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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
NARY ANDERsONsS BEGINNING.
Hchearsing in the Kitchen Before n
Little Negro ScrYart.

In the South most of the servants
we're negroes. Among ours was little
mulatt0 girl c'nut-brown maid" she
called HERSELF whose chief attraction
| to me was her enthusiasm for the thea
ter, says Mary Anderson in the North
American Review One night in des-
peration l weRt to her while she was
washing dishes in the kitchen and there
unfolded all my hopes. 1t was to her l
first acted and it was she who gave ne
my first applause. The clapping of
those soapy, stea ming hands seemed to
me veritable triumph. Believing
that tragic manner alone would sufIi-
GENTLY impress the situation on the
"nut-brown maid" l began with hCI-
low voice and much fUrrowing Of the
brow: "Juli, wilt thou fol!C" and &C
sist me when l quit my childhCod's
home TO walk in the path Of SiidOas,
Kemble and Booth?" "Ch, Misc Manic.
You kin count on dis pusson. fG' &C L9r'
you kin! Why, my stars, what boss
actor you is, But you mus Icw me t5
call you maw;" and il a trioc she was
gone. A few moments lat'r ahc re
entered the kitchen With nay mother,
who was greatly surprised by my per
feTmance in the fourth act Of The
Lady of Lyons" which could nor Lave
been acted in a more appropriate part
Of the house. She, il tuiU. called tire
critic of the family. Dr. Griffin who
likewise, was astonished. and made ny
heart beat fast with joy by saying:
. you'll make good actress some day.
Your scene has thrilled me and | would
rather have rough work and g good
thrill than any amount Of artistic werh
without it." Spurred on by such en-
couragement ! worked harder than
ever, often staying up half the night to
get some effect while trying to look IT,
to the heart and mind of the character
under study-After that evening in the
kitchen l read scenes or acted them
nightly in our small household, usually
from Hamlet" ," Richard" or Schiller's
Maid of Orleans"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Special Revelations.

If, in the atmosphere generated by the
earlier developed sciences, the older
Growths of biblical Interpretation have
dropped and withered and are evidently
perishing, new and better grOwths with
roots running down into the newer sci
ences have arisen.
Comparative mythology and folklore.
comparative religion and literature, by
searching out and laying side by side
the main facts in the upward struggle
CT humanity in various old seats of
civilization, are giving a new interpre-
tation OF these great problems which
&c Cgmatic theology has long labored in
vain 10 solve
Thus, while they have established
the fact that accounts formerly sup
posed to be special revelations to Jews
and Christians are but repetitions of
widespread legends dating from far ear
her civilizations and that beliefs form
erly thought fundamental to Judaism
and Christianity are simply based on
ancient myths. they have also began to
impress upon the intellect and consci-
ence of the thinking world the fact that
religious and moral truths thus disen-
gagged from the old masses of myth
and legend are all the more beautiful
and serviceable and that all individual
or national life of any value must be
vitalized by them-Popular Science
Monthly
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
What He Wanted.

An inquisitive 6-year-old bobbed up
on 4 Big Four train as brakeman.
wearing a patent-leather cap and
brass buttoned blue shirt, rushed
through the cars in the unceremonious
stvIe peculiar to his class.
Say. pap, does that man own the
railroad?"
mo. sonny, he's only the brakeman. >.
why does he slam the door so
hard?"
Maybe so that he will break some
thing"
is that the reason they call him the
!,rakeman?"
DE still, johnny, until we get
through the tunnel"
iii bet that if 1 had 500 I'd get a
suit like the brakeman wears.
Then what would you do?' asked
-,apa, curiously.
I'D take it to Sunday school and take
IN the collection I'll bet I would gel
lots of money, too. because I'd scare
7he people just like the conductor ant
-he brakeman does"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Eolored Snow and Hail

