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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17

ana for recreation purposes, for which
reasons alone Il farm with a well-lo-
Gated grove of trees. however small,
will sell for more than one without
Thus woodlot may at the same time
increase the general prosperity of the
farm, add to It's comfort as a home,
and enhance its value as an invest
ment.
The reason farmers have not given
as full consideration to the woodlOt
as 1t deserves is that they have not
had complete enough knowledge of the
market possibilities of various wood
lot products and of the rate of growth
and possible yields per acre of prop
erly cared for stands of different spe-
cies and ages, or that they have consid-
cred only the present need and have
not looked ahead. Special attention
is now being given by the forest serv-
ice TO these questions ana to the qucs-
ton of improved methods of market
ing. Information about the uses of
various kinds of wood and the markets
for them has been compiled for mum
Der of states. In some cases this in
formation has been published by the
State Foresters in Wood Using In
dustry Reports and in Handbooks for
Marketing WOodlot Products. 4 new
bulletin prepared by the forest serv-
ice Farmers Bulletin No. rs. Meas
urins md Marketing WoodlOt Prod
ucts) IS a handbook of practical in
formation for farmers regarding the
measurement of timber, the forms in
which woodlot products are sold, the
methods of sale, and the way to find
Il market. Another just published
Farmers Bulletin No. I'll, The Care
and Improvement Of the WoodloD
contains information intended to as
slst the farmer in managing his wood
lot so that 1t will yield the best quail
ity and the largest amount Of timber
of which il is capable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Making Mere Wood Flour.

One of the new Industries increased
by the European war is the manufac-
ture Of wood flour in the United
States. Last month over 10000 tons
valued at 100000 was manufactured
chiefly in small mills which are scat
tered over the country from Maine
TO California. The flour is used in
substitute for the cork imported from
Spain before the war, and also enters
largely into the composition of some
of the heavier and handsomer wall
papers. Wood flour is made from
which until a few years ago was
burned at most American Sawmills.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
MEN AND MATTERS

Ever since the year 1896, all the
fine porcelain used in China's royal
palaces has come from the King Teh
Cheng factory. The factory was part
ly destroyed and many of its choice
designs were divided among certain
revolutionists. Recently, the ancient
factory has received a grant of 500
600 and will again produce the rare
and beautiful porcelain for which 1t Is
noted.
The Mount Wilson Solar observatory
has completed catalogue of the mag
nitudes and colors Of more than 1000
stars in the globular cluster Messier
10. Nearly II per cent of these stars
have negative color induces, suggesting
that in this direction there is no
marked absorption of light in space.
OF the 400 brightest stars. 70 per cent
are redder than normal solar type
star; of the 400 faintest, So per cent
are bluer than the normal solar type
star BY statistical methods the paral-
lax of the cluster has been found to be
less than 0.0001 second of arc. Five
new variables have been discovered in
this cluster, making a total of seven.
Buoys that make tapping noise as
they pass through the water and leave
a plainlyseen wake have been invent
ed in England to be towed behind ves-
sells to guild following ones in fogs.
For measuring cloth in roll with
out unrolling it there has been invented
a device that passes thread between
its folds and at the same time auto
matically measures the thread.
Parchment manuscripts nearly 500
years old, from which the ink has
faded from view, have been read by a
Berlin scientist who photographed
them with ultraviolet rays
The 21a-story frame colonial style
home of William Loring Andrews, in
Oak Neck road, two miles east Of Bah
yon, l.. / is a replica of the Longfel-
low home at Cambridge. 1t is set back
some distance from the highway on an
elevation, which is beautifully ter
raced.
New York's bureau OF pure foods,
with its corps of inspectors, claims to
have put REINFORCED sugar out of the
local market and killed the industry
of freshening stale fish with paint.
Starved chicken, bogus salmon and
doped candies are also chased into
seclusion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Saved an Empress.

