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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-12-21
TANKS" FIGHT IN PAIRS
Known as Males and Females, Says
officer Of Nova Scotia
Battalion.

kingSport. \. S.-A description of
the operation of British tanks" was
given by Lieut.. Harry W. IIitz of the
Nova Scotia battalion on his arrival
here.
There are two types Of tanks,
known as the male and female tank"
he said. "They fight in pairs, male
and female. The male tank carries
two heavy guns and six machine guns
and the female has two heavy guns
and five machine guns.
"They certainly proved Il great sur
prise TO the Germans, and might add
to us as well, as they came numbering
along during the fight for Courcelette.
They of course did better work then
than they have accomplished since, for
the Germans have become accustomed
10 them and know better now how to
fight back. Nothing but direct hit
by heavy shell will damage them in
the least"
Lieutenant lliltZ says the new Brit
iSh war machine travels about two or
three miles an hour and when it comes
to trench the front part draws up
after the manner of caterpillar at
tempting to get over an obstacle. At
night when the tanks are used white
tape is run out ahead from the ma
chine and serves as n guide for it.
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sip that he had been called to town.
but from him there had come no mes
sage out Of the void.
The days crept into months and
heightened into years, money came to
Miss Emmeline, and spacious house
and friends in plenty. 1t was only
love that had passed her by. The
eager, happy girl turned into the cold,
hard woman. One day, she learned
from an announcement In the papers
that he had married-years after
wards from the same source, that he
was dead And only few months be-
fore her nephew, the one human being
in the world upon whom she had law
lshed what affection she had left in
her to give, had married the dnuGh-
ter of the man who had won her heart
one spring day and thrown ii away
as careIeSSly as he might have flung
away Il faded flower from his coat
But had he? Was It possible that,
after all, they had been separated not
by his Indifference, but by some awful
mistake? Had fate interviewed, po-
licemanlike. and diverted the traffic of
their lives into separate turningsF Had
Miss Emmeline's breath caught in
her throat with IA queer little spasln-
really loved her, after all? A mist
doomed up before her as the envelope
fell away from the sheet. Then the
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have packed the soil and kept it water
soaked, deep cultivation will help to
dry and aerate the soil. Breaking the
roots of the plants must be avoided
so far as possible. If roots are broken,
the plants will rapidly produce other
roots, but it will he at the expense of
The vitality and food supply. After
the plants have reached a height of
two or three feet, the soil. even in the
middle of the rows, should not be Gull
tivated deeper than four inches, and
usually shallower cultivation will
prove better. For retaining soil mois-
ture n loose soil mulch two or three
Inches in thickness should be main
tanned
The best answer to the question or
how frequently corn should be cult
waited is that 1t should be cultivated
often enough to keep down weeds and
to maintain constantly loose soil
mulch until the corn has attained its
growth. To this end greater num-
Der of civilizations will be necessary
when rains at intervals Of about a
week carse the surface soil to run
together and crust. This crust must
be broken and the soil mulch restored,
or evaporation will soon rob the soil
Of It's moisture. 1t is mistake to
think that the longer the drought the
more frequent should be the cultiva-
| tons. After fine mulch OF about
three inches In depth has been produced
its frequent stirring Is not necessary,
| except In SO far ms IL Is required to
keep weeds from starting. The essen
tial object Of cultivation is to restore
the soil mulch as soon after rain as
the condition Of the ground will per-
NIT. IL this time Is allowed to pass
and the ground becomes hard and
baked the crop will suffer greatly, Tor
the cultivation OF hard, dry ground
breaks 1t up into ciods, causing more
injury than If such cultivation had not
been given Mt all. All observant farm
ers have seen crops injured In this
manner. Many crops are cut short by
stopping the cultivation, because the
corn Is too tall for the use OF double
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are very alert 10 catch the slightest
sound, and let twig snap or an AK
handle beat tattoo on Il hollow
stump and the bull is away in the
direction of the sound, believing his
defiant challenge. have used the
blrch-burk horn with some success in
calling moose. but | have done rs well
or better by rapping the butt of my
rifle against the trunk of Il tree or
breaking twig in the thicket. 1t is
my belief that the dominant passion
in the mind of Il bull moose in mating
time is 10 meet and defeat every
rival and that the dolorous cry of
the COW neither attracts nor repels
the male
Many of the oldest hunters and
guides agree with Mr.. York concern
ing the freeing Of men by moose, but
most Of them believe that the birch
bark horn Is very useful to the
hunter.
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TOO MUCH SALT MAY
KILL SOME ANIMALS
When Taken in Excessive Quanti-
ties It Is Poisonous-Chick-
ems Are Susceptible.

