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FUMIGATION OF PEAS. Ontario Ak rloult oral ('ullrer Dr aoriheii Effective Hi'fluid of !■;- terinliiatliiK Urrtilt. Every year we are asked how to de stroy weevils in peas. The Ontario ag ricultural college at Guelph, Out., issues a good statement of the facts about peas and insects in bulletin 12C. The two pictures shown in cut are taken from this bulletin. The following account is given of the Canadian method of fumi gating the peas: “Immediately after thrashing the peas were pul into cotton or jute bags. As soon as 30 bushels of peas were thrashed they were placed in a fumigation box for treatment. One pound of carbon bisulphide was poured out into three flat pans, which were placed on the top of the peas; the cover was then put on the box and weighted with heavy stones. After 48 hours the cover was removed PEA FUMIGATING DEVICE. and the box ventilated. The pans had become dry, as the liquid had changed | into a gas, which, being much heavier 1 than air, had sunk down amongst the peas, penetrating them and killing the weevils. The quantity of carbon bisul phide used by us was larger than that usually recommended, as a pound or a pound and a half is generally considered sufficient for 100 bushels of peas, but we wished to err on the safe side.” The fumigating box mentioned It shown in the upper part of the picture. The lower part of this picture shows how barrels may be used for fumigating If desired. The box shown Is live feet long, two and four-fifths feet wide and three feet high. It will hold 30 bush els of peas at one time. If is made of pine lumber one and one-half Inch thick, tongued and grooved. The end pieces are mortised into the sides. White lead is used at the joints, and the cover Is lined with cloth. The box is so well made that it has been used for dipping sheep. Regarding the use of bisulphide this bulletin states: “When pure It will not injure or stain the finest goods. The commercial liquid has an acrid taste, and an odor like that af rotten eggs. The vapor is more than two and a half times as heavy as air. Carbon bisulphide may he purchased In email quantities from any druggist at about 30 cents per pound, or 40 cents per pint. For larger quantities, better rates can he given by the druggist. The gas, or vapor, which comes from carbon bisulphide Is not only combustible, but It is very explosive when mixed with ilr. Great care should, therefore, be taken to treat the peas in (he daytime only, for a light or a flame of any kind brought near the liquid may cause a serious explosion; and smoking near It should be positively prohibited. More over, the vapor should not be inhaled,as it Is very Injurious, even a small por tion causing headache, giddiness and nausea. The treatment with carbon bi sulphide should be made in boxes, bar rels, or ‘bug houses,’ located some dis tance from the insured buildings on the farm. With the strict observation of the preceding precautions, no one should hesitate to use the carbon bisulphide. Asa matter of fact, we have never heard nf any bad results following its use in the treatment of peas.” PrnpiiK'iit lon of f'arrnnta. Instead of the usual method of propagating currants, viz., making cut tings of the new wood in the fall or early winter and planting early in the spring, a better method has been tried enough successfully to be recommend ed to the public. It is as follows: When the stems of the present year’s growth are well matured, yet some what soft and sappy, make the cut tings. Plant them immediately in eith er the nursery row or trench, in well drained, loose soil. Good puddling at the time of planting will insure the cuttings to start good roots in about six or eight weeks. This method has the advantage of giving the farmer strong, sturdy plants, Instead of rut tings to set out in the spring.—Rural World, PmnlKate Ynunic Tree*. WhetheV the trees set out this fall come ftom Infected or clean localities. It Is a good plan to fumigate them. They may not need this treatment, but It will do no harm. In spite of all care some eggs or larvae may be left on the trees, which in a short time will overrrun the orchard It is little trou ble to treat young stork before plant ing. A large dry goods box, lined with building paper or otherwise made tight, win make a handy fumigating chamber. Hydrocyanic acid gas or some other poisonous gas will he a I vary efficient fumlgator.