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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
HOW TO ENCOURAGE YOUR
FLOWERS
BY e. VAN aENrHuYsEN.

If you want To encourage blooming
IN your hybrid and tea roses, cut back
TO well developed bud at the juno
ture of leaf and stem when cutting
off the rose.
II is not generally known that If a
spray of gladiolus is cut when the first
flower appears, or rather opens, and
placed in water it will bloom just as
well as If on the stalk.
Poppies are short lived after being
cut. and therefore are unsatisfactory
for decoration. However. If every
bloom is cut in the evening and thrown
away. those flowers that open next
morning will last two or three days
If they are plunged in water up to their
neckS for an hour or two. After Il
thorough soaking they can be used in
vases, and their beauty will charm for
two or three days.
The sweet pea, like every flower that
blows demands daily stripping of
every bloom Producing seeds is done
mt the expense Of blooms, however,
flowers should be cut with sharp
shears. never torn from the plant.
Never cut flowers OF the wax plant
unless YOU wish no further blooms. Its
flowers are produced in exactly the
same eye" each time. and if the eye
is removed no more flowers will de
velop
Weak, liquid manure is just the slim
ulant most flowers need when they
bloom. DO not stint them in this re-
spect
Another aid to pr"fusion of flowers
is plenty of water.
The dust mulch in time of drought
is beneficial when water is scarce.
No matter what the calendar says
do not plant your tube-roses out Of
doors until the ground is warm, and
spring sets in in earnest.
one way to give the children an in
tereSt In the farm and its work Is to
allow each garden plot. Let them
grow whatever they wish and use it
as they please.
Liquid manure is made by saving a
barrel In two, or using a tub with a
spigot near the bottom. Punch holes
In an old lard can through the bottom
ana around its sides near the bottom,
and fiji with fresh manure. Place 1t
on the tub. with boards laid across
the tub and I'LL the can with water,
Harden plants grown under cover by
exposing them TO the sun and air and
outdoor atmosphere. Expose them but
short time at first and increase the
exposure until they are hardy. How
ever. they must not be left in the
weather during high or cold winds or
when frost. snow or ice are in the air.
Protect the toad. He is the garden
er's friend.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
FIGHT INSECT PESTS ALWAYS
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

For the little white fly, use SulphO-
on package. For rose bugs, in the eve
ming place two or three ounces OF
quassia chips (you can buy them frolu
the druggisD in pail. and fill with
boiling water two or three gallons, ac-
cording to size of pail. Let stand un-
til next morning then apply the liquid
to the plant with n garden syringe,
getting the tea on all sides Of the
foliage and the stems. If the tea il
applied hand-hot il will be more eff
fective.
A strong soap sudS made of any
good white soap, If applied quite
warm, is diScouraging to the bug popu-
lation. and is especially good" for the
green louise or aphis.
Red spider affects the outdoor as
we'll as the indoor plants in drOughty
weather and are usually found on the
underSide of the foliage, causing the
leaves to turn brown and to curl at the
edges If badly affected strip the
leaves from the plants and burn them.
Rose plants will not be hurt by this
method, but some plants cannot stand
being deleaved. and must be sponged
with soap sudS leaf by leaf, hand-hot.
Asters suffer from root-ice, which
invariably kill them in short time,
If undisturbed. These lice also attuck
chrysanthemums, clenatiS and like
plants. Where these pests are at work,
there will be ants also.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Frogs Fooled by Mark Twain Trick

Long Prairie, Minn.--All you have
to know Ia catch frogs is how far Il
frog can jump-and just little bit
more Dave Harpold and w. X. Smith
proved this when they marketed 2S,-
900 dozen pairs Of frogs legs in 30
days
First they captured the champion
jumping frog of Nipple lake and meas
ured his jumps for distance and altl-
Jude Then they dug trenches just a
little wider and n little deeper than
the champions best marks.
Then they sat down and waited IN
the trench bottoms were covered with
frogs. once IN the frogs couldn't get
out
But occasionally some new champi-
on came along ana set better marks.
The men were In qunndary. 70 Mt
tempt to deepen or widen the trenches
would have been fatal 10 a large per
centnge Of their frog population,
Then lIHrpold, who Is 81 literary per
son solved the problem Having read
his Mark Twain thoroughly, he did the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