(By I. f. NEWSOM, Colorado Agricultur-
al College, Fort Collins.)
Samples of salt are occasionally sent
to the agricultural college for analysis
with the statement that animals, usual
~ cattle or sheep, were poisoned after
eating 1t in considerable quantities. In
no case has any foreign substance that
would account for the poisoning been
found.
Since salt is necessary to life and
Is in universal use, it Is difficult to
realize that in large amounts 1t Is
poisonous. Many cases of poisoning
in chickens have been reported and
occasionally In larger animals. In one
instance salt was by mistake used in
stead of sugar in making a cake. The
cake was given to the chickens and
killed all of them. Chickens are very
susceptible to salt poisoning and, while
the amount that 1t takes to kill horse
or cow Is considerable, this sometimes
occurs when these animals are especial
ly salt hungry.
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cultivator without breaking down the
stalks. II the condition of the soil de-
mands it, shallow cultivation should
continue, even though the corn is tas-
selling. A small implement with sew
eral narrow blades and short single
tree may often be used for maintain
ing a soil mulch after the corn is too
tall for the use of double cultivators.
Some forms of the one-horse cultivator
are especially adapted to cutting Off
weeds. Blocks nailed on the handles
of the implement will protect the
hands from the corn blades.
1t Is sometimes profitable to remove
weeds even by the costly process Of
hand hoeing, and at as late a date as
the silking time Of the corn.
Walking Double cuItivator.
With good riding or walking dou-
Bile cultivator one man can cultivate
as many acres as two men with one
horse cutivators, and with the most
improved types he can accomplish the
work more easily and fully as well.
Because of this saving of labor, double
cutvators should be used wherever
practicable. Two-row cultivators
equipped with four gangs of shovels
and drawn by three horses are meet
ing with favor in the central prairie
states. AS one of these completes the
cultivation of two rows of corn each
time Is crosses the field, one man can
cultivate il acres per day. In many
sections 1t is often difficult to obtain
| laborers when they are needed and, as
with these two-row cultivators one
man can cultivate as many acres as
two men with one-row two-horSe cul-
tivators. their use is likely to increase,
especially in comparatively level sec
tons free from stumpS and rocks
where corn is planted by means of
two-row planters. Some forms of these
two-row cultlvators are mounted on
two wheels, like two-horse double cul-
tivators, while others made for plow-
ing listed corn are carried on runners
or low, broad Wheels designed so as to
follow the rows made by the lister.
Three-row cultivators Of this type are
used to some extent on large fields
| free from Instructions. Very stumpy
| land or tall corn may necessitate the
use of one-horse cultivators.
Shovels for cuItivators.
The kinds of shovels with which it
| is best to equip either single or double
cultivators must be determined by the
character of the soil, size of the corn.
and the size and nature of growth of
| the weeds to be destroyed. Without
exception, any form of shovel found
| to do good work on One-horse cult
vator can be attached to double or
| two-row cultivator. In some cases the
surface cutivator does better work
than the disk cultivator which may
leave narrow strips Of solid soil that
| are not covered with fine. loose soil.
All forms of ShOvelS should be so ad-
| iusted that the loosened soil will make
| n fine and even covering for the harder
soil beneath. Shovels sometimes may
be modified at the farm blacksmith
shop for special use on river-bottom
land, where bindweed, man-Of-the-
earth. and other vines and weeds are
hard to control. Sharp horizontal
blades Mt the bottom Of shovels strike
the weeds squarely, so that there is
little chance for them to escape by
slipping by either side. as is so COM
mon with ordinary shovels.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The most successful corn growers
early cultivation, thus preventing any
check in the growth of the plants be-
cause of weeds or crusted soil. The
farmer should see that, from the time
of termination TO the maturing of the
corn the plants are not subjected to
any preventable unfavorable condi-
tons, but are given an opportunity to
make steady, vigorous growth. If
their development Is checked from any
cause they will never fully recover. no
matter how favorable the later treat
ment. AS a consequence of heavy rain
fall the stalks may increase rapidly
in height, and at the same time. for
lack of cultivation or of soil fertility,
or for some other reason, they may be
slender or of poor color. Thrifty corn
plants are thick, strong, and of dark
green color.
Horse weeders and harrows should
be used when needed to break sur
face crust check insect depredations,
or kill young weeds that start before
the corn is up or large enough to be
worked with other implements. Dur
ing the first cultivation, or while the
plants are very small, narrow shovels
that throw the soil but very little
should be used, and tenders are usu-
ally found desirable to prevent the
covering Of the plants.
Favor Shallow Cultivation.
Many comparative tests of deep and
shallow cultivation have been made.
and on the whole the results are in IA
vor of shallow cultivation. There are
but few occasions when deep cultiva-
