in the week as there is in
the much-abused Bowery." says Fa-
Their William J. Rafter, in charge of
the Holy Name mission in the Bowery.
"A lady could start from Cooper
square and walk on one side Of the
Bowery down to Park row and back
again on the other side and there
wouldn't be one slurring remark
passed regarding her. II any man
dared there would be hundred ready
to fight him.
"In the mind Of the average citizen
the name 'Bowery' is one Of evil re-
pute-the recognized habitat OF
brazen vice and unfettered crime. He
believes that no one lives within its
crime-steeped precincts except the
predatory and murderous denizens of
the underworld To him it is the
Bowery of fiction.
How vastly different is the poor
old Bowery today. It's character
may be summed up in three words
poor but respectable Physically
considered, it is one of the main
arteries of the city's downtown traffic.
Across 1t at every block the East side
pours its teeming thousands into the
Broadway business district. 1t is
practically the Broadway of the East
side. On both sides 1t is lined with
retail stores of every description. BY
night it is lighted by store and street
lamps, and during the day the side
walks are crowded with people. Its
people-and there are as many as
$4,000 OF them-are mostly honest,
harmless. law-abiding men, Poor?
Yes. Many of them would be abso-
lutely homeless were 1t not for the
cheap lodging houses where for ten or
fifteen cents one may obtain shelter
for the night 1t is the Mecca of the
poor and unfortunate. We have many
college graduates within our midst
and most of them come from good
homes.
There is scarcely town or city In
the country which has not at least one
representative on this thoroughfare
Indeed the Bowery belongs to the
whole world There Is no better
place to look for a missing man. Only
the other day two young girls came
to me seeking to learn the where
abouts of their father, whom they
hadn't seen In years. I expected the
man to call about six o'clock, for 1t so
happened that he was one of my spe-
cial charges. 1t was scarcely five,
so they went to small restaurant
near to have a bite to eat. Scarcely
we're they seated when the door
opened and in came their father with
a shovel over his arm. | had helped
him to save some money from his
small wages and he now Is an indie.
pendent, upright man.
Few OF our men are drunkards,
though it is the common belief that
habitues of the Bowery spend every
penny they get on liquor. Our men
do not drink On the contrary. when
they have a little money they pay
back what they owe or save it for a
rainy day"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
DOG PHONES IN FIRE ALARM
Central" Calls Department in Wiscon
Gin City and Mans Life
10 Saved.

Oshkosh. Wis-"Number, please"
said central at four o'clock the other
morning. "Woof, wool, wool" was the
answer. Then there came banging
at the subscribers end Of the local
telephone line. A long-drawn howl,
more barking, and then silence. Cen.
trail was surprised at such an early
call. though Fred Peters collie has
been taught to bark over the phone.
The dogs antics worried her, but she
called through the phone Good old
Prince"
The dog barked and howled again.
The hello girl, convinced there was
trouble, called the fire department,
which arrived in time to find the Pc.
ters attic in flames, with Peters near
ly unconscious from smoke.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
Never Had EN-.

Old Dick was a plantation darby
He was rarely sick, and he always
claimed 1t was due to the way he had
lived, One day as he was walking
down the street local merchant.
taking advantage of his ignorance. &C.
costed him thus:
Dick, one Of your best friends has
just told me that you have ancestors
Of the worst sort"
Nov. look heah. Cap'in Gawg, |
doan want to hurt nobody, but I jes'
want to know who dat man was wot
toll you, an l sho will go after him,
cause he done gone and suit me.
Me got ancestors? Why. cap'in, that's
as big a lie as was eber told; neber
had nothin' in my life but the humps
and collie. "-National Monthly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
May Abandon Seal Hunting.

Unless some plan can be devised
within month whereby the skins and
oil of the hair seal can be utilized by
the British government for war sup
plies, there is strong possibility that
the seal hunt, which has been an i'm.
portant factor in the commerce Of
Newfoundland for many years, will be
abandoned for the coming season. Be-
cause of industrial depression and the
war, none of last years catch of $780,
600 has been disposed OF, and about
half of the great catch of $4,000 skins
in 1913 remains in the hands of brokers
in London and New York.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25

this place half-decayed sod and fill
with carefully mixed and sfted leaf
mold and sand.
Make the surface OF the soil per
fectly smooth and level and then scat
ter the spores on 1t and leave them
without any covering, that Is, of soil
However, they must be inclosed In
glass by placing pane of glass over
the seed-box or pan.
Water by placing the seed-pan in
water. and keep it there until the wa
ter appears on the surface Of the soil.
Then remove at once, for too much
water will destroy the spores. Keep
the box in the light, but not the sun,
remembering that ferns naturally
grow in shady places and that we
should try to follow natures lead
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
H0TBED FOR EARLY FLOWERS

A hotbed enables one TO gain
month on the season. They are made
and handled like a coldframe. but are
built In a hreefoot.deep excavation
which is filed to the level OF the earth
with fresh stable manure. which for
few days has been lermented and
forked and fermented again It must
be trodden down and, when the soil Is
at 80 degrees temperature, covered
with six inches of rich soil Bank
up the outside. When the sun shines
the temperature OF the air in the bed
may be 20 TO so and at other times 81
to 60 degrees. A hotbed extends the
season OF tender ANNALS by making
possible al early start for transplant
ing in May
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25

Will kill 1t. Try to use judgment.
When you find a plant or plants
with lice on them, have ready a large
tight box and cover the bottom
of 1t with an inch OF cut tobacco
stems On this sprinkle little boil.
Ing water. set the plants at once on
for twentyfour hours. The lice Will
be sick II not dead Repeat If neces-
sary. This is better than smoking
or dipping
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
Fortunate.

