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A USEFUL IMPLEMENT.
Simple Device (or Taking l.evela (or
Tile Draining or Making Ditchen
(or Irrigating.
I send you a drawing and description
of my device for tile draining or mak
ing ditches for irrigating.
Take three pieces of thin board, say
two or three inches wide, two of them
about seven feet long, one for cross
bar of triangle, near five feet long,
nailed across two and a half feet from
base parallel points of triangle. Hang
a plummet and line from top to
Just below cross-bar. Get the center
on the cross-bar by reversing the tri
angle, and make a groove or fine cut
In cross-bar for center, so there will be
no mistake, liaise one end of triangle
one-half an inch, make a fine mark
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DEVICE FOR TAKING LEVELS.
where the plumb line then hangs; that
will show a grade of one inch to the
rod where the points of triangle are
eight feet and three Inches apart. For
a grade of two Inches to rod raise one
end one Inch. A spirit level glass im
bedded in the top edge of cross-bar
at the center will be handy to have
when the wind blows too much for the
plumb line.
To ascertain the fall or average
grade of a drain, place the triangle on
the surface of the ground at the outlet
of proposed drain, sight lengthwise on
cross-bar to an object two and a half
feet from ground at upper end of drain
Where the plumb line hangs on the
cross-bar will show the grade regard
less of distance. After the ditch Is dug
place the triangle in the bottom. Mov
ing it along will show by the hanging
of the plumb across the bar the uneven
places and grade.
More than 40 years ago near Nevada
City, Cal., I used a triangle of tills
kind for an open water ditch The
points of the triangle were Ifitfc feet
apart, 1 found the center on the cross
bar, then raised one end two inches.
The plumb line on the cross-bar gave
mo a grade mark. I started on the up
per side of intended reservoir and out
flow of ditch I moved the front end
up or down hill until the plumb line
hung with the grade mark; drove a
small stake, then moved the hack end
where the front end was and so con
tinued around the side hill and ravines
for more than a mll<-. which was done
In one day. The ground was thrown
out from upper side of stakes to lower
side. The water ran freely the entire
distance The same thing can he done
on many farms for Irrigating, and T
often see places as I pass through the
country where water from springs and
small streams could he conveyed with
a small expense to higher ground than
its present channel, and stored In res
ervoirs for Irrigating, and not lost as
It now Is by running off in the creek
beds Tn sandy, porous soils, puddling
the water with clay will form a coat
ing to prevent the water from soaking
away so fast. —J J Shearer, In Ohio
Farmer.
ALL AROUND THE FARM,
The squeaking wheel and the squealing
pig show a loose spoke In the farming
rig.
One of the ways to “keep eool” while
working out In the sunlight la to avoid
fretting
Uo not refuse to make an allowance for
your wife, If you expect her to make al
lowances for you.
Cowpeaa are grown In favor both for
bay and for a manure They are a sure
crop Such a thing as failure seldom
occurs
A farming community la judged by its
roads, Its fences arid Is buildings as well
as by the crops. Have some neighbor
hood p.’lde.
When the ground Is too wet to plow,
turn to the orchard, mend the fence*, cut
wood. Anthlng Is better than to go to
town and do nothing
It Is said that deep plowing In Eng
land has doubled the yield of wheat,oats
and other crops, They plow a** deep as
20 Inches. Steam plows are used.
The beat managers on the farm are
not those who work all the time, but
those who find some time every day for
a little rest. A man will wear longer
and better if he does. Midland Farmer,
lyCarn to Know Your Knrni.
Be able to read your farm. Learn
Us different Boils, Ub subterranean
water levela, vc-lns and storages, Its too
wet spots, lu too-dry hi>olb and Its chem
ical make-up. Learn every tree, shrub,
vine, weed and seed found upon It.
Learn Its peculiarities Having learned
this much you will be In a position to
plow, plant, till, mulch, rotate and fer
tilize with a sure touch, and to draw
with profit on your resources stored In
your aoll. You already know these
things, eh? Then Solomon should no
longer hold the throne as "the wlsesi
man." You should succeed Llm.-Mld'
land Tamaer.
GOOD ROADS SENSE.
Col. J. B. Killebrew Tells Why Farm
ers Shoald Favor Government
Co-Operation.