ton is preferable. If excessive rains
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from me again, but | am merely send
ing along the incloscd. And ! thought,
with the explanation about 1t, you
might forgive Christmas wish or two
slipping In ny well.
"IIcre Is the explanation. You know
Anne and are living now In your old
home. 1t Is such beautiful old house,
by the way-Anne simply dotes on the
acknowledgement furniture in the draw
ing room. but had 10 have some re-
pnirS done. The roof leaked Incl
Hcutally, and the dragons on the hall
ynpcr made me feel like a st. George
whenever looked at them. The work
suru were doing something to the let
tier box when they found the letter
an sending you. You know what an
nHtrdiluylan nffair the box was. One
ol the panels was loose and the letter
~ some amazing way had slipped be-
mind It, II looks bit yellow, and no
wonder. considering the time It must
have been there Anne will persist
the address is in her fathers hand
writing. but | told her IL tx nonsense.
i don't believe you ever met the old
chap"
Miss Emmellne read no further With
srembling hands she picked up the sec
ond letter Two little spots nnred sud.
denly in her cheeks as she stared at
the envelope Yes, II was the hand
writing of the man she loved that
stared back at her. She had not cried
for years, but now she felt the sharl
sting Of tears behind her eyelidS III,
brassy clang Of bells turned suddenly
into The dronng OF bees. She was walk
hpg In "A garden, a spring garden, gold
"n with duffodils and sunshine Hnc
youth. with n man young and dark
az she was young and fair; Il It'll,
stream ran bubbllng at the end OF IN,
garden.
II was Just here he had taken hel
into his arms and kissed her swiftly
att Miss Emmeiine's soul had drowned
1n The kiss, as the shadows Of the bud
ding trees overhead drowned ia th'
water Of the stream. He had Spoken
no word. There had been no time. In
terruption by others had followed i'm
medint.,y on the kiss. but as they sep
arnfcd he snid to her Tonight"
And the night had come dressin;
the April sky IN pale stars, and Mis-,
Eiumcline in satin and pearls. Blu
the Gan himself never came. She hn,
mayor saan ar heard from him agaiD
Indirectly she learned from village gos
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Mrs. Nish's suit for $1,000 damages
against kuzmier came to trial the 9th
or day in White Plains. at which she
testified, bluShing, of course, before
Judge Young and jury:
Mr.. kuzmier came To our apart
lnent Gin house owned by kuzmicr)
and said TO mo, 4 have come to kiss
the bride. | said to him. You can't
kiss this bride ! told him TO leave
ana he did. But he came back two
days later and asked me II I'd changed
my mind. | ordered him to leave, and
] he left.
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mist cleared and the sun danced mer-
rily upon its shiny surface as she read !:
My Dearest: | have no right TO
call you this yet, but ! am hoping that
YOU will give me the right by return
mail, for am in town. Emmeline, sud
denly called there by most pressing
and urgent business. | had no time
to write and explain before | left yes
terday. | am afraid you must have
thought my absence in the evening
strange, but if you love me, dear, you
will forgive me. Love, you will find,
Is mostly hat--forgveness. But do
YOU love me, Emmeline? That Is the
question | want above all others TO
have answered. Had | leisure | would
write you words that, like faith, could
remove mountains Of opposition and
compel love, but this business presses
so hardly on me at the moment that
it is with difficulty have snatched the
time to write even these few words.
But, whether or not you love me-
believe me that am ever your devoted
lover.
Ralph"
The letter slipped from Miss Emme-
lines hand with n little ruStling sound
rs of protest rs it met the stiff silk of
her gown Emmelne, whitc-haired
Scdatcly CARRIED, ms she was, was in
The arms of her lover. What matter If
the man who wrote these magic words
were dead, aud that ii was Christmas
tDs;eah @f spring? AT last she need
be ashamed of her love no longer, she
could bring it forth, a thing of joy,
into the sunshine of her thoughts. He
had returned her love. He had want
cd her. She had been the desire Of his
youth.
Miss EmmeIine rose proudly from
her chair. She trailed her skirt across
the room with the mir of queen.
When the butler answered her ring, she
spoke imperiously:
Barnes, | want this telegram sent
ut once. Also please tell Mrs. Yates
that | AIN expecting my nephew and
his wife at any moment, and that |
wish rooms to be prepared for them
Immediately"
When the man had left the room
again Miss Emmellne walked across
to the long French window, and, smil.
Ing happily, threw it open. She was
anxious now to hear the bells. All the
bitterness Of many years had melted
from her heart. ms snow melts In the
sun. She could meet Walters wife
now without hate, nay with engerness
! Walters wife, who might have been
| her own child. She drew deep breath
as the bitter-sweet scent of the chrys
anthemums came into the room on h
rush OF cold mir II was good worlc
! after all
The Oh 'istmas peace stole into Miss
! Emmcln g heart as she looked upor
the whiteuess OF the hills. The bell'
still rang loudly, for it was Christmas
day and the Christ child walked nbou
u happy winter world.
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WORK OF THE COUNTY AGENT
Much Depends on What Farmers Want
Done-Co-Op to Get Best
Possible Results.

