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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
HOW DAUBIT ROSE TO FAME
Painter May Have Had Successful
Qualities All the Time, and
Then Again

Realism may not always prove up
as an artistic quality" explained the
old critic, but it sometimes hits the
spot as business proposition.
I'm thinking of Daubt. Daubit
was a middle-aged painter with fu'
ture behind him in the little town he
hailed from. He stuck to ideallsm
! until he saw that it was no use, then
he turned realist and took the step
that made him.
About this time he met a spinster
in i'll health, fifty years old, and rich as
Croesus. The spinster was passion
ately fond of cats, and of one big old
tabby in particular.
"Daubit saw his chance. He pulled
the strings and arranged for a bust
ness interview with her He talked
glibly and persuaded her to sit for
her portrait She agreed to let him
paint her as she liked best to sit at
home, with the stipulation that if the
picture did not suit she need not pay
one cent.
But our painter wasn't to be baked
or daunted. He borrowed money on
his dress suit and fixed his studio up
and had her easy chair and other
things hauled down and back every
sitting. He posed her in the chair
and he put beside it the basket in
which her favorite tabby always took
her ease. He painted this basket
empty,
when the picture was done he let
her wait for a day or two before he
invited her and her friends to come
and see it. He sent a special invita-
ton to the big old tabby, too That
pleased her, but she kept her critical
air and made ready to declare that
she did not want the picture enough
to pay real money for it. Just when
she was ready to speak the tabby ap-
preached the picture, seemed to no.
tlce 1t for the first time-it was on
the foor-and then, smelling. new
ing, and evidently delighted, did her
best to get at the basket.
The spinster changed her mind in.
stantly. She took the cats word for
its excellence and bought the picture
at a good round price.
"She hung the picture in her home,
and In six months Daubit was there
with her to help her enjoy it. His
marriage to her made him celebrity
among all the rich people, and now he
sells more than he can paint"
How do you account for his sud-
den SUGGEST" asked the inquiring
friend. Had it in him all the time,
| suppose, and just needed an oppor'
tunity?"
Maybe" went on the old critic,
but friend Of mine who runs little
animal store near Daubits old studio
told me that Daublt came in the day
before the exhibition and bought some
catnip
For my part, I make no rash
charges-genius is genius, even when
it pursues a dark and devious way"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
EYES Front!

The drill instructor passed his hand
YEARLY across his forehead. He had
been breaking in some raw recruits
and instructing them in the elements
OF company drill.
The majority were intelligent fell
lows, and found no difficulty in obey
ing his instructions, but one, in par
ticular, didn't seem able to under
stand even a simple order.
At last, losing his temper. the drill
Instructor determined to bring him
to his senses by holding him up to
ridicule. Calling him to the front,
he proceeded to put him through his
PAGES
Eyes 'front.'" he roared.
To everybody's establishment the re-
cruit gazed absent.mindedly about
him.
do you mean to say" bawled the
instructor, that you do not know
where your front is?"
yes, | know, sir" he replied.
We'll, then, where is it," demanded
the instructor.
Please, sir" he faltered, its gone
to the laundry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The oriole is one of the most at
tractive of American birds. Both the
Baltimore and Bullock" varieties
are described in the United States de-
partment of agricultures Farmers
Bulletin No. $50, entitled Some Com
mon Birds Useful to the Farmer
Brilliancy Of plumage, sweetness OF
song, and food habits to which no ex-
ception can be taken are some Of the
striking characteristics of the Balti-
more oriole. In summer 1T is found
throughout the northern half of the
United States east Of the Great Plains.
It's nest commands hardly less admira-
ton than the beauty of its plumage or
the excellence of its song. Hanging
from the tip of the outermost bough
Of stately elm, it is almost inacces-
sible to depredators ard so strongly
fastened as to bid defiance to the ele-
ments.
Observation both in the field and
laboratory shows that caterpillars con-
stitute the largest item Of the fare Of
the oriole. The other insects consist
Of beetles, bugs, ants, wasps, grass
hoppers and some spiders. The
beetles are principally click beetles,
the larvae Of which are among the
most destructive insects known; and
the bugs include plant and bark lice,
both very harmful but so small and
obscure as to be passed over unno-
ticed by most birds. Ants are eaten
mostly in spring, grasshoppers in July
and August, and wasps and spiders
with considerable regularity through
out the season.
During the stay Of the oriole in the
United States vegetable matter
amounts to only little more than 10
per cent OF it's food, so that the pos
sibility of its doing much damage to
crops is very limited The bird is ac-
cused of eating peas to a considerable
extent, but remains Of such were
found in only two cases. One writer
says that it damages grapes, but none
were found in the stomachs.
The Bullock oriole is practically a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
GOT THE MESSAGE TWISTED
jenkins Believed in Brevity, and All
That Kind Of Thing, but he Had
Sad Awakening.