—Rural World. SOIL FOR STRAWBERRIES. j SueceuM Im More la the Man Than the Variety, I.anil or Au> Other Condition. The question is often asked: What varieties of strawberries are the best for heavy clay soil? What for sandy loam or for gravelly soil? W. S. Crawford, of Ohio, an author ity on strawberries, says that he does not think the question can he answered in a satisfactory manner. Asa gen eral thing varieties are not adapted to special kinds of soil, and will do as well on one kind as upon another, provided they are furnished \yith the food and drink they need, as they do not depend upon the soil itself, but upon the fertility that is held in solu tion around the grains of soil. If the fertility ami water are thers they will get it and do well, and if they are not there, the opposite results may be expected. This brings out the fact that we could hope fur best results if we knew just what was already in the soil, as some kinds are likely to he wanting in some of the needed elements and there are some varieties that are not as good as others in adapting them selves to imperfect conditions. Some good authorities state that. the Gandy is not, adapted to dry. sandy land. This is because the land is dry and not : because it is sandy. In a wet season, i or with irrigation, it will do as well I there as anywhere, i Given nitrogen, potash, phosphoric ! acid and water in sufficient quantities and most any variety is not particular what kind of soil it is started in, for it will get them if they are there. We advise not to plant some varieties upon low land, not because It is low merely, but because it is more likely to be frosty because it is low. On such land such sorts as the Nick Ohmer or Marshal are likely to be killed, while the Havilaml would likely grow a good crop. Then (here are varieties that should not be grown on heavy undrained land unless tbov can be well covered, as they will not be able to bold them selves in the ground, the freezing and thawing causing them to heave badly Success Is more In the man than the variety, land, climate nr any other condition, says Mr, Crawford, for the man who knows how and will use bis knowledge will to a. great extent over come unfavorable conditions—Farm ers’ Voice. THE ROSEBUD CURCULIO. 11 2i till I’lrkbiK Seem. to He ".dj Ef fective Mellioi! of Evlei nilim tinu Til la I’e.t. We illustrate the Rosebud curcullo, all parts being enlarged. The insect is about one-fourth of an inch long. At a is shown the adult beetle; b, larva; c. egg; (1, side v<aw of bead of beetle; e, hud Injured by the beetle; f, mouth parts of the larva; g, mouth parts of the beetle. Reproduced from bulletin of the Montana experimental station. This insect has been little studied and its hibernating habits are not known, it occurs in many parts of the United States, and seems to find the wild rose its natural ally. The beetle is sometime* in I <of THE ROSEBUD CURCULIO. found eating ripe raspberries and black berries, but does no particular damage to the rose bush and foliage, The dam-1 age is done to the rosebud in which It leposlts its egg. The grub, on hatching,. feeds on the seeds of the rose apple, and attains full size in its birthplace. In October it eats its way out and disap pears into the ground. The damage is done to the roses by the holes bored in depositing the eggs, a good many buds so punctured drying up and dropping. Some, however, live ami bloom, and in these the larva grows The remedy Is the hand picking of the rose apples before the grubs emerge. These affected buds can be told by the iiseolored area on the side of the apple in which the puncture was made when i lie egg was inserted. — Farmers’ Review Stop All the Small I.exit.. Do not take a notion that your cows are doing well at milking time because you think they are. Possibly they are. but a certain Mrs. Jersey may be lay ing off for a few days and you are th man who should find out (fie reason and remedy it. It’s the little leaks that wreck modern dairying. Records should he kept and each cow’s output tested. Cows that test low and dry off in a few months after calving need no further clemency. Weed them out now, as there Is no time like the pres ent for improving your dairy.