treatment of the wounded Is LnL
under the management of bliss knth
leen Park of New York, at her cha
teau of Annel There she has worked
almost since the very beginning Of
the war. When the battle for the
fort Of Mamaison was in progress
the hospital dealt with a considerable
number of wounded. who were iirst
handaged on the battlefield and then
brought down the River Aisne on
board a barge fitted up as floating
hospital.
Miss Park has working with her In
conjunction with the French military
surgeons number Of American ply
sicians. who all participated In the
handling of the French wounded dur
ing the battle of Malmaison. Also,
she has with her several American
trained nurses and helpers.
Among the doctors is George de
Tarnovsky of Chicago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
START SOME FLOWER SEEDS
IN HOUSE
BY &. Van Benthuysen.

Flower seeds which will have to he
started either In the house or in hot
bed are as follows:
one package mixed verbenas.
One package SALIVA splendens.
One-eighth ounce mixed pansies.
one package mixed double petunas.
One package heliotrope.
One package mixed geranium.
One package hardy garden pinks.
One package Coleus.
These should be cut at one end one
sixteenth of an inch and soaked in
warm water "A hours, and sowed in
February in the house, and one will
not fail to be extremely pleased with
the result.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
WAR SURGEONS WORK MIRACLES

conclusion of the lighting and the
treatment of all the wounded show
that 30 men out of every 100 brought
to the hospital recovered from their
hurts.
Speed Important Factor.
Speed in collecting the wounded ls
the greatest factor in bringing about
this progress.
Americans have had much to do
with the speeding up OF the amhu-
lance service, for their ambulances
ha've been present at every point
where fighting has been severe. and
their work has been highly praised
by the army commanders.
One instance of American effort In
providing for the accommodation and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
SOME P0STSCRlPTS

The babasu nut of Brazil is 60 per
cent oil and one will burn half an hour
If a match be touched to 1t.
Termed book umbrella, folding
glass box has been invented to permit
men to write out Of doors when 1t
rains.
A company has been formed In Por.
tugal to develop the hydroelectric
country.
About 100000 acres of Astrakhan
are covered with shifting sands,
which are spreading at rate of 10O,.
900 acres year.
To tack shades on rollers evenly
and without hemming, a machine re-
sembling a hand stapling machine
has been invented.
Argentina has engaged an expert
from Japan to conduct extensive ex-
ueriments with a view to increasing
Its rice production.
Bank deposits in Salt Lake City have
increased per cent, more than $1,000
600, since August l. when prohibition
became effective in Utah.
The big difference between the sol
der at the front and the patriot who
stays at home is that the soldier
doesn't stop 10 consider how much he
can afford to give.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
SNOW HELPS IN THE SOUTH
Planters Will Reap Benefit OF Es,.,
sion Of Snow Line In South
This Winter.

Memphis, Tenn.-Planters viii he,o
NJ 10 the extent Of many thousands ~
dollars rs II result Of the snow lina
extending far into the South tats win.
ter Agricultural experts contend thot
where land Is covered with snow dnr.
ing the winter months It Is more pro.
ductlve the following summer Freez.
ing weather has extended to the Gulf
coast and snow has fallen TO the dcpth
Of several inches over most OF the
Southern states.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Man knits Model Sweater.

MunciP, lnd.--The model sweater of
all that have been made for American
soldiers by Red Cross workers I'm Nun.
ci" Is one knitted and turned in for
shipment by Edward pfeffer, city
fireman. The garment has been placed
ON exhibition. As his name indicates,
Pfelfter Is German in ancestry. but
that's ALL he told the Red Cross
workers, The tiremen in all stations
now are knitting and making trench
CANDLES
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Mystery.