Jenkins wife was away on visit
Now. Jenkins was very busy man.
He believed not in lengthy commune
cations. In letter-writing, brevity
was the synonym for excellence.
He loved his wife devotedly, enjoyed
hearing from her often. and always
devoured her brief letters with the
keen appetite of an enthusiastic lover.
But to wade through long, drawn
out letter of 16 pages was to him an
utter waste of time and eyesight.
So one day his heart danced with
delight at the receipt of the follow
ing from her "a perfect gem Of thing
so short and sweet-so to the
point:
m. d. l.,
b. S. d. (. t. n. a. n. o. t. w. m. I.
MARY"
He read it:
MY darling love:
Il barely sleep, dearest, for think
ing night after night Of thee. With
much faith, MARY"
He should nave read it thus:
Money down low. | bought silk
dress for thirty-nine at Newburg's on
tick Wire me fifty. MARY"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

| counterpart of the Baltimore oriole,
taking the place of that species west
of the plains and throughout the Pa
cfic coast region. 1t does not essen
TALLY differ in it's habits of eating or
in its food from its eastern relative,
but it is less beautiful in plumage.
The examination of 1862 stomachs
shows that rs per cent Of its food con-
sists Of insects, with a few spiders, a
lizard, a mollusk shell and eggshells.
One Of the most interesting articles Of
food in the orioles dietary was the
black olive scale, found in As stom-
achs, and amounting to per cent OF
the food. In several cases these scales
formed so per cent or more of the
contents, and in one, 80 individual
scales could be counted. They were
evidently standard article Of diet,
month of the orioles stay except April.
The same family of insects other than
scales, eaten quite regularly, make up
a little more than per cent of the
food. They were mostly stinkbugs,
leaf hoppers and tree hoppers. Plant
lice were found in one stomach.
Moths, pupae and caterpillars COM
pose the largest item of the orioles
animal food. The average consump-
ton during its summer stay Is little
more than Al per cent. or these, per-
haps the most interesting were the
pupae and larvae Of the codling moth.
These were found in 90 stomachs,
showing that they are not an unusual
article of diet. No less than IA Of the
pupa cases were found in one stom-
ach, and as they are very fragile many
others may have been present, but
broken beyond recognition.
The vegetable contingent Of the orr
oles food is mostly fruit, especially In
June and July, when it takes kindly
to cherries and apricots, and some
times eats more than the fruit grower
considers fair share. However, no
great complaint is made against the
bird, and it is probable that as rule
it does not do serious harm. With such
a good record as an insect eater 1t can
we'll be spared few cherries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
GUINEAS ARE MOST
PROFITABLE FOWL
Birds Are Industrious in Hunting
for Their Food-Large Range
Should Be Given.

Taking into consideration the little
trouble and cost of raising, guineas are
a most profitable fowl. They hunt for
food in the woods and fields, and do
not come home to get feed as long as
they can forage elsewhere.
Each farm should have at least a
few guineas. Large range should be
given, as the fowls will not thrive
when cooped up.
Guineas are also good watch dogs.
They give an alarm il animals ap-
proach, and keep 1t up until the enemy
has left
A good bird will annually lay about
1876 eggs, which can be sold for the
same price as hens eggs
The cost Of raising gulneas is almost
nothing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of Coffee Habil.