The work of the county agent de-
ponds largely on what the farmers OF
the county want done.
They always make 1t point to Sc
cure q man who Is anxious to make
good and well qualified to do so and
then cooperate with him Ia such way
as to get the best possible results.
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STOLEN KISS COST $1,000
Gotham Hotel Chef Loses DAMAGE
Suit Brought by a Blush
ing Bride.

New York Mrs. Julia Nish. TWEEN.
ty-four, OF Hartsdale, did not get back
a kiss which She snys Xenophon kuz-
mier, chef In the Hotel Gotham, stole
from her one day last May. But then,
Mrs. Nish, who had been married Just
recover the kiss.
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deficiency OF DAIRY BULL
Not Wise to Use Animal Extensively
Until He Has Attained Mature
AGE and Proved Worth.

No dairy bull should be extensively
used until he has attained mature
age and proved that he is capable
OF producing profitable progeny.
From the fact that male animal Is
purebred or registered does not pos
itively prove his worth. The efficiency
Of his offspring tells the story.
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Wise Willie.

After fiye-year-old Willie had gone
to bed on Christmas eve his mother
went into the room TO see II he had
hung up his stocking properly for
Santa Claus. Much to her surprise
she found that the little fellow had
appropriated one of hers for the occa.
sion and had attached Il slip of paper
on which he had printed In bold
hand one Of his Sunday-school texts :
"rhE Lord lOvvEtH "A CheaI,ruLL
giyyeH "
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"But the next day he returned. said
he lust couldn't behave himself around
me- kissed me on the cheek and left
the house quickly"
After the Jurors had heard Mr.. Kuz-
mier ceny the alleged act. they looked
again Mt Mrs. Nish and then agreed
that fair price for the kiss was ST.
600. That was their verdict, anyway.
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which fringed the lawn stood stifliy
ut attention like sentinels. A pale De
cember sun lay like ghost upon the
grass.
But Miss Emmeline Barton, staring
Idly out of the window, had no eye for
the beauty Of 1t all. Because 1T was
christmas day, she was dressed In law
onder silk and her mothers rings
sparkled coldly upon her fingers. The
orthodox holly and mistletoe were
scattered In vases and behind picture
frames about the room. Miss Emme-
line herself had hut recently returned
from early morning service In the lit
te church, tucked coZily away in the
churChyard
But of the Christmas peace and
beauty there was no trace in Miss
Emmcline's heart Instead she no
ticed, with annoyance, as she stared
out of the window, that some of the
shrubs wanted cutting and that one Of
the gardeners had left II pair of shears
on the ground.
How mistakenly the call Of the bells
came. BE happy Be happy BE
happy" they seemed to say as n
friendly wind carried their message
far and wide. With an impatient
movement Miss Emmelinc turned from
the window. As she did so her glance
fell on the morning mail, lying, as was
customary. awaiting her attention in n
neat pile on her desk.
A disdainful smile curved her lips
hS her long thin fingers turned over
the envelope. Then suddenly her face
Hanged. II was as if a summer wind
had blown little pink into its cold
ness-fOr moment only. The old
frosty look came back into her face
as she ripped open the envelope, Two
letters fell from II Into her lap. One
sealed, the other folded piece of note
paper. Miss Emmeline picked up the
open letter without glancing NJ the
sealed one. In her heart she said cold
ly: "From his wife. ! suppose
Dear Aunt Emmelinc." her nephew
wrote, in his big sprawling handwrit
ing. 81 expect you will be awfully wild
AT my writing to you after your hay
lug told me you never wished to heal
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on obtained from seeds of Brazilian
rubber trees has been found an ac-
ceptab!e substitute for linseed oil by
British paintmakers.
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x G *