They were seated beneath a tree in
the park, and the moon was shining
to make ones thoughts turn to love.
Presently the girl said:
"Oh. Joe, dear, cane understand
why you lavish your affections on me
above all the other girls in the world.
Do tell me why II iS?'
"Blowed If 7 know, Aggie," he re-
piled. land all my pals say they're
blowed If they can make 1t out ether"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
DECAL0GUE OF WAR
Or. Anna Shaw Announces One
for Every Woman.
Wartime Commandments Arranged by
the Professor Of the University
OF Turin.

New York Here Is the new "Deca-
iogue Of War" as announced by Or.
Anna Shaw
l. DO not chatter. Keep 10 yourself
the news you hear. your own impress
sious and your approximations
,. DO not listen 70 slArmlsts. TO
slarlters. or those who would spread
encouragement silence them.
3. BE moderate 10 your spending,
neither lavish ID gifts nor sordid ia
your economies Let everything In
your life. even your daily expenses
take 90 at this moment It's true na.
ti0na importance.
1. Encourage national Industries
avoiding imported goods, even though
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

obvious Calaveras county thing He
took all The more ambitious frogs and
filled 'em with shot. This settled The
Jumping stuff then and there, Owing
TO the high price Of lead, all the shot
was salvagcd when the frogs were
butchereG
Some local frog fanciers propose to
save the cost Of digging trenches by
feeding shot promscuously till the
frogs can't jump at all.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

Mulch Sweet-peas by sowing seeds of
any of the lowgrowing ANNALS along
the pea trenches. and thereby extend
their blooming season.
DO not try 10 grow flowers or vege-
tables too thickly on the ground. Thin
out with liberal hand. and give each
sufficient space to develop naturally.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
STUDENTS ASK FOR
"HOOVERlZED" MENU

Athens. Ga.-1'wo hundred
and sixty-fve students OF the
University of Georgia have pre-.
sented petition 10 the director
Of their "beanery." the co-opera-
tive Denmark Hall, asking that
the menu be Hooverized In the
latest approved conservation
method. They ask for one
wheatless day each week three
dinners each week with only
corn pone served MS bread and
other edibcs boosted by the food
conservntionists The petition
ends up with this Injunction
swat the KAISER on the bean.
Sign this fellows =" aud they did.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cutlcura Ointment. This means sleep
for baby and rest for mother. Fol-
free samples address. "Cuticura, Dept.
X, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment 20 and 50.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Deserved II.

Jones smashed into the ditch with
that little secondhand car he's been
Dragging about"
"Serves him right He's always try
ing to drive bargains. philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

Consul Thomas u. Davis reports
from Grenohle. France, that the Gren-
ohle district produced II medium crop
Of walnuts Of good quality; that the
Yield was slightly reduced by local
storms.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

True union rests on sigle devotion
10 a single task.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

hero whose death you mourn.
These wartime commandments we're
arranged lay the professors Of the
University of Turin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Married 10000 Couples.

Crown Point Ind Harry u. Mich
olson Of this city familiarity known
Ms Judge Nlck hns married 5000
couples since he has been a justice of
the peace.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

A California natural history club Is
conducting a campaign of education in
tended to save the lives of harmless
snakes, which war upon destructive ro-
dents.
Thirteen freight steamers of the ia
pan Steamship company hitherto sail
ing to London by the way of Cape
Town are sent through the Panama
canal. The new route besides being
safer is one week quicker.
The two largest match factories In
Sweden have combined under the name
Svenskataendstickfa with cap
ital of $10,720,000 and a reserve of an
equal amount. This Is said to be the
largest combination in the world for
producing matches.
A bill has been introduced in the
Philippine legislature proposing to
give an annual subsidy for three years
of 9 per cent of the total capital in
Ntsteu III lhe puSIiicSo, W any petSohi
association or corporation that will or
ganize and establish a paper factory
In the Philippine islands.
The past years whitefish collection
at the Put-in-Bay (0.) station of the
United States bureau of fisheries was
the largest In several years, yielding a
total of approximately 500,000000 eggs.
The station was filled to its capacity
and many eggs were shipped to De-
troit Duluth and Pennsylvania and
New York state hatcheries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver.
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative. three for a cathartic. Ad.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

He-"This scarcity of coal Is terri
BILE" She--"Then why don't they plant
more of a crop in the coal fields?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

When man tells you all his trou-
bles he becomes one of yours.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Incredible FeatS Performed Every
Day in Treating Soldiers
on Battlefield.
Nine TENTHS PULL THROUGH
Percentage OF Losses Among the
Wounded Striking Tribute to the
skill OF Suraeons--Speed
important Factor.