The rapidity with which the senti
ment in favor of national aid to the
common roads of the country has
spread, and the eagerness with which
the proposition Is welcomed since the
introduction of the Brownlow bill in
congress, have not only been highly
gratifying to the friends of the meas
'ure, but surprising and astonishing to
ds opponents. The truth is the great
body of the farmers of the land are slow
in demanding what they are Justly en
titled to. Had the same necessity as
the want of good roads among farmers
existed in relation to the manufactur
ing, mining or commercial interests of
the country, such a necessity would have
long since been recognized and met by
adequate appropriations from congress.
The tillers of the soil do not work in
concert for their own advancement. By
the census of 1900 the whole number of
people above the age of ten years en
gaged In gainful occupations In the
United States was 29,074,117. Of this
number 10,381,705 were engaged In agri
cultural pursuits. No other specified oc
cupation employs so many. The manu
facturing and mechanical pursuits em
ploy 7,085,992 persons: trade and trans
portation, 4,700,964, and professional
service, 1,258,739, And yet the farmers
of the country, that contribute more to
Its permanent prosperity than all other
classes combined, have the smallest
amount of consideration In the matter
of congressional appropriations. In all
(he history of the past legislation of the
■'ountry hut few efforts have been made
to equalize the benefits of congressional
ipproprialions Until the rural mall
routes were established a citizen living
in the country rarely received direct
benefits from the money expended by
the general government, except that
for I tie agricultural department.
The commerce of the country felt the
exuberance of fresh and lusty life and
vigor from the Improvement of the
rivers and harbors, hut this exuberance
would have been vastly Increased had
half the money appropriated for rivers
and harbors been applied to aid In the
improvement and maintenance of the
public roads, the very foundation of
commerce.
It must not he Imagined that anyone
proposes that the government shall en
ter upon the work of building public
highways without the cooperation of the
state, county or other political subdi
vision The policy of the government
should be to help those communities
that help themselves; to stimulate ac-
Mon and enterprise rather than to re
press It by appropriating money to those
communities that do nothing for them
selves
TRAVELING MAIL BOX.
Follow Instructions Here Ultcn aacl
Your Letters Will Co:ac from
Hoad to House.
Request Is made for a device for run- !
nlng a mail ho* on wheels. If ground is
level from point of delivery to house
this diagram will send the box to and
from the house If you want the box
at the road slip the wire np the post
from LI to A on the wire AB; when you
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HAIL BOX ON WHEEL*
wish the mall to come to the bouse slip
C down to B mul It will come. If the
bouse is uphill from I Lie route near the
house plant a post, and attach a wheel
with a groove in Its outer edge, with
•rank attached with a wire stretched
iiii Lilli as H, and a cord K at
tached to mall box When the box Is
wanted turn the ciank to the right and
Hie mull liox. suspended on the wire by
a pulley, will come to tLie house as
prompt as a cow will come to her caff
It can he loaded and sent hack If the
distance is too great for two posts more
posts may be added As to boys med
dling with the mall box there should
lie no fears as boys get tired of med
dling with Uncle Sam’s property.—
Rural New Yorker
Kvcrythlaa In Its Fine*.
The ovfner of a certain up-to-date
rarm here in the central west look up
(he farm as a homestead and has at
alned success entirely through his owt.
efforts He has posted up In a proml
pent place in each one of his buildings
the following motto: ”A place for every
thing and everything In Its place,"
Needless to say every part of the farm
and every person who works on it
shows the indirect Influence of this mot
to The tool and machine houses are
In such order that no lime need he lost
l,i looking for Implements, The rota
tion of the crops plainly shows the ever
present application of this motto. The
home, the dairy, the orchard and the
garden are all continual illustrations
of its application. It la scarcely neces
sary to add that this farmer does not
belong to the too long Mat of men who
complain that farming doesn't pay.—
Prairie Par mar.
HANDY FRUIT PICKER.
Foe Occasional tar It Can Be Recom
mended, Bat It Ooeau’t Do
Hand Work.
The cut is engraved partly from
wide model of the hook part, sent us
by a correspondent. It consists of a
pronged wire hook, with small, open
mouthed bag beneath, both attached
to a long handle or pole Its method
of use la shown In the rut. It has long
been in occasional use, and is kept
EM URGENCY FRUIT PICKER
on sale (except flic handle) at most
large hardware stores Its principal
use Is for picking a few very fine
specimens, not otherwise accessible, ex
cept by shaking, and too valuable to
shake and bruise. We have long had
one, but we seldom use it. The human
hand can reach nearly all specimens
from a well made and skillfully set
ladder. All of our picking ladders
come gradually to a point at the top,
and can he run anywhere through a
tree, or be set In quite a small crotch.