The injurious action of coffee on the
hearts of many persons is we'll known
by physicians to be caused by caffeine.
This is the drug found by chemists In
coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up COT.
fee, as that was the principal cause OF
the trouble. She writes:
my heart was 80 weak 1t could not
do it's work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
l would never breathe again.
"The doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness Of my heart. He
said I must stop 1t, but 1t seemed l
could not give it up until l was down
in bel with nervous prostration.
For eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered Finally husband brought
home some Postum and quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly l
got well. Now do not have any head
aches, nor those spells with weak
heart. We know 1t is Postum that
helped me. The Dr. said the other
day: L never thought you would be
what you are used to weigh 81
pounds and now l weigh 1853.
Postum has done much for me and
I would not go back to coffee again
for I believe 1t would kill me II I kept
at It. Postum must be prepared &C
cording to directions on pkg, then II
has a rich favor and with cream is
fine"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum--is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup OF hot water and, with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. zoe and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost per cup about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
PHL0X FOR THE GREENHOUSE

Perennial phloX makes splendid pot
plants for the greenhouse when treat.
ed after the manner Of chrysanthe,
NUNS. Make cuttings as soon as the
shoots are about two inches long.
Root them in small pots, moving them
along into siX-inch pots and when
these are filed with roots feed with
liquid manure For potting soil use
good loan two parts and weIlrotted
manure one part Grow the plants
outside with the pots plunged to
the rim in earth Only put them in
the green house to finish Water
Literally throughout the summer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
nnk at Separator OIL.

Pay close attention to the oil feed
In the separator when the weather is
cold The oil then thickens and the
oil supply will naturally need TO be
turned on more or the machine, run
ming at such high rate of speed, viii
be greatly worn out. perhaps ruined.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
Should Look Ahead.

Il saw a young chap on n street
corner smile at two newly arrived i'm.
migrants who had all their worldly
possessions tied up In two small bun,
dos"
ct was unkind OF him TO do that"
Certainly; and very foolish, also.
In few years those immigrants may
be able to give him a iirst.class lob. f"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

When planning flower beds and Dor
dcrs, do not overlook tho claims 10
beauty OF the ornamental grasses
They are easy TO grow, beautiful and
graceful during the summer and they
can be cut whom in bloom" for deco
rating the house in the winter time
Giyo them Welldraiued soils aud pien
" OF MaLDr-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

Education that does not NJ man
or woman for the practical work of
life is worse than no education and a
halfhakcd education is q curse. The
boy who attends an agricultural col.
'"gc and does not demonstrate the
truth Of the lessons taught, by actual
work with his own hands, is wasting
time
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
Matter of Sex.

This is one Of the spiciest books |
ever read" remarked the hardware
drummer, as he turned over another
leaf.
"So?" queried the hotel clerk.
whats the name of the authoress?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

Some people are so careless they
don't care what happens, so long as
it doesn't happen to them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
bullets Law Too Early.

Pullets hatched too early frequently
begin laying too early, and mott In fall
and then mott with the hens. Then
they do not begin to lay much u any
sooner. than hens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
w. N. w., MILWAUKEE, NO. 15-1s15.
Sighted.

Sighted.
Dorothy overheard her parents talk
ing about Bible names.
rs my name in the Bible?" she
asked.
''No, dear"
"Why, didn't God make me-"
Yes, dear"
Then why didn't he say something
about it,"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
More Milk From Cows

1t is possible to make cows that
freshen in the fall produce more milk
than when they freshen in the spring.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

The color of egg shells In no way in
fluences the composition of the egg.
Dark shelled eggs are no richer than
white shelled eggs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

Milk that has once been contamin-
ated with foreign substance can never
be thoroughly cleaned
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

It's nice to live in the country
nice for your city relations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
DailY Thounht.