French Front.-Almost incredible
feats have been and are being accom-
plished every day of the war by the
surgeons who treat soldiers wounded
on the battlefield. These remarkable
featS have Increased in frequency. as
the stricken men are more quickly
gathered in by the ambulances and
brought TO the field hospitals for surgi-
cal Intervention.
At the beginning Of the war ii was
not always possible to clear up bnt-
tletield of the casualties in less than
three or four days, and on many Occa-
sions wounded men waited even long
pr before their injuries could be han
died.
The result Of this was that large
numbers of the wounded succumbed
from gangrene or blood poisoning. or
we're rendered so feeble from loss Of
blood that they were unable 10 under
20 operations that were vitality neces-
sary II was at that time regarded
AS satisfactory result when 60 per
NthA VI lllt NbuIlltI Drought INTO TIE
hospitals recovered eventually from
the injuries
Nine-Tenths Are Saved
This percentage Of losses among
the wounded men would at present
be regarded with horror by the mill
tary surgeons, who now reckon with
perfect assurance on saving about
nine-tenths of the wounded men com
Ing under their treatment. During
the battle OF Flanders the percentage
OF recoveries among wounded men
brought TO the hospitals amounted
TO SO.
This striking figure was still fur
Their improved on the occasion Of the
recent battle in which the French
wreSted from the Germans the fort
OF Malmaison and caused them to
evncuate the Chemin des Danes after
throwing away hundreds Of thou
sands Of the crown princes best
troops in the effort to retain II. The
French surgeons reports after the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Americans Are Doing Wonderful
Reconstruction in OevaS-
tated Section.
LIVE IN RUDE BARRACKS
Miss Anne Morgan and Her Co-Work-
ers Share in Primitive Life While
Carrying on Labors Among
Destitute People.

New YOrk.-Miss Margaret Steven
son. co-worker of Miss Anne Morgan In
devastated France. has just arrived in
this country with the first direct news
Of the reconstruction work already nc
complishcd by this American Fund for
French Wounded unit composed Of ten
American women. Miss Stevenson told
Of the 81 villages they have partly re-
hablItated. of the 5000 acres Of land
they have had cultivated. the hundreds
of refugee families they have clothed.
fed and installed in houses they have
furnished the classes they are running
for children who have run wild since
the beginning OF the German occupa-
tion. and of the community center they
have established at Bleruncourt, In the
heart Of the ravaged region.
Live in Rude Barracks.
1--WE are living in rude wooden bar
racks built on the ruins of the old
Chateau Of Blerancourt,' said Miss
Stevenson. "Our barracks are fur
nished with the same Imprinted fur
nlture and plain iron beds that we
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
Wonderful People.

"They are wonderful too, these old
people" Miss Stevenson went on.
"They return 10 their destroyed homes
worn out with suffering and hardShips,
but no sooner are they on their beloved
soil again than they seem revitalized,
filed with energy and the desire to re-
store all that has been destroyed They
build onproom shelters for themselves
from the ruins of their once comfort
able homes or else their government
puts up small demountahle wooden
houses for them. These we furnish
with everything they need to start
home life anpw-hedS bedding. chairs
kitchen utensils. and we supply them
with clothing and foodstuffs. Every
thing that is sent ~ us from America
we give them without cost, but the
stoves and kitchen utensils that we
buy I'm Paris we sell for two-thirds the
cost They prefer 10 have II so, and
they pay any way they choose-in
work or vegetables. The first thing
they do when they reach their homes
is 10 start a garden, and many OF them
have been able to support themselves
this way. Others make their living by
washing for the soldiers. These are
all very old people, remember, aged
men and women Of Seyenty-five and
even eighty. They walk from villages
miles away to get help from us, and
they wheel great loads Of supplies on
wheebarrows some eight or ten miles
over cObble roads.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

The Plain Thinq.