If the ladder Is set very nearly plumb,
the pressure upon the crotch or limb
Is very slight; and the human hand
(both hands, with basket hooked on
ladder round, or hung, by strap, snap
and ring, around the picker’s neck
and shoulder) can pick ten times as
fast and well as any picking hook or
device we have ever seen —Ohio
Farmer.
SEVERE ROOT PRUNING.
System Has Many Advocates and la
Especially Applicable Where
Climate la Dry.
The advocates of severe root pruning
for trees being transplanted seem to
be increasing In number. According
to Luther Burbank this system is espe
cially advantageous for planting in dry
climates. In a recent issue of the
Rural New Yorker he says: Every
experienced nurseryman trims all the
small side roots off his nursery stock
before planting. This is a universal
custom, and in my experiments I have
found that seedlings and very young
trees should always he treated in this
way under ail '•ircumstances A young
teedllng tree which has had its roots
cut off to within a few inches of the
collar, and the top almost wholly re
rno'ed, will In all eases make a far
better growth than the one planted
with all its roots, even If the top should
he removed. Of course It Is necessary
to remove the top In proportion to the
amount of roots removed, and, strange
*s It may seem, it is especially neces
sary to prune the roots short when
they are to be planted on land that has
little moisture near the surface. For
the trees having many side roots divide
I heir forces in starting In all directions,
instead of making a good, substantial
main lap root, which the closely pruned
seedling will always proceed to do.
Though of universal application, these
facts are especially applicable to dry
climates like California and Texas
FALL ORCHARD NOTES.
Put up fruit for sale In neat. attractive
packages. If top prices are wanted.
Mow all weeds In orchard and berry
patch, If you can't take time to pull by
hand. If dry, burn.
Well kept grapes ought to fetch a
good price; fresh fruit, with exception
of applcß, 1b In limited supply.
Cut out all old wood In raspberry and
blackberry patches before winter sets
In. Cut hack the new growth ao It will
ripen well and not freeze hack.
Oyster shell bark lnue may now be
destroyed on fruit lreen by spraying
with whitewash Two applications are
necessary to Insure all limbs being cov
; ered Ran Jose scale is too tough to be
affected by this treatment. —Farm and
i Home,
Water for Creameries.
A number of dairy and creamery
journals have been discussing the
ipiestlon of using the waste water
| from creameries for the purpose of
Irrigation The water Is applied with
In a abort distance of the creameries
to vegetables and flower gardens
Such use of the waste water Is certain
ly a commendable one. and would be
especially sensible In the states where
there Is a deficiency In the rainfall
Using the water In this way lioth gels
rid of the water and gets a profit out
of It—Farmers' Review
I
Tbs Telegraph riant.
In a paper recently read before fh*
Llnnean society of 1-ondon, Prof Rose
gave the result of some experiments
that he had made with the so-called
telegraph plant. The jiecullarlty of
I the plant is In the way Its leaflets rise
and fall, like ae/naehorea. at regular
Intervals, which were found by Prof.
Hose to be about three and one-half
minutes The cause of this spontan
eous action Is an electric disturbance
.raveling in tbe plant.
BIG SALE!
Nov. 2nd to 14th
Bargains on the following
Pianos
Organs
Sewing flachines
Violins
Mandolins
Guitars
Accordions
Zither
Sheet flusic
flusic Rolls,
flusic Stands, Etc.
Manitowoc flusic Comp’y
913 South Eighth St. Opp. Schjette Bros.
For the Benefit
of those who have not been able to take advantage of our special
rates, we will make our last extension of time
UNTIL DECEMBER IST
After which we will positively raise our prices. You ask why we
can make such low prices and do good work we answer by saying
it is not the cost of material but the work that counts in dentistry,
Any dentist will tell you this.
Set of Teeth on Rubber $7.00
Gold Crowns (it for King or Queen $5.00
Bridge Work- our specialty $5.00
Gold Killings 1,00 up Silver Fillings 75c
All work guaranteed. Teeth extracted free when plates are
ordered. Only the very best of material used.
Boston Painless Dental Parlors,
Cor Quay 822 S. Kighth St —Northwest
DR. WHITCOMB, MGR.
Open 9a.m.t09 p. m. Open Sunday a. m. German spoken
SCHOOL CCHOOL
books Supplies
We can fill your wants in the School
Supply Line, giving you only the best
goods for the money the market pro
duces.