His Portion.
Bill--Do you expect your landlady
to give you anything for Christmasi
Jill--Sure.
what do you expect 1t TO be?'
ooh, the neck, | reckon"
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g TX g
Useful Christmas Plant.

UBtTUI OHFIbtTHdb TTdHt.
Cyclnmen Is one Of the most use
full Christmas plants. II comes In va
rious colors and II kept In room that
Ii not too dry or warm will bloom SOW.
er-i weeks.
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The Statistics.

San Diego. Cal, has the record of
the highest suicide rate in the coun-
try. 1t Being 633 per 100000 of popula-
ton. San Francisco is not far behind,
having rate of 55.7. Sacramento Is
also place conducive to suicide, APP
parently. for its rate is 51.2. These
figures are for the year 1915, consid-
cred separately, and in each of those
cases show increases over the percent
age for the previous five year..
The figures for 100 American cities
show that the general suicide rate for
1918 was 20.7, as against 20.3 for the
period between 1904. The trilling
increase throughout the whole coun-
try is caused by the great increase
which the far Western cities had.
San Diego's increase was 201, Sacra-
mento's 1876, San Francisco's 50.
Manhattan and the Bronx, which
are analysed together as a city, had
suicide rate during 1915 of 1914 per
100 1000, as against 1875 during the five
years before, an increase of O.S. Back
in the years between 10000 the rate
was pit.
Augusta, Ga. had the lowest rate
of all American cities which were in
vestigated, the record In 1915 being
four persons per 100000. Mobile, Ala,
also was low, with SO Auburn, N.
Y. had record of 5.4.
High suicide rates, the Spectator
points out, have to certain extent
been connected with years OF bad
business and years when business
houses faile /, rs in 1894, following the
| 1893 panic, when the general rate was
| 1873, and 1908, following the last panic,
| when the rate reached the highest
| mark in the countrys history, DIG.
The smaller the city the fewer the
| suicides, the Investigator found. or
the 100 cities considered, &c were I'M
der 25O,OOO population. These showed
| n self redistribution rate of 1872 per 1OO,-
600. The "a cities above the quarter
million mark showed an aggregate
rate Of 21.1.
| More Men man "oWeN.
| Many more men than women end
their lives. The tables show that the
highest rate for the male sex is 21.5
per cent and that the period of life
Mt which this number Of men commit
suicide Is between the ages of forty
five and fifty-four. The highest rate
for women is 1870 per cent and the
favorite age for self-destruction is be-
tween flfty-fve and sixty-four.
Two boys between the ages of five
and nine are on record as having
killed themselves in the period be
tween 1904. Ten was the most
Youthful age mt which there is record
of girls having committed suicide, 81
having made away with themselves
between ten and fourteen years.
There were 4S,79S suicides In the
country between 1910 and 1914.
As to seasons, the greatest number
of suicides appear to have occurred
In May and June, the rate for those
months being 93. The smallest mum
Der occur In January-7.4.
Firearms were the favorite methoc
during the period under analysis, IA,
132 persons having shot themselves
Poisoning was next. with 1899. Their
came hanging, with 1907; asphyxia
ton. 1894; cutting instruments. 3,142
drowning. ZIG and jumping from
high placesS34.
Despite the virtually stationary rate
OF suicide. the writer regards self-de
structlon. in his summing up, as M
increasing hazard in life Insurance.