Druggists refund money II pAZo OINTMENT fall
20 cure Itching Bind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
First application gives relief. Doc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17
DOING MUCH TO RESTORE FRANCE

give TO the peasants. The heads of
our unit Miss Anne Morgan and Miss
Anne Drake, share with us in this
primitive life. They are up at seven
O'Clock in the morning, tidy up their
huts. help with the dishes and then
are of about their duties visiting the
refugees, finding out their wants and
helping install them in temporary
shelters. Both Miss Morgan and Miss
Dixie speak French as well as they do
English, and they have entered deeply
into the lives Of the people. Some
thing approaching normal village life
has been restored to the communities
Unit" Miss Stevenson says THE
French government has placed this
unit i'm charge of the Aisne and Som
me districts, both of which were sys-
tematlcally devastated by the Ger.
mans.
Our unit is militarized and works
directly under the French army"
Miss Stevenson explained Through
the military authorities Miss Morgan
has obtained valuable aid. Soldiers
on eightday leave from the trenches
are put. under her direction, TO help
rebuild shattered homes and pillow the
neglected fields. There are no able
bodied men or women left in this part
Of France. When the Germans re-
treated they swept the civilians before
them. All who were able to work for
them they kept behind their lines; the
people and the small chIldren-they
have allowed to return. These are the
refugees, the people we have to help
make homes for and make sclf-support
ing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-17

The babasu nut of Brazil is 60 per
cent oil and one will burn half an hour
If match be touched to 1t.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-29

In the following article, reprinted from the Los Angeles Times of Jan- uaIy 2e. Secretary of War Baker lays bare to the understanding the mighty war preparations in which the United States is engaged preparatory to talk ing her place in the colossal strug- gle across the seas.
 The article is an almost complete verbatim copy of the testimony given by the War secretary before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs follow ing the attacks on the Administrative and War Department methods of con- ductlng the war by Senator's Stone, Chamberlain and others and is q com plete refutation of the charges of in efficiency made against the War De- partment. The reply of MT Baker is reproduced exactly as it was given to tho large outside dailies on the day he made answer to the critics of the Department. Owing to it's great length the article will run through several is- sues of this paper.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-29

uses They could tell us about it but even while they told us the story grew old.
 The one thing they told us from the very beginning to the end was that this war, of all others, was not d static thing: that our adversary was a versatile and agile adversary; that every day he revamped and changed his weapons of attack and his meth ods of defense; that the stories they were telling us were true when they left England and France, but an en- tirely different thing was probably taking place there now, and they told us of large supplies of weapons of one kind and another which they had de- veloped in France and England and which, even before they got them in sufficient quantities manufactured to take them from the industrial plants to the front, were superseded by new ideas and had to the thrown into tho scrap heap.
 They said to us, this is a moving picture; it is something that nobody can paint and give you an idea of It s not static thing.
 Therefore it became necessary for IS to have eyes there in instant and immediate communication with us, and ve sent over to France Gen. Pershing,
 nd we sent with him not merely a division of troops-to that 1 shall re- fer in a moment--but we sent with nim perhaps 1 can safely say, the major part of the trained, expert per sonnel of the army. You know the size If the official corps of the regular army in this country when the war broke out It was a pitiful handful of trained men anu yet it was necessary to dl- vide them up and send over to France officers of the highest quality, so that they would be at the front and see in the workshops and in the factories and in the war offices and in the armies, Where consultations would take place immediately back of the front--so that they could see the things with their own eyes, and send us back the details by cable every day of the changing character of this war.
 General Pershings staff of experts and officers over there runs into the thousands. and they are busy every minute, and every day that the sun rises I get cablegrams from Gen. Hershing from ten to sixteen and twenty pages long, filled with meas urements and formulas and changes of q millimeter in size; great long speci- fications of changes in details of