Chas. F. Fechter’s
SOUTH SIDE BOOK STORE.
820 Smith Kighth Street.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Doors, Windows, Frames, Mouldings,
in White and Yellow Pine, Maple
Flooring, Porch Columns, Spindles,etc.
fly stock of above goods :i
is positively the largest and 1| '•Smi
most complete in this part of i|
the state and my prices are ■ ! >
lower than you can buy else
where. Parties in need of
Building Material will save
money hy looking over my ‘
1000 doors and 800 windows
Emil TeitgerTs
DR. TURBIN
Of Berlin, Germany, the Expert Specialist and Snrgeon.
Who has visited Manitowoc for the past SIX YEARS,
Once a Mouth, will again be in
Manitowoc, Friday, Nov. 6th
AT THE WILLIAMS HOUSE.
Write oi Call for our Money-
Saving Bargain Price List
DU TOP,
mi Specialist
CURES
ALL
CHRONIC
CASES,
Why?
Because he gives
bis entire attention
to these cases.
All Cases He Undertakes Guaranteed.
YOlIMfl MF\ If you are troubled with
lyulxu JTILII nervous debility, stupid
n.ss, or are otherwise unfitted for buslnes' or
study, caused from youthful errors or eicsses,
you should consult this specialist at once. Don't
delay until too late.
MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD
MAMKINIH There are thousands of you
I lnlilMliU troubled with weak, aching
hacks and kidneys and other unmistakable
signs of nervous debility. Many die of this diffi
culty, ignorant of thecause. The most obstinate
case* of this character treated with unfailing
success.
Ai I °f delicate nature—ln
r,LL s-rUL.njLj llammations and kindred
troubles—quickly cured without pain or luoon
t snience.
CATARRH whicu poiiona the breath,
• rt, W l stomach and lungs and naves
the way for Consumption, also Throat, Liver,
ARBV PnniTQT Ist—The doctor gives his
‘Uni 10. oj—,\|i business conducted
Id—Names and pictures never published unless
are his friends.
WRITE 1 your troubles If living away from cite. Th msands cured at home by correspondence
nmiu u„j medicine sent as directed. Absolute srcrecy in all professional dealings. Addreg*
nV letters, giving street and number plainly. Send stamp* for list of questions.
DOCTOR TURBIN, 103 Randolph Si, Chicago, 111
THE “CITY OF CRICK2T3.*'
Stems to Be an Appropriate Name foi
ban Antonio, Tea. lnsect.
Are Plentiful There.
“San Antonio ought to he called th*
city of crickets,” said a man who has
Just returned to New Orleans from Tex
as, says the New Orleans Times-J)emo
crat, “for 1 have never found as many
crickets any where on earth as I found out
there. It is not simply a case of the
cricket on the hearth. It Is a case of the
cricket everywhere you go. I have been
trying to figure out why it is that these
Insects are so plentiful in the Texas town
in question. At night they swarm
around the electric lights like the bugs
we are familiar with in other places.
It is impossible to walk along the streets
without stepping on them. And there is
Just a bit of poetry about the situation
in San Antonio with respect to cricket
life there.
The people generally look upon thorn
with a feeling of affection, and it is a
rare thing to see s -Itizen show any
sort of indifference to the members of
this Interesting family. No man would
think of treading on a cricket. They
take particular pains not to do anything
that would in any way injure the lives
or limbs of crickets. I was speaking of
the poetry of the situation. It Is a fine
thing to hear the crickets crooning
early In the evening. They chirp as
cheerfully as if they were hidden away
in the weeds of some romantic hedge
or on the hearth which has been Im
mortalized in verse and song. Men hurry
along the streets; women brush along
with their musical skirts, and all the
while the crickets keep on crooning
their little love songs, Just as if the
pulses of humanity were not beating
about them. It is Interesting, pictur
esque, poetic and, if I had my way, I
would christen San Antonio the ‘City of
Crickets.’ I think the name would add
color to a city already romantic In its
rich coloring.”
Will Study Foreign Methods.
Dr. Theobald Smith, the bacteriologist
who has had charge of the manufactur
ing of the antl-toxln for the state of
Massachusetts, has sailed for Europe
to study the methods employed by for
eign scientists In the preparation of
both antl-toxln and vaccine virus.
I.ife in Hot Springs.
The hot springs that contain living
bacteria are much below boiling point
In temperature, but Mr. J. Adams, of
Dublin, reports having observed eggs
of a certain mite (Tyroglyphus hlstios
toma) that survived boiling for flva min
utes.
Husband and Wife Disagree
Husband and wife often disagree
about sojiio matter that concerns each
other and frequently the husband finds
that bis wife’s judgment is the best,
the case of Mr. John W. Young of
Lincoln, 111 . is however an exception,
he says: “My wife and I both had a
severe cold and we decided to get some
kind of medicine. I bought myself a
bottla of Hart's Honey and Hi rebound
and taking it as directed whs well in a
short time. She wanted another kind
and witli the result that she still hits a
had cough. 1 advised her to take Hart s
Honey and Horeh mud anil think she
will have to do so if she gets well this
winter." Sold by Henry Hinricbs
Druggist.
Heart, Kidney, Bladder and all constitutional
and internal troubles; also Rupture, Piles,
Fistula, Uyspeps'a, Diarrhoea aid all digests*
of the stomach and bow.ls treated far in ad
vance of any iastitutlou in the country.
BLOOD AND SKIN VlSt
Scrofula, Tumors, Tetter, Eczema and Blood
Poison thoroughly eradicated, laavlng the sys
tem : n a strong, pure and healthful state.
I AHIFC If you are suffering from persistent
Headache, Painful Menstruation.
Uterine Displacements, Pains In Hack, and feel
as it it were Impossible f.r you to endure your
troubles and still be obliged to attend your
household and social obllgatloni. There are
many women doing thia to-day. However, a
yreat many have taken treatment of this spe
cialist, and he can refer you to those who have
been cured by him. Give the doctor a call. He
can give all tbu encouragement in tba world
and will cure you if you trust yourself to bis
care,
personal attention tc each individual ease,
on a professional basis vnd strictly confidential
requested to do so. 4th—Tbu doctor’s patient*
M ifm
sa— 7 \ WJTJT
HOVER BROTHERS
MERCHANT TAILORS.
M A NITC )\V OC WISCONSIN
Dont Be Fooled!
@Tho market Is being flooded
with worthless Imitations of
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
To protect the public wa call
especial attention to our trade
mark, printed on avery pack
age. Demand tha genuine.
For Sale by all Druggists.
CHiCHLSTER’S ENGLISH
Pennyroyal pills
■ Original mud Only Onnnlne.
W-f V*NL>N v 6A1 p K. Always reliable ladle*. ask Drugflet
for CHICHKSTRK'S KNOLMR
MNCLIn KF.O end iiold metallic boiee. sealed
TOE with blue ribbon. Tnke n other. KrftiM
b ™vj Oavffi’raai Huhelltutlnne and laiU*
fjf Ilona. Hujr of your Uruggisi, at wbJ 4. In
Js stamps for PartlenUra, TMtiHONlali
Cl and "Kfllcf for Led lee,” n Utttr. by r®.
y (urn Ml nil. 1 0,000 Testimonials Sold by
/ all Druggists. Clilfhrderf kraileaKW.,
Hendon tbia piper. UadUoa Hquarr. I*lll LA., PA.
The Pilot for job work
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Dancers Have Queer Ailment.
There 1b a painful complaint, do
olareß the Family Doctor, that makaa
the Uvea of hundreds miserable, and
that 1b yet never heard of outside the
walls of theaters and doctors' con
sulting rooms. This Is “dancers'
catarrh,” for which no wholly effica
cious remedy has been discovered, and
through which "as many as a score
of members of a great ballet are laid
up at one time.” The disease la de
scribed as a sort of persistent In
flammation of the nostrils. The
paroxysms begin directly a dance la
commenced, causing the nostrlla to
ache acutely.
Amktrgrli.
A hundred pounds of ambergris has
been seized at Seattle as stolen property.
The appraised value is |3O an ounce, or
48.9( iO for th-. hundred pounds. A hun
dred pounds of pure gold would not be
worth as much by |16,000. Ambergris Is
scarcer than gold. It Is more of an un
certain quantity. It le harder to find end
harder to transport. It Is found floating
In lumps in the ocean, and occasionally
In the Intestines of the spermaceti whale.
There are, however, few sperm whales
available, and the lumps of ambergris
have been growing scarcer as the wholes
have decreased In number.
Business Men
realize the fact
that Dr. Turbin
can be depended
on to fulfil his
promises in every
respect, and the
doctor has
among bis patrons
seme of the
most prominent
business men,
who are his best
friends