The German scout car had blum
post, and in a hail of rifle bullets was
making all speed to get away, Sud
denly the man beside the driver put
his hand to his shoulder and shvered.
why did you SILVER, Baron" said
the man at the wheel. too busy with
his driving to look around
Il couldn't help it., was the reply
"a bullet just went through my arm
and | thought what would have hap
pened IL II had hit tire"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
ParoIed Boy Repays Theft

Glenwood Springs, Colo.-"Bitten in
the foot by his own false teeth" is tho
claim OF Emil Freidheim, a well-to-do
rancher OF Grand Valley. He shows
the sore foot and dentists bill to
corroborate his story. Freidheim was
reading In bed when he sneezed and
out flew the teeth. He hoped out
of bed to rescue them and stepped
on two teeth.
The manufactured molars "bit" into
the tender portion Of his foot and in
ficted painful injury.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25

Toledo.-The body of Mrs. Agnes
Yoder, twenty-five. wife OF Edward
loder, lay preacher of Milford,
Mich. was found in a bathroom in n
home for girls. All the clothing was
burned off and the flesh cooked The
coroner found that Mrs. Yoder had
committed suicide by saturating her
clothing with coal oil and igniting 1t.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
CARE OF THE FERNS
BY L, M. BENNINGTON.

The ordinary way to propagate this
class of plants is by dividing the
plants, by the creeping rhizomes, by
the little bulbets that form on the
fronds and by the seeds or spores that
appear on the under side of the
leaves.
it most interesting to propagate by
spores and perchance produce a really
valuable addition to these beautiful
and graceful plants.
Procure a seed.pan or box with
plenty of drainage holes, and cover
the bottom with broken crockery. On
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
Just Any Kind.

Betty and two Of her playmates
spent an hour shaking Betty's bank
and then rushed to the corner store
with the single coin they were able
to entice through the slot.
whats for you, little ones?" asked
the storeman.
Throwing the coin on the low glass
case, Betty replied with an air of con-
tented Indifference:
Our folks are all rich. Jlst give
us a cents worth Of any kind OF
candy"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
BLOWS ALL IN ONE NIGHT
Lumberjack Saved Ninety Dollars, But
Only Had Fifty Cents Left in
Police Court.

Spokane, Wash .-HavinR worked
three months In a logging camp near
BOWL, Idaho. Daniel Schubert, husky
young woodsman, came here to spend
the $50 he had saved lie succeeded
beyond his widest expectations, ac-
cording to the story he told In police
court next day, where he was tried on
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
A IL Seemed to EItzstop.

WAS your father pirate?" asked
young FHtzstop Of the girl Of his choice
at a clandestine meeting, after the
old sea captain had urged his exit
from the family mansion on the hill
by the use Of his pedal extremity.
mo. my darling" was the reply.
why do you ask?"
HE seemed to me to be a good deal
Of a freebooter" said the young man.
refectively.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
STOP RAPID TOP GROWTH

If Il plant Is growing too tall and
lanky. tand nearly all want to-. nip
of the tip Of each branch This checks
growth. forces the strength into the
bark and viii keep your plant In a
more compact form
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
a disorderly conduct charge.

disorderly conduct charge.
You're welcome to all I've got,
your honor" was Schuberts reply to
Justice Wits remark that he thought
50 and costs would be about right.
How much of that 800 have you
l,ft?' asked the court. and the youth.
full lumberiack smilingly replied. $50
cents"
That's going some" said Justice
Witt. The sentence is suspended pro-
yided you get back to Bovill and go
to work again and stay away from the
bright lights"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25
VERY True,

Church-What do you think of this
sx-cents-a-loaf bread?
Gotham-Well, l don't think 1t is
any better than the five-cent loaf.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25

From Warsaw to Berlin Is a dis.
lance of 1893 miles
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-25

A man gets down to bed rock when
he has to keep the cradle In motion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-20
Christmas Gifts In Attractive WFap9lngs