Storms in which red, yellow and
orange colored SHOWS fell were record
ed as long ago as the sixth century.
Humboldt mentions hailstorm which
once occurred in Palermo, in which
every hailst6ne was as red as globule
of frozen blood. On March IA, 1913,
there was hailstorm in Tuscany in
which the individual stones were each
Of a bright yellow color. In 1903 at
Carniola, Germany, they had fall OF
crimson snow which was nearly five
feet in depth. Snow of a brick-red hue
fell in Italy in 1916, and in the Tyrol
II 1847. In some. sections of Iceland
snow seldoms falls to any considerable
depth without being composed of al
ternate layers of frozen crystals OF diff
ferent Colors. Sir John Ross mentions
Arctic banks Of red snow which are so
we'll known to explorers that they are
called the crimson cliffs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
t.auctte at Afternoon Tea

If it is a casual acquaintance, II this
is your first card to the house. 90 about
five O'Clock and stop not over thirty
minutes; fashionable callers viii not re-
main over fifteen minutes; il is, how
ever, not 4 question of etiquette Of
time. \ half dozen more such visits
wait their paying probably. You will,
wear bonnet or hat. one that suits
your best gown. : theateT bonnet Is
lad form. What would constitute your
regulation visiting gown is the correct
thing. If you go in a carriage, that
mode of transportation allows you a
little more freedom in the choice OF
colors, but to be underdressed rather
than overdressed is the lesser of the two
OWLS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
The Magic OF a Smile.

Smile a little, smile little,
As you go along,
Not alone when life is pleasant,
But when things 60 wrong.
Care delights to see you frowning,
Loves to hear you sigh;
Turn smiling face upon her,
Quick the dame will fly.
Smile a little, smile a little,
All along the road;
Every life must have its burden,
Every heart it's load.
Why sit down in gloom and darkness
With your grief to sup?
AS you drink Fate's bitter tonic
Smile across the cup.
Smile upon the troubled pilgrims
Whom you pass and meet;
Frowns are thorns and smiles are bios.
SONS
Oft for weary feet.
Do not make the way seem harder
BY sullen face;
Smile a little, smile little.
Brighten up the place
Smile upon your undone labor;
Not for one who grieyes
Der his task, waits wealth or glory;
He who smiles achieves.
Though you meet with loss and sor-
row
In the passing years;
Smile a little, smile o little,
Even through your tears.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
SCAWEINMAGrN'5 GAME,
1t Was Rather Spoil, Il b. Those Eoih-
crsome Children Who Would Tals.

1t Was Rather Spoil. ii b., Those Eoifs-
ersome Children Who Would TALL.
The usual little game OF poker was
cunning at Schweinmaser's and the
players were all betting very freely. An
unusually large jackpot was in the cen
ter of the table and as tie cards were
being dealt Schweinm2gcn remarked;
We'll, shentlepans, | guess n dis
bot"
1t was duly opened, and there was a
raise or two all the way around.
SChweinmagen drew one card, another
player drew two and two stood pat.
The betting was brisk, and every time
it came around to Schweinmagen he
raised. Suddenly his four-y -ycar-oid boy
exclaimed:
"Oh, look, Papa's got four cards all
alike
Shut up your mouth" rOared
Schweinmagen, but it was too late.
None of the other players would call
his, last raise. Schweinmagen took the
boy upstairs. He returned in five
minutes, red in the face, and resumed
the game with the remark:
You bet, | Sphank dot boy goot'
Half an hour later, when all were
trying to win big pot, Schweinmasen's 5
| six-year-old girl exclaimed:
Papa has got four cards all just
| alike"
/ Again everyone dropped their hands.
| Schweinmagen pocketed the cash and
the six-year-old girl was led upstairs.
! When n few minutes later the groc-
1 ers eight-year-old son said, Papa has
/ got four all alike" one Of the players
studied his hand an unusually long
/ time scratched his head, studied the
groccr's face and then called.
What have you got?" he demanded.
What hat you got?"
II called Show down your hand.
Schwenmagen spread out pair OF
deuces. The grocer didn't take the boy
upstairs. but whipped him on the spot
for lying.
dot 10Y might haf fooled sor4e OF
you shentlemans," ae exclaimed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
RETURN OF THE BUSTLE,
There Are Indications that 1t VIII Be
Worn Later in the Season.