1t is not wealth or ancestry but hon,
orable conduct and noble disposition
that make men great. -Ovid.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
Important to Mothers

Whisky browns some trouble-and
floats a lot more. %
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08

1t isn't every man who can reap his
reward without cutting his fingers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-08
GOOD COFFEE

Ifyou want good, rich coffee buy
Godfrey's
Gold Buckle Nothing Better
Silver Buckle IT'S Fine
Broadway IT'S Good
The best for the money. For sale by
all first-class Grocers. E. r. Godfrey
g. Sons Co., Milwaukee, Wis.-Adv.
The Jones County news., 1915-09-16
Baptis.s to ElIisville,

Hattieshurg, Miss, Sept. TO-
The Lebanon Association, OF
which the four Baptist churches
OF Hattiesburg form = part, will
convene at Ellisville Wednesday,
Oct. 20, at 1880 p. m. The Of
ficers are M. P. L. Love, moder-
ator; A. L. O'Briant, clerk; Van
Polk treasurer. At the organi-
zation of the body it will be neces-
sary to elect new oierk in that
O'Briant is nov pSstor At Oko-
Iona, Miss. The associational
sermon will be delivered by DR..
John T. Christian Of the First
Baptist Church this city. There
are 26 churches in the bounds OF
the association, all of which are
usually represented by letter and
messengers. The meeting will
last for three days.
The Jones County news., 1915-09-16
ABOUT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY.

In speaking OF the projected Nation
al Highway, the Mobile Item says:
Alabama is about to lose the jack
son Memorial Highway from the Great
Lakes 10 New Orleans. Missis ippt
with road organization including
every important town in the State, is
slated to get the highway routed throi
thatSiate when the committee en- route
selection meets at Nashville Septem-
Ter % and "a. Mississippi has been
organized and Is confident of obtain
ing the route for the National High
way, which will mean as much or more
to The cities along the way than a
new line OF railway
This is glorious news TO Ellisville,
Laurel and Jones county, for with the
Alabama route eliminated, 1t means
that this great highway will split our
county wide open and greatly enhance
the value of real estate not only
line OF road but In contiguous coun-
try. AS the Item says 1t will be worth
more than railroad. Strings of
moter cars will traverse this highway
and prove an incentive to every one
To improve their property. Ii will also
furnish splendid road for ali man
ner OF wheeled vehicles. There Is no
rial highway through Albania, for It
would be off the route traversed by
Gen. Jackson and his army on their
way to New Orleans. This country
was then wilderness, aud Old Hick-
ory cut a road clear through Jones
county, and which WAS directly by
the present town OF $3.50. The line
OF this old military road bas been han
ded down through generations and
there Is no doubt about its correct
ness. Sections OF this road are now
In use, while others were abandoned.
Near $3.50 YOU can trace the original
road through the woods and swamps,
It's line being plainly marked 10 this
day. The projected National High
way through Mississippi would follow
the trail OF those old heroes from
Nashville TO New Orleans, and in this
county, for q considerable distance,
1t would be In their tracks. OF course
Jones county will do its full share In
building this great highway; and we
have no doubt but that this is the
route that will be selected. The road
will psss through Laurel, Ellisville,
Mosele and Hattiesburg.
The Jones County news., 1915-09-16

The Jones County Agricultural
High School will give a public
demonstration in vaccinating
hogs for permanent prevention Of
cholera by the simultaneous or
double treatment at the school on
Friday, at 2:30 p. m. Sept. 18th.
Hog cholera is the most fatal
and the most prevalent of hog
diseases in this county. All
farmers recognize this fact and
many, in a vain effort to over
come this drawback to hog rails
ing, are buying all kinds of con-
coctions and patent medicines
which are offered to them by
dealers as cure or prevention
for this deadly disease. By
Government tests it has been
shown that there is but one re-
liable cure or prevention, that is,
the Anti-hog Cholera Serum.
The double, or simultane eous
treatment which will be demon
strated Friday at A. H. s. is the
method endorsed by the State
veterinarian and by the Federal
government as a permanent pre-
vention against hog cholera.
Everyone interested is especial
lv invited to come to A. H. s
Friday and see and learn about
this treatment.
(Signed) F. ]. Hubbard, Prin.
The Jones County news., 1915-09-16

His greeting was most cordial,
and he insisted that / ride with
him as far as Millen. He told me
his estate embraced an entire
town, mines and large landed
property; that he had chartered
cars to make tour to the West
and hunt big game. Sir John
Gordon had with him q number
of trained servants, pack of
dogs, an arsenal of guns, parrot
and other pets. His car was fit
ted up with every comfort money
can buy; but there was no no.
ticeable change in his manner.
He belonged to one of the oldest
and most distinguished families
of Scotland, and Gen. Gordon,
the hero of Kartoon, was near
kinsman.
The Jones County news., 1915-09-16

There will be fair at Richton on
October o, I, s and Q.
The Beaumont Veneering Co.'s en-
tire plant at Perry was DESTROYED by
fire, entailing loss of s24, 900.
Mr. Carl Henderson and Miss Liz
zie Rounsville, OF Rlchtop, are mar
ried.
Collins last week shipped its fret
carload of sweet potatoes to Fort
Worth, Texas. They are expecting
return of $3.50 per bushel, whole-
sale.
Mrs John Geer, living about two
miles from Collins, died last week.
Miss Ethel Daisy Duckworth died
in Collins on Sept. 9Th.
Mrs Lingel, of Mt Olive, while
some Of the ahes hetic got into her
eye and she greatly suffers therefrom,
Judge T N Tbuchstone, OF Braxton,
WAS found deah in, his bed. He re-
tired at nightperfectly well.
Mr. George w Guyens, of Menden
hall, is dead.
Invitations TO the marriage of MI
w NJ SteinRer to Miss Charity Roger,
have been issued, the marriage TO
take place on Wednesday evening
Sept. Is, In the Bay Springs Baptist
Church.
The exceptionally high price quoted
for turpentine and rosin abroad espe-
ciatly in Germany, are causing con-
siderable talk in Hattiesburg finar
cial circles about resuning oper ttion
Of the Hattlesburg Wood Reduction
pllnt.
The dates for the reunion of the
U. c. V. of Mississippi In Biloxi has
been moved up few days as the u.
G. V. of Tennessee will meet IN re-
union at Memphis on Oct. s, 8 and T.,
the dates originally set for the re-
union at Biloxi.
Ed Craft, an employe of Cooley
Bros Lumber Co., at Mize, was in
stantly killed while at work at the
mill. He was at work at the edger
and In some way slab strucn the
saws OF the machine and whirled 1t
against the Craft boy, hitting him on
the back OF the neck, breaking 1t, and
killing him instantly. He was the
main support of his mother and
lumber OF small children, their father
having been killed by Marshal John
son last year.
The Jones County news., 1915-09-16
HEBRON.

A nice rain would be appreciated
Miss Perlje Jefcoats returned home
Saturday, accompanied by Miss Villa
Knight, who will spend the .week with
her.
MIR X Anderson and family are
visiting Mrs b E Huff.
Mr. and Mrs Harmon Crawford and
little Annie Lee we're visiting Mrs
Crawford's 8 parents last week.
Little Solon Huff burned his foot
real bad Friday, when he stepped In
bed of live Goals, where they had
been burning trash In the yard.
Mr. Walter Pickering took dinner
at Mr. r W Pickering's Sunday.
Misses Villa Knight and Perlie jeff
coats spent Monday of last week ut
Mr. Jim o Reddoch's and Carlos ac-
companied them home.
The sewing club met at Misses Mat
tie. Nora and Eunah Graves home
Saturday. All report ., nice time.
Those that attended the sing at
Bruce Sunday we're Messrs Carl
Pickering, Fridge GRmbell, Hollis
Holloman, Misses Myrtle and Virl
Holloman and Eunah Graves.
Brother Crook could not fill his
appointment here on acc cunt OF his
helping in a protracted meeting at
Soso.
Miss Minnie Lee Anderson spent
Sunday with Miss Vennie Knight.
Mr. and Mrs r w Pickerings spent
Sunday with Mr. Taylor McLemore's
family.
Mrs Perlie Bonner Is visiting Mrs
Bob Graves this week.
Mr. Julius Huff was . pleasant caller
1t Mr. Bob Graves Sunday.
Mr. Wilma Eaaterling has gone to
Texas for awhile on business.
Mrs. Joe Graves spent . few days
In Ellisville this week.
Mr. and Mrs Amos McLemore spent
Sunday night with Mr. Will Boney.
A large crowd vent fishinR Satur-
day and caught lot of fish on Leaf
river.
Miss EstelIa McLemore spent the
day With Miss Virginia Gum.
Mr. Chester Knight has put , new
stock OF goods in the store that Mr.
Henry Knight kept awhile. Frank.