YTNHE humblest gift goes forth on It's < Christmas travels in a decorative dress. No one thinks of sending g Christmas package in the. usual store wrappings, and each season there arc fascinating adornments for the inside and outside of a package. A
 The ordinary gift has incIosed in it Q Christmas card with appropriate efn- bellishment. Among the designs is one with a miniature tree at one corner and a steaming plum pudding at the other, connected by a ''Merry Christmas'' scroll. For children is a holly bordered card with Santa Claus filling the stock ing before the open grate. In good taste is a green holly wreath tied with a red bow, and for the best girl is a suggestive mistletoe card
 With the card tucked in, the gift is first wrapped in white tissue paper IT this is bought by the ream at a whole saler's money is saved and there is no danger of it's running out incOnvenient- ly. Where the gift is to be sent by hand the tissue paper is tied with red green or holly ribbon. and often bit Of real holly is tucked through the bow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-20

lustrous. wonderful garment for just the right occasion.
 A triumph of net and yellow fai11e elassfure is the gown amply draped in simple folds under the embroidered hip yolk SO like an Elizabethan doublet. A modified surpice is the simple net bod ice with it's beautiful bell: sleeves. Pearls have been worked into both the gtrdle and the embroidery of the doub- let. s.-sFgss s 4F..ss
 The pannier is still with us. It helps to produce asdatnty frock of pussy willow tafeta in brier rose shade draped over a lace drop which is also embroidered with metal threads. This motif is re- peated in the youthful bodice, which is finished with wide, crush girdle.
 ! Kings blue panne velvet cut in petal shaped panels develops the interesting feature about another model i1lustrat~ ed. The bodice is white net. elabo- rately beaded in, different shades of blue, while two velvet peoples flame in the corsage.s Such froclzs of daintiness demand appropriate wraps. The quaint.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-20
RARYHYalENE.

TT does no harm to reiterate fre-
 quently that the baby should never have pacfher. or if it has one it should be deprived of it at once. Just how many abnormal growths of ade- holds are to be traced to this source only the doctors and visiting nurses can tell, but there is certainly. no better way to promote improper breathing and to introduce disease germs into baby's mouth than by this pernicious sucking of pacifer which is rarely clean after repeated handling and dropping.
 Continual sucking leads the baby into the habit of mouth breathing, and if the pacifier continues in favor it also deforms the jaw. besides making the child swallow too much saliva Know ing the chapter of ills following in the wake of this quiet1ng toy. how can any mother make use of one?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-20
E .l
FOR THE 5 O'CLOCK

WHERE is always a search for appe-
 tizing and attractive refreshments for afternoon card parties, teas and other forms of sociability. The truly successful hostess is the one who serves refreshments not too elaborate, but always satisfying and interesting. Fortunately the day of high tea" has gone. Bouillon. Salad, jelIiess sand wiches, cakes. ices. coffee. tea and chocolate, with quantities of candies and nuts. no longer find place on the afternoon tea table. No hostess feels ashamed of offering only sandwiches. tea or chocolate, little cakes, candies and salted nuts for even a. formal aft ernoon tea, although an ice of some sort-sherbet, cafe frappe or some oth- CT light Sorts often offered
 It is always well to seek for new kinds of sandwiches. Fish minced fine and mixed with a little mayonnaise is good Nuts and cheese in countless com binations are always delicious, es- pecialIy on thin slices of whole wheat bread. Sliced crisp cucuInberss with a. drop of onion juice added to the spoon full of n1ayonnaise with which they are spread. make another good sandwich filling. ,7
 Something unusual in the way of an ice. too, is worth looking for. Nessel- rode pudding made in individual Inolds is attractive and can be bought for $1.50 or $1.75 a dozen. A mixture of vanilla ice cream with cherries chopped through it and chocolate ice cream with burnt almonds sprinkled <1avish1y through it is also delicious.
 Almost any sort of ice cream served in tall stemnped sherbet glasses is dain- ty Coffee ice cream topped with a spoonful of whipped cream sprfnlled with grated nutmeg is one good com bination. Others are chocolate ice cream garnished with whipped cream and candied cherries and rich vanilla ice cream with a sauce made of a little chopped orange pulp, sugar and orange juice.
 As for the cakes. there are many sorts of thin. sweet wafers that are good, and they are especially desirable because they are so easy to handle. A good cooky dough. cut with a lady Nn- ger tin and cooked crisp and brown, makes an acceptable cake with ices or tea Tiny cream puffs, iced with chocolate or other colored icing. are also delicious.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-20
J~ Concerning Children

FFtfzE small boy IS loud tn his protesta-
 tions as he and his little churns play together. all of whom are older than he. ,ThA boy realizes that the oth- CT children ara prepared to take advan- tage of him, and the fnstinctive habi. of self protect ton, common to all anil mals, makes him resent the attempt. I'm his efforts to maintain his own rights he is very likely to become in- ststent and dictatorfai. and he will not hesitate to take advantage of the fact that he is younger than the others and go under the protection Of his elders, who he feels certain will be on his side in the discussion.
 A child is never too young to be taught that he must not be selfish and must ask no more than his rights. This habit of iording 1t over all his companions may increase as he grows older unless a wise mother can reason him out of it.
 Tn a family composed for the most parts of boys the girls often make life miserab1e for them by self1shly appro- nttatinE the chief pleasures for them selves Many men who have poor opinion of women gained this opinion .as, children in their own homes where selfish girls were allowed to insist that boys should cafzalrously defer to them in everything.
 Boys and girls in family should be brought up in the same way. and what Is right for one should be considered right for the other
 'sOh. but you win be man and give up to your little sister" the mother Bays, and the selfish girl is allowed to