Worn Later in the Season.
/ Women who study fashion in far
| sighted way have prophesied for some
/ time that the days of the hustle were
/ about TO return, says the New York
| World. They have said that organ
( plated backs presaged the advent Of
The hustle and that widely fiaring skirts
lined with stiffening would inevitably
! lead to the re-adoptiOn Of that clumsy
| article of attire which women gave up
| Sc gladly a few years ago.
| The lingerie department in the shops
! would seem to bear out this prophesy.
! The hustle has made its temperance
| there, tentatively so far, but still With
the air of having come to stay. 1t is not
he mOnstr0us article which was ban
iehcd when clinging skirts became fash
| l0nable 1t is rather small and is made
! Of haircloth, sometimes black. some
| tines gray and sometimes white It con
sists OF three vertical puffs, which look
like the abbreviated lining to an or
gan-plaited skirt, and it is finished by a
frill of haircloth. It's main object is to
give the skirt start in the right diTec-
ton. \ Well-lined skirt will flare at
the bottom with the aid of very small
hustle.
OF course this slight reappearance of
the hustle may be followed by hustle
revival on large scale, which will
make camel-like humps once more the
style. Doctors will object violently to
The reinTOduction Of the hustle on the
ground of health. and artists will de-
claim against its use on the score of
beauty, but the medical and aesthetic
world may grow hoarse with anathe-
mas against it before it will be dis
continued if fashion once says author.
itativeiy that it must be worn. Louis
Seize coats and the stiff skirts of the
Marie Antoinette period demand some
fouffancy, and this is obtained only by
padding or by a hustle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Nevada I3roners 1cr1icr.

A coroner in Nevada recently rea-
soned out 4 verdict more sensible than
one-h2lf the vordicts usually rendered.
It appears That an Irishman. conceiving
that little powder thrown upon some
green wood would facilitate its burning.
directed a small stream from a keg upon
the burning piece, but not possessing
a hand sufficiently quick to cut this Off.
was blown into a million pieces. The
following was the verdict delivered
with great gravity by the official:
Cant be called suicide, bekase he
didn't mean to kill himself; il wash t
visitation of God bekase he wasn't
struck by lightning; he didn't d:e for
want Of breath, for he hadn't anything
to breath with; it's plain he didn t
know what he was about, SO | shall
bring in-died for want of common
sense"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
The rattlesnake has poisoned fangs,
The scorpion won't bear handling.
The bcdbug has no rting at all.
But it gets thCyo. Notwithstanding.
GAMBLING WTTUlJT LIMIT.

20. George" shc c2cla:u cd, as they
gazed SCI, arc, II EGc SONS 10 9 no
limit to Old oceans broad expansc.
Aud tie waves 10. t cy ganiI lie along
the eLo.e" Il he N;Nes are very fcol-
ish, dear" How fonlisI? p To gam
be wEG e there is 10 IjniI." Bat nct
half SO foolish as ere Thousands WhC
dyiI e with cOnsUn p'ion iuc stalking
their last chnLcr on 'iis or that rene
dy Itch has Lever Irt lt,u know II
to cure and refusing TO iry tlI.t wf;ci
certiirly rings thcm back t., life and
hea tn Dr. Pieces Gu,Gcu Medical
Discovery. In The earlier stages oI
this terrible disc;se it j. q ;ositiy,
cure, ~hi!c even in the last Stages i
gives great relief #Id lrolcug- liF-
For weak lungs, splitting # bluni
lingering coughs, Asthma ar,l k1rdrcc
ailn ems, it is a most positive Remedy
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
An Oddly In Toes and Disits.

There is one curious fact respecting
the animal creation with which you
will never become acquainted if you
depend on your text books for informa-
ton. No living representative Of the
animal creation has more than five toes,
digits or claws to each foot, hand or
limb. The horse is the type of one
toed creation: the camel of the two
toed; the rhinoceros OF the three-toed
and the hippopotamus of four-toed an
imal life The elephants and hundreds
of other animals belonging to diffeTen.
orders belong to the great fye-toe<
tribe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Highest of all in Lcavenng PowerLaest U. s. Govt Report
1F>>S><AL Bsixi|2g E5t,.s;l|s2!
AEsSsyLUgEEg EsyEsE
STABLE MADE A PRISON.