With the filing of the will of Mrs.
Sarah Gray Crane in the Surrogate's
court trust fund of $4,000 became
available for the trustees of Amherst
college. DR. Edward A. Crane, her huS-
band, had left the bulk of his estate in
trust for the benefit of his widow.
After her death ii was to 20 to Am
hcrSt. How Doctor Crane saved the
life of Empress Eugene from a Paris
mob Of September 1, 1870, was told in
the will. He planned the secret flight
of the empress from Paris to Dcnu-
vile when the republic was proclaimed
after the news of the Sedan surrender.
He arranged passage on Lord Bur
goync's yacht and took her TO ENGLAND.
The empress rewarded Doctor Crane
with a handsome pearl.--Ncw York
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
OLD WOODIOT, UNGRAZED-NOTE YOUNG TREES WHICH WILL


From the United States Department Of
Agriculture.)
A permanent woodlot is an essential
part of well-eQupped farm. In heav-
lily wooded states especially farmers
are likely to overlook this fact and
reckIessly cut, misuse, or clear up
their forest areas. 1t does not occur
to them that it may be advisable to al
low thrifty, immature timber to ma
ture rather than to remove ii at loss
and that it is often better to practice
intensive agriculture on areas already
cleared than to clear additional areas
which are in growing timber.
The one direct economic reason for
the use of land as woOdlot is that on
some areas timber is the most profit
able crop that can be grown. This, of
course, is especially true Of poor and
rough land. Where all the land is
adaptable to more valuable crops the
woodlot should occupy only small
part of the farm area.
Their are a great many indirect con
siderationS, however, which Justify the
maintenance of a permanent woodlot
on the farm. The important ones, IA
number of which are usually active in
any particular case, are: % For con
venience of home use for fuel, posts,
and other farm needs; (2) as a wind
break for buildings or crops; (3) as
a shelter for stock; (D for protection
of land from erosion; (5) to furnish
work for men and teams during spare
time; (6) for purely esthetic reasons
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
PORT OF MISSING WHEELS
Writer Throws Some New Light on
the Eventual Fate of
Bicycles.

Perhaps you have wondered what
has become of all the old bicycles. Not
So long ago everybody had one-fa-
Their, mother, children and aunts from
the country. And then, in the night,
motor cars got cheaper and all the
bicycles disappeared. Like the Palm
Beach suits they are all here in Flor
ida. There are bicycles everywhere,
on the fiat, hard beautiful roads, on
the curbstones, leaning against the
piazzas, in the streets. If the mo-
tor car has swept them from the north
ern streets, it has not done that here.
Men, women and children on bicycles
whirl about the streets, tingling their
little bells and the motor-car drivers
look out for them. Just beyond the
veranda at Palm Beach were hundreds
of bicycles waiting to be hired. Out
on the shaded roads were other hun
dreds bearing their gayly attired bur
dens.
In the lobby, where was making my
way to the desk, were dozens of wom-
en- dressed for wheeling. Margaret
futile, in Saturday Evening Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Cockroach a Troubler.

Recently while inspecting n large
plant attention was called to peculiar
incident. On branch circuit there
was some peculiar trouble. Fuses would
blow out at various intervals running
from one-half to twenty-four hours.
says the Popular Science Monthly. At
first no attention was paid, but when
the ground detector started TO show
signs of trouble, first on one side and
then on the other, an investigation was
made. Covers were removed from the
outlet boxes and from one box Il
shower of live and dead coCkroaches
fel! on the head Of the examiner. On
looking into the box, ii was found that
the insulation around the joints and
especially at the points had been en-
tirely eaten away, the vibration do
ing the rest toward creating the trou-
BILE.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Taken at His Word.

A commercial traveller on the first
trip called upon a well-known chemist.
He was nervous as he put his hand in
his pocket and drew out a card.
II represent that concern" said he.
you are fortunate" replied the
chemist.
The traveller was encouraged.
81 think so, sir" he said, "and the
chemist who trades with us is even
more So My firm has the finest line of
cosmetics in the world"
II shouldn't have thought it" slowly
responded the man of medicines. "Uer
complexion looks natural And he
handed back the photograph which the
young man had given him in mistake.
The traveller didn't wait for his Or
der.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17

The farmer too often considers only
the local and immediate uses of
woodlot, overemphasizing them and
disregarding other functions that
might ultimately prove to be more i'm
portant. For example, where agricul-
ture is entering heavily wooded re-
gions, timber is likely TO be considered
only an REMEMBRANCE. In long-scttled
farming regions, where most of the
timber has been cut and only Il few
trees are left, the farmers may prefer
To save the remnant for the shade il
gives to stock or buildings or because
1t improves the appearance of the
farm. In prairie country, protection
10 grain crops orchards, stock, or
buildings together with service as
convenient supply of wood for farm
consumption, may cause owners To
place a high value on their wood
lots. In mountainous regions near
thickly populated manufacturing cen
terS the WOOdlOt may be valued for its
wood-producng capacity alone The
temptation is TO forget or undcrcsti-
mate those functions which are not
obviously and Immediately beneficial.
As a matter of fact, the less obvious
functions are often the very ones
which are likely TO prove of the great.
est value in the long run. For exam
pie, many of the Minnesota farmers
who totally cleared their lands would
be glad to have their woOdlots back
again for protective and other pur-
poses; and farmers in the Central
states already regret the abuse which
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
DANISH PlMPLES QUICKLY
Easily and Cheaply by Using Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

Smear the pimples lightly with Cuti-
allow it to remain on five minutes.
Then battle with hot water and Cuti-
cura Soap and continue some minutes.
This treatment is best upon rising and
retiring, but is effective at any time,
Free sample each by mail with Book,
Address postcard, Cu,icura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
To Clean Paint.

The easiest and quickest way of
cleaning paint Is to have two pals of
water, one cold, to which tablespoon
full of ammonia has been added, and
one hot, with the addition of little
ammonia and soap powder. With II
soft flannel wash the paint with the
soapy water, then rinse with the cold
water, using a wash leather instead of
the flannel, and wiring the leather fair
ly dry. Paint washed like this dries
with nice polish. which no amount
of drying with cloths and using hot
water alone will impart.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
FLAG SEEN IN THE CLOUDS
Superstitious in Pennsylvania Town
Believed to Omen Fortelline
Wars Approach.

The spectacle of the American flag
depicted in its natural colors wildly
on low, overhanging clouds one night
caused a sensation among supersti-
tious people of Pottsville, Pa, many of
whom considered the national emblem
in the heavens to be an omen of APP
preaching war.
Courthouse officials have been keep
ing a searchlight trained upon big
flag flying from staff on the top of
the courthouse, and believe the IN
the colors of the flag on the low-lying
clouds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Grub Out Briers.

Let us insist on the grubblng out
Of the brush and briers from the pas
ture, or the Enclosure called pas
ture, during the idle days. Pasture
plants already have possession of the
land. There Is no part of the farm
that will pay more for a little atten-
ton than will the pasture.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Generating Animation.

The professor was trying to- dem
oustrnte simple experiment in the
generation of steam.
What have | in my haud?" ne
asked.
"a tin can came the answer in
concert.
Very true. Is the can an animate
or an inanmate objcct?'
"!nanmate."
Exactly. Now, can any little boy
or girl tell me how, with this tin can
II is possible to generate Il surprising
amount of speed and power almost
beyond controlF"
One little boy raised his right hand
You may answer, Rutherford"
"Iie it to "a dogs tail. '--pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telcgraph.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Fly-TiQht Manure Box

1t will only take half day and
little jag of lumber to make n fy.
tight manure box. Every barn ought
to have oue--but it must he absolutely
tight, because YOU know flies breed in
the stable manure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
August is, 1915.

Germans took outlying forts
Of kovno and Novogeoreievsk.
French won artillery fight
near scissors.
Turko recaptured Van from
Russians.
U. S. accepted Germany's plan
Of settlement for the Frye case.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Watch for Low Places

Keep your eye out for low places
in the fence. Cattle are quick 10 see
ana take advantage u such places.
and when they once begin to break In
are hard to restrain
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
August II, 1915.

Germans captured southwest
front of kovno, with 1850 men.
Won Mackensen cut Cholm-
Brest-Litovsk railway.
Russians again took Van and
made other gains in Caucasus.
Austrian fleet bombarded
PeIaeosa island in Adriatic.
Zeppelins raided outskirts Of
London.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17

has robbed their woodlots of the ca
pacity 10 yield Il wood crop of incrcaS-
ing value on the poorer soils of the
farm. 1t is, therefore greatly to the
interest of all farmers to consider
not only the present but the possible
future usefulness of farm woudlut.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
August IS, 1915.

August IS, 1915.
Germans neared kovno.
Russians defeated by Germans
near kubisko.
Austrians resumed lombard
ment of Belgrade.
Russians advanced In the eau.
casus.
German embassy at Washing
ton published charges that many
British merchantmen had flown
American flag.
American note to Austria re-
fusing to stop shipment of NUM-
tons published.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
The Vital Question.

In SS15-How many miles will it go
an hour?
In 19l6-lIow many miles will il go
on "A gallon of gasoine?-Cornell WI
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Confirmed pessim ( ST

81 never hear you discussing the
weather"
whats the use" asked the mcIan-
choly man. Every time it rains some
body steals my umbrella and every
time the sun comes out | get ink spots
on my Palm Beach suit and have to
send II 90 the cleaner"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
August IA, 1915.

August IA, 1915.
Germans bombarded Novo-
georgevsk.
Severe fighting on the Zlota
Lipa.
Austrians advanced along the
Bug river.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
August 18, 1915.

kovno occupied by the Ger
mans.
Germans took two more forts
of Novogeorgievsk.
Won Mackensen's forces
crossed the Bug.
Violent artillery duels along
whole western front.
Italians took many Austrian
trenches in Tolmino and Carso
regions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
Enemy OF WireWo

The horned toad Is Il great enemy Of
the western wireworms.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17

\ king in the hand is worth three
in the pack.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17

How disappointed most men must
feel every time they look into mir
rOrt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17
August 10, 1915.

August 10, 1915.
Two more Novoeeorgievsk
forts taken by Germans.
Austro- German forces pene.
trated outer defenses of Brest-
litovsk.
White Star liner Arabic sunk
by German submarine; 81 lost.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-08-17

August 20, 1915.
Germans took NovogeorgieVsk,
with great stores of supplies.
Italy declared war on Turkey.
Heavy fighting on the Belgian
front.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

The fame of the state of Vermont
is worldwide, and many episodes of
rich historical value have been enacted
within her borders. 4 new honor, es-
recially interesting to Holstein enthu-
siasts, is the recent magnificent per
Torrance of the 12-year-old Holstein
COW, Fluella Mechtilde, owned by DR..
j. &. Whitney, Of Montpelier. For an
animal of that age to produce 1876
pounds of butter from SSH pounds
of milk in seven days is certainly
little short of marvellous. AT 10y.
, months 16 days, Valdessa Scott I'd
1911 made an. A. r. o. record of
G11.4 lbs. milk and 81. ass lbs. butter;
but above that age no record equals
that made by Fluella at u years.
Another notable record for age, but
one which does not approach the u
year marvel, is that Of DeKol Queen
La Polka Cd 1926, who produced
80S,5 lbs. milk, 32.5SO lbs. butter in
Z days, at 10 Y. 4 m. 90 d. No 9-year
COW is on record exceeding "Fluella -
in production but two Swear olds
have far outdistanced her.
Fluella Mechtilde 696S2 was born
Feb. ID, 1904, and was bred by B. =
Marshall West Burke, Vt. She was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

ADVERTISE YOUR TO RENT
m THE DNILY REFoRMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

mel feels. has left the people in a position
where they have found it difficult to grasp
the real extent Of the indignities which
have been heaped upon the citizens of this
country by some other nations.
The President by his address, some OF
the Roosevelt advisers assert. has LETT the
citizens OF this country in a dazed state
of mind in which they find it difficult, il
not impossible, to understand Just what
the President means to convey, whether
he is rctreating or advancing, threatening
or preparing for further concessions which
do not fit well with the upholding of the
honor of the country among the nations
Of the world These speeches, it has been
pointed out, have been cabled abroad and
undoubtedly have received careful scrutiny
by foreign countries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

sired by Count Paul Hartog 269S9,
and her dam was Buda Mechtilde 81
367 Her next owner was G. w. Bean
of West Glover, of whom DIR. Whitney
purchased her, Oct. 80, 1915. She
dropped a bull calf on Jan. 20 and
the doctor decided to delay the test
until she had passed the 18th ami
versary of her birthday.
A balanced ration prescribed by the
Vermont state agricultural college
was fed to her, consisting of 80 lbs.
grain, "a to 26 lbs. beet pulp, to 10
lbs. alfalfa, and 4 to lbs. of red
clover daily. She was fed and MIXED
each time fed. During the test she
was in charge of officials of the state
experiment station. So great was the
interest taken. by farmers and breed
ers, not only IN the state of Vermont
but in the Middle Western states,
that the telegraph operators were kept
busy each day sending bulletins.
DR.. whitney owns daughter OF
Fluella MechtiIde, little over a year
old, in addition to the bull calf, and
up to the present has steadfastly re
fused a number of persistent offer:
for the family,~o any of the individ
ual members. -Hslstsis Friesian Re
gister.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

sponsibllity for Crisis and Act With
cut Congressional 1Eelp-Unprepared
ness Scored.
OYSTER BAY. J.. l.. April ia firm
foreign policy, coupled with adequate step.
to prepare this country TO protect its hon
or and the safely Of its citizens, woulG
have prevented JGe sinking of the Lus.
tania and the tragedies which followed on
the high seas in which Americans wer,
killed, according 10 the hciie5 Of Col. Thee
dore Roosevelt
The colonel would not discuss III detai
lat night the action taken ny the Pres
don't il calling joint session Of the house,
OF congress today to consider our dchcat
relations with Germany over the subma
riue warfare, but he made i very cviden
that he did not approve Of the steps cor
templated, and that, in his opinion, it Wa
the duty of the President TO assume IL.
role of leader in s4lch a crisis.
\ country cannot successfully conduc
its foreign affairs by town meeting
methods, the colonel feels, and he is jus.
as firmly convinced that congress with it
many members OF varying beliefs cannor
wisely determine the issues raised in sucl
a situation, wholly created by the execu
tive arm of the government.
The colonel pointed out that the consti
tuition of the United States directed tn
President to conduct negotiations wit
foreign powers. The President is the lead
er under such directions, the colonel b.
lieves, and, therefore, the President shout
lead and not seek to pass the responsible
to any other individual or body Of men VIII,
might be in a less advantageous positio7
to handle such problem to the satisfas
ton of the country and in a manner whic
would maintain its honor and dignity
the eyes OF the world.
On the question of our foreign relation
the colonel has made known his position
in many a vehemnt statement. He fee
now that President Wilson can thank him
self for the fact that the country IS in
state of utter unpreparedness at a tin
when such critical situation is faced
feels also that the President need not loo
about him for the man who Is wholly re
sponsible for the status in which this cour
thy finds itself in its negotiations with Ger
many on the U-boat question.
Summed up, the Roosevelt opinion
that the President is responsible for I'll
state of affairs which now confronts tn
country, and that it is his duty to accep
the full responsibility for whatever ma
occur and not ask congress to share wit
him the results of his folly and blunders
The colonel has discussed the relation
of this country and Germany with many G
his visitors. To him it seems a deplorabl
thing that in a grave crisis such as thi
country faced from the time the war be
gan, the President made no effective cffor
to get the country ready to assert itse
if the flag was tramped upon and Amer
lean citizens sent TO death while travelin
on the seas in pursuit of peaceful mission.
diluted mush and milk policy in on
relations with foreign countries, the cole