—Rural World llonr*ty in Parklnu Fruits. In handling fruit and vegetables one of the common tricks Is in facing the packages, but the deception Is soon discovered, and the, buyer, nine times nut of ten, is pretty sure to find out the trick, and the seller’s ■reputation, If he has any. Is badly damaged. If, on the other hand, care is taken to gk-ade and uniformity Is adhered to, an enviable reputation can ho built up which is lasting. Buyers, whether in the local or distant market, soon learn the brand of the honest shipper.—Midland Farmer. PERILS OF MICROBE DODGING. Ul.covrry of Germ. the Moat Dla< hearteniitK of All the lllicot er.tea Made by Solenee. "Microbes snatch at us from around every corner,” according to Eugene Wood, In Everybody’s. "We can get on the good side oi a dog by patting his head and we can please the cat by scratching her under the chin (if she doesn’t scratch first). We can tame other animals by giving them food or by putting the weight of our hand on them, if they won't be pet ted or tamed we can pick up a rock and let them have It between the eyes. But when a creature has no tail to wag and nothing to purr with, how can we pet It? How can we, without getting a crick In the neck, stoop down far enough to say: "Pret ty microbe! ” to something that Is to us as a grain of sand is to Mount Blanc? If it comes to exterminating them, what chance have we with a creature that every two hours breaks j into two pieces, each of which is a perfect organism, ready in another two hours to break in two again, and each of these halves to break in two in another two hours, and so on and so on until in three days the progeny of one single bacterium numbers 4,772 billions? Nobody can keep up with that rate of increase. Of all the discoveries made by science it seems to me that the most disheartening Is t! e discovery of germs.” COLLECTOR’S WEAKNESS. A Itleli Man Who Would Have No Re production* of FnlntlnitM Owned by Him. The attendants in the art gallery of a department store in Brooklyn were startled the other day to see a man deliberately destroy two pictures that he had just purchased at a cost of $47, says the New York Press. The man is wealthy and alms to have a collection of art objects that have no duplicates. He had purchased in the art gallery that was the scene of his vandalism a painting for which he paid SI,OOO. After it was sent home he was showing it to a friend, who, knowing the collector’s weakness, told him ho had seen two reproductions of the painting in the same gallery, one priced $35, the other at sl2. "Clo and buy them for me,” said the collector, “and when you get them break (hem tip. I’ll give you a check for sl7 before you go home.” The friend declined the task, so the collector went to the store himself, pointed out the two pictures and after he had paid for them destroyed them on the spot. The same man ordered a table with a carved top, for wh.ch he paid S2OO, and after it had been finished he went to the artist who had designed it and stood by him wnile he destroyed the original drawings for the table. That was a part of the contract and he meant to see it carried out. DEER VISION NOT SO GOOD. If II Kiinnlei! Man'. the Killing Would Not He So l urice Accord ing to Those W ho Know. Every day or two the fact is brought to the notice of hunters that a deer can not see as well as a man. Tell this to a person who has never been deer hunt ing and he will laugh at you. but it is a fact that the average human being has better vision and a greater range than has the red deer of the north woods, says the New York Sun. This Is easily proved. A per-on may stand in full view of a deer, and the ani mal may be on the lookout and still not see the person until quite near and some time after the person has spied the deer. Of course, the sense of smell, as well as that of hearing, is overdeveloped in the deer, but not so with the power of sight. James Skilton, one of the best Unown