@"s,h Carolina Attorney Sent to Jail
for Mu!e.
Erom the Washington Star: q was
( inpEEzc4cd in a stable once" said a
Vs-l-laown attorney to a Star writer.
] mad nean retained to recover a mule
in . mountain county of North Caro-
Ira. 4he mule had been taken from
--iy cii-At and | obtained writ of re-
/ p.c.-1, under which the sheriff turned
( he 81 nal over to me. He was placed
= leg stable until the case could
/ e tried the Eext morning. Court con-
q. -d about sunrise, under big oak
f~y, and The mule was sent for, but
-.-o brute had escaped and could not
iaHad.
= u will come TO order" said the
.t".-,e, an es the critter is gone, the
= ---adcd lawyerll take his place,
XII Is he was the las one then he'd
- IN charge
tAe trial progressed and judgment
isAacrcd in favor Of my client for
..-h ale. but in the absence of the
.. -, the justice said:
ne mule was Wuth a hundred
a...-. an as the lawyer let i'm sit
cay, Il render judgment agin i'm for
? hundred dollars an costs, an the
| 5.-~-!-- II imprison i'm till the costs
aia paid
of course the proceedings were il
.s5.si, but as l did not have enough
money in my pockets to pay the costs
Ha5 locked up in the log stable until
could send thirty miles over the
Mountains and get the cash. All day
Ions | staid in the impromptu Jail,
s-.i as it grew dark my thoughts were
no, OF pleasant nature. Suddenly
ac-e stuck through the chinks. ltwas the
.o55 mule, and l have never been as
2iad to see any living creature as l
was to greet that long-eared repre-
sentative of the equine race. l sue
cecdins in making the owner Of the
stable hear me, and in few minutes
the mule had taken my place in the
stable"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
History EcDCats lis cIf.

GaswelI-What picture is that?
Dukape-That is Venus Rising from
the Sea-
Some society woman, l suppose?"
Society woman nothing, Have you
never heard Of the deity OF the ancient
Greeks?"
You are sure that she belonged to
the ancient Greeks, are yOu?"
Yes; why?"
Just this: \ great deal of fuss is
made about the smallness of the mod
ern bathing suit and it is some salts
faction to know that they were just as
small many years ago as they are now -
-Pitsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16

In the county clerks Office at Ian
caster, Ky, a couple from the country
obtained license to marry, ana the
Rev. c. NJ. Reed was called in to per
form tho ceremony. Another couple ac-
companicd the bride and groom rs at
tendants to the wedding. The minister
made a mistake and married the wrong
couple. Seeing his mistake, he called
them back and married the right ones
The minister says the bridesmaid ana
best man answered the questions. ant
he thought them the interested persons
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
NO FOOD FOR TWELVE DAYS.
Remarkable Endurance of Dogs I'M
prisoned by an Indiana Caye-In.

Remarkable Endurance of Dogs I'M
prisoncd by an Indiana Caye-In.
From the Peru, Ind, Journal: a re-
markable story about two dogs that
were cr1ght by cave-in and were
unable to escape until rescuers ar
rived, twelve days later, comes from
John r. Thorne, a farmer residing
two miles east OF Santa Fe. One OF
the dogs belonged to him and the
other to a neighbor. Both dogs were
good rabbit hunters and would hunt
from morning until night without even
stopping to eat. Two weeks ago yes
terday the two dogs suddenly disap-
peared. One, two, three days passed
and the dogs were still marked absent.
Their excuse was wanted. The owners
suspected a certain man in Santa fe
of having killed the dogs and they
were quite angry about it. Last Sat
urday noon Mr. Thorne heard
scratching on a door at his home. He
open it, and the two skinny dogs
dragged themselves into the house and
fell to the floor, not dead but very near
it. The sight of the dogs was enough to
bring gladness and pity to the family,
The creatures were in such a deplorable
condition that it was thought that they
would die. But they have not, and they
are now getting fitted up for another
hunt.
After dinner Saturday Mr.. Thorne
met Silas Hahn in Santa Fe
and the latter asked Thorne if
his dog had returned home. He
said that early in the morning MS
! QIahn's) dog followed UP a scent and
landed at the foot of a hill where he
began digging in the side of it. Hahn
joined in and in a short time a cave
in was struck, from out of when
| jumped the two dogs. They had start
! ed in a hole after a rabbit, were caught
! by the cave-in and had remained there
| with nothing to eat or drink for twelve
days. And still the dogs live on.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Rnssians Are Economical.