hunters in this neighborhood, says that almost every deer he has killed could have saved itself if its sight had been as good as his, and other hunters say the same thing. With the wind blowing away from the deer, one, or even a drove, will sometimes stand in full vision for half an hour, until their keen sense of smell or hearing gives the alarm and they scramble away through the brush. Dentlibeil Thtevn. In France persons who live at the expense of others have discovered a novel and shameful method of thiev ing, They practice it only at funerals, and hence they are known as “death bed thieves." When they read in a newspaper that a well-to-do person has died, some of them go to the house an hour or two before the funeral takes place and coolly mingle with the invited mourners. Of course the mem bers of the family do not know them, but they naturally assume either that they were known to the deceased and have come to pay their last respects or that they were Invited to be pres ent by some aunts or cousins who ara unable to attend in person. Lrnlii and Clark Fair. The Lewlfj and Clark fair, planned to be held in Portland, Ore., in the summer of 1905, is to commemorate the centennial of the crossing of the continent by Urn explorers whom Jef ferson induced to undertake the dlfll cult task soon after the completion of his bargain for the Louisiana terri tory. They went up the Missouri river, crossed the Rocky mountains and followed down the course of the Columbia river to the Pacific. Nnti.rnllzntliin Plfnrta Only 8 3 per cent, of the 1,330,097 German-born males in the United States have failed to become natural ized, while 13 per cent of the Eng lish, 35 per cent, of the Russians. 53 per cent, of the Italians and 80 per ceut. of the Japanese are still aliens. DIAMONDS I The diamond field* of South Africa are the scene of our next serial story, written by Frederic Ecddale, entitled The Other Man It Is ft strong story of love and adven ture with the plot laid in the historic Transvaal ami Cape Colony territory, and deals with the discovery of new diamond fields which are now a reality. WATCH FOR IT The opening chapters will appear In the near future, and It lea tale yon cannot afford to miss. Watch our col umns for ths headline, The Other Man Love and Diamonds They always did go well together. It takes a diamond to bind Cupid’s con tract, and in our next serial, which begins in the next Issue, cut tiled The Other Man A veritable South African eldorado assists the God of Love in several knotty problems. In It love and dia monds form the basis for the plot. I>o not forget that this story begins In Our Next Issue IT’S UP TO YOU Not to miss a good thing by falling to read the story which begins lit this Issue, entitled The Other Man By FREDERIC REDDALE. It Is a stirring story of love In old England and adventure In the Mouth African diamond fields. It Is a story that is well worth the time of reading, and Knows \pr> Mule. The fellow who knows it all seldom has sense enough to know a thing or two. —Philadelphia Press. Too ip for Health, A room in which soiled clothes or shoes beeenie moldy is 100 damp for health. Lnililor of Fame. The ladder of fame has a provoking tendency to tip over backward.--Chi cago Record-Herald, WHAT THE International Correspondence Schools OF SCRANTON, PA. Are Doing for Technical Education There are many people throughout the country who know in a general way that the International Correspondence Schools are carrying on a great educational work and they approve it, but they do not know the exact nature of that work. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WILL SERVE TO EXPLAIN: Our Work Our work is to gather technical knowledge from all quarters of the industrial world; arrange it into special courses for special classes; and impart it to all am bitious of advancing. TO GATHER THIS KNOWLEDGE and classify it we maintain our Faculty and intermittently employ the foremen, superintendents, managers and engineering ex perts of many of the leading industrial establishments, TO DISPENSE IT, we have our I ielJ Organization for explaining the peculiar advantages of our different Our Plan Our plan embodies the following distinctive features: I —We furnish all necessary preparatory instruction. 2—' Wc provide drawing instruments and experimental apparatus with each course requiring them. • Cut (his out nr.d mail it (o the Local Representative whose j 1 address is given elsewhere in this announcement. ( i International Correspondent Schools. J 1 Gentlemen—Please explain how I can qualify , | for position at loft of which I have marked X. J ' .. Mccliam .ii 1 ngineei Mur.uipn 1 Engineer 1 >... Machine Designer Bridge Engineer ' '... Mechanical Draftsman Railroad Engineer ( 1 Foreman Machinist Surveyor y .. Foreman Toolmaker Mining Engineer ( ... 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Hydraulic Engineer Commercial Law i | LANGUAGES TAUGHT WITH PHONOGRAPH ! • | French | .. | German | | Spanish 1 , Occupation i , Name _ • ( Addrosn < • City - Stau* | I 1111 I w A FREE game inside ' each package of Lion Coffee 60 different panics. COAL EXPERIMENTS. Teat* InniitFiirnH'il at I‘ortanioalh, EuHlaml—Kt|irrlii Mail)' Kffort at SnlimrrKlng In Sail \\ liter. Some curious tests with coal are now being made at Portsmouth, the object being to ascertain to what ex , lent, if any, it is improved by being kept for a certain time in salt water, i Twenty-one tons of coal taken from the same heap were first divided into i three parts, two of which contained i ten tons each, and one one ton. One 1 of the ten ton lots was next divided | into live parts, each containing twe 1 tons, and these, after being placed in five perforated boxes, were sunk in the sea. The other ten ton lot is also to be divided Into live parts, each con taining two tons, but instead of being sunk in the sea these are to be kept on land and will bo covered with tar paulin. The one ton lot was burned a few days ago, and a thorough test is now being made of its qualities as shown by combustion. in 12 months the coal in one of the submerged boxes, and also that in one of the boxes which have been kept on land, will be compared, and the re sult will be compared with that which was obtained when the one ton was burned a few days ago. in this way ! the scientists and the naval authori ties of England are confident that some new and Important facts can be learned In regard to the qualities of From An Auctioneer Col. (’. H. McDonald of (Ireenview, Ills , in n letter May Ist. 11MM. says; "lain un auctioneer and being often ex (rosed to the weather, am seriously troubled by my throat tiecoming irri tated and hoarseness following. When troubled in this way, I always nee Hearts’ Honey and Iloiehound. It is the only remedy that lias ever done me any good and it positively cures.’ Sold by Henry Hinrichs Druggist. Money at 5 per ct. ON I First Mortgage Security AT i JULIUS LINSTEDT & CO. OFFICF IN SAVINGS BANK BUM DING Manitowoc. W'lj Courses to the prospective student and our Corps of Instructors for guiding him after he enrolls. There are three phases of our work : 1— We teach unemployed people the theory of the work they want to engage in. RESULTS: positions easily secured: days of drudgery shortened, and some times avoided altogether; quit k promotion. 2We teach employed people to do their work Let ter. RESULTS: more responsible positions; better pay. 3We teach dissatisfied people how to do what is congenial to them. RESULTS: preparation for new work betore leaving the old; rapid progress in the new field. 3 We explain facts, principles and processes so clearly that the student quickly comprehends and remembers them. 4—We illustrate our instruction with all views, plans, sec tions and elevations that will contribute to its clearness. f>—We give concise rules and practical examples showing their application. I) We grade our instruction so that at no stage of his pro gre s is the student confronted with insurmountable difficulties. 7—We critieire and correct our student's wiitten recita tions, and send him special advice regarding his course when ever necessary. Some Interesting Facts and Figures We employ about 3,2(>0 people. Our mailing department handles about 15,000 pieces of mail every day. \\ o use about c!■ '•' worth of piistagestamps daily. Last year we i:. iud about sixty-three million ((53,000,000) pages of instruction. Twelve years ago we had only one course of instruction and enrolled our first student. We now have 132 course* and about 600,000 names on our roll. Send for Further Particulars Note the enquiry blank in the lower left hand corner of this an nouncemcnt. Place an X opposite t -r tt you desire to qual- Ify for Si n sour name ami address, then cut out the form and " mail it to the address Riven at t l .#■ bottom of this advertisement. You will at once icceivc full ami complete information. Address all communications to A. C. LANCEFIF.LD, Dist. Manager Windiatc Hotel, Manitowoc, Wis. W Itnr AN BELL. MANITOWOC SAVINGS BANK. Capital SIOO,OOO Surplus $25,000 fOHtt HOHCKTTE. President. IXJCLH SCJIUKTTE. VU-o-Pn*tiilenl ■D. BOH CETTE Oswtxloi EDWARD LAW UN. Am Chehlar Open from tto R o’ciooA Chicago k North Western Railway. NOHTI BOUND Ne 4 Ne, I No, b No 17 Ne. 11 No. HI N 11 l.t (lili-ago TMMam II m 3(iata 6Kipm iOO a m Leave Milwaukee 6 6.5 e m * Tift a m 160 p m 7 Till pui 7ina in 7 10am Leave I 'leveland Sll min 10 11*1101 8 Tift p m i 1;' 11. 930 H m 10 43 pm Leave Newton 400 a m 10 Hlp m 404 pm 6VIa in 440a lb 13 56 pm I eave Manitowoc V37tta 10 35 pm 4 06pie i> On a m IM |> n loin am ono p m Leave ({ranch M 0 a m 440 pm r.. 41 a m 036 pm Leave PlueUrove 65Ma in 443 pm 443 am 247 pm LeaveCuto IB (I am 45#a iu 347a ia Olllpia li.hta 1 1 rlmm- lima am 454 p ia 451 ata 4 36pm I.*'* ia Iteedsvllle II 10 Hla fc i >4 pin IjHam 4 ill y a Leave Appleton Jet 3ln p m 415 am 1110 pm Leave Anttgo 4 17pm 1140 am oOn a u Leave Ashland iOOp ia 4i-am Train No II daily. No 1,3, 6. 17 ami 51 ilally eveept Sunday Nn 31, Sunday only. Tmltie Nn 3,6. II amt 17 making connect ions al Appleton .lot. for mirth ami -ninth. No. 5 and 17 making connect,ion at Marshfield for St I'anl and Minneapolis and the uortnweet Train* Noll and 17 making coi u*t lona al Aah land fur 1 in I nth, Iha Suis-riors and t ha west. SOUTH HOUND TRAINS No 2 Noll No 111 No 14 No 13 No 60 Leave Keedsville 5 :t.i p m 741a in 10 03 pm 93Uatu I man- (Irininix 6 44 p m 7 44 a m 10 07 p m 10 03 a m Leave I'ato 6 43pm 761 am 1031 pm 1016 am Leave Flue Drove . 600 pm 7 63am 10 34 pm 10 06 ain Leave Branch 557 p in IlWam 10 40 p m 11136 am Leave Manltowis- . Hl4pm 6 11am I 16am 12 66 pm 4in p m 1136 am Leeve Newton 3.11 pm ID'am 107 pm 430 pm 12 07 pm Leave Cleveland 0 10pm 033a in 137 pm 440 pm 13 42 pm Arrive Milwaukee Dipm 73n a m 111 65 a m 360 p m 64n p m 3JU p m Arrlvet'hlcago 1115 am V46a ai 116 pm 615 pm UJiii m Train No Hand 13 daily No. 0, 10, 14, and 6n daily except Sun all trains making Connecticut at Milwaukee and I'bn-ago for east, south and west TWO RIVERS TRAINS Leave ManltoW/C. 646 a m 10 30am 4 .kl pin j Leave Two Rivers 7 40am 12 10 pm 6 10pm Arrive Two R!*ers 710 a m Kl6oam 460 p m Arrive Manitowoc (imam 13 36 pm i 31) p m For any further Information apply at depot ticket office Jiuaa K O Brun. Tkt. Agt, Wisconsin Central RailwayCP. PAHBKNUKK TRAINS Katwcni M mil to woe !.*• Arrive mill Mmiittwiir Meultowoe Collins, Hlllxrt June- / 6HIA U e 46 A II tton. Sherwood, Now-/ ueb, Menashik I al* r ' M 760F’ M HteTens Point Marsh- | drill, Chippewa Kails. Kau Clairs. St. Haul, \ 5 5(1 AII ’OP M. , MiniitiaiKilm Hurley, | Iroiiwood Unwiuinr I Ht Haul. MlnnraiHilla, Ashland. Uulutb ami >■ ,1 11 P M *46A .II Pacific coast points I (febkoah, Komi ilu Ijv, I Milwaukee. Watike 5 50 A M • 46 A M iba, Chicago ami fJIS P M 7.• H M points Ksst am) South ( All trains daily exi-ept Sunday W II TaNDCoairr. Act A Runaway Bicycle Terminated with an nifly cot on the leu of .1, B. Orner. Franklin Grove, 111 It developed a stnbborrn nicer unyield ing to doctors and remedies for four years. Then Uucklen’s Arnica Salve cured. It’s just as good for Burns, Scalds. Skin Eruptions and Biles. 35c. at Henry Hinrichs Drug Store. n-i-r i-!-T^IU MANITOWOC—Season of 1908 Steamer South to Milwaukee and Chicago. Daily except Satmday and Sunday 7:30 p. in. Steamer South Milwaukee and Chicago, Sunday 8:00 a. m. Steamers for North Algoma. Kewaunee, Sturgeon Bay, Menominee, Thursday, Sat urday and Sunday 7 00 p. in Steamer north W ednesday 1 00 p. m. Office and docks foot of sth street (i. P. Houghton, Agent.