The Russian workman spends very
little for food, lodging and dress, as
compared with the foreign artisan.
Coming from the village, he is very
modest in his demands. His food is
very simple. but it is abundant anu
answers to his taste. In Moscow, for
example. the board of a workman
amounts to not more than ten shillings
n month
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
BRIGGS LOST HIS CAT.
Sortl Eakota's Auditor Is Ayw a Lone.
liz. SatIess EunofiolaFE.

(orta Dakota's Auditor Is AJw Lone.
iy. CatIess Functionary.
Frank Briggs, North Dakuta's popu-
tan auditor, has lost his cat l1r Briggs
md family feel the loss Eeeuly; it had
lcen in the family for f0rty-cwo years,
| '.Gying been a present to Mr. Briggs
father when a kitten. 1t was originally
( white eat, but since living il Mandan
it changed color every time the house
vas painted, and at the time of its
disappearance was yellow with white
trimmings. 1t wore side whi:kers and
sandburrs in its back hair, with a
changeabIe tail. A big scar adorns one
hip. which it got in the civil war the
night it slept in the cannon. There
was either some misunderstanding
about the time of starting the cannon
or the cat OVERSIGHT; and it struck a
tree three miles in the country and was
lame for a week. 1t has always borne
& S0od character. was amiablC, modest,
and always seemed satisfied with Man
dan mice or meat market liver. Two
years ago it fell in with a bad dog
and lest some of its expression on it's
left side, but no one ever blamed the
cat in The matter and the dog didn't live
i0nE enough to be blamed. When Mr..
Briggs moved from Mandan to Bis
marck a few weeks ago he carried the
furniture and Mrs. Briggs carried the
cat in a large basket; everything went
we'll until the bottom dropped out of
the basket and the cat haslcned away
and has not been seen since. Mr..
Briggs friends are doing everything in
their power to assist him in recover
ing the cat. His Office hours for in
specting stray cats is from , to +; they
are brought and sent % him from all
parts of North ana South Dakota and
he has opened up . branch Office in
Montana, the manager Of which is now
confined TO his room from too close
inspection Of a wild cat brought in by
q cowboy. Grafton Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Enp,iSh Sp;yin Liujiupni rom we

English Spawn L'niuent rem ives
all hard, SOit eli ClIlonaed In mp
and bicu.i9he- from hor,eo. 3....r!
Spavius. lur!,-, Sput>, ; r.-.,..,
Ring Bone, Stj;.rs, Npra is eii >v"E
len Throat5, Coughs, etc, :,av" ; %
by the usa of one bottle. Warrants
tie most wonderful BIemish Care cv,i
known. $, - by L. G. rr,,;ttr,
Druggist. Maui,Owc". =. u is
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
The Letters Made Him Sick.

who started out to make pair of shoes
for each governor in the United States.
has been obliged 10 stop work on ac-
count of illness. Ten autograph letters
have already been received from gov
ernors who have been the recipients OF
his unique gift.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Petroleum in Russia.

A peculiar fact in respect to petro-
leum is the difference of conditions un-
der which that oil occurs in Russia and
America. In the forme" il is found in
strata Of the tertiary period, usually
a formation resembling q quicksand,
and at depths of only a. few hundred
feet In our own country it occurs at
great depths il the older compact
sandstones and limestones. American
oil yields very large proportion, say
about 70 per cent, of Illuminating oil
exactly suited for combustion in cur
ordinary lamps; the Russian oil pro-
duces far less OF such oil and larger
proportion OF high class lubricating
oil. The Russian Illuminating oil also
requires to be burned in modified
form of lamp with a more perfect
draught. in order 20 overcome its ten
dency to produce a smoky flame, and
il is largely this fact which has pre-
vented the consumption of Russian oil
for light abroad
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
HoporinC Her Heroes.

Japan does not mean to forget her
heroes who perished in the late war
With China. Statues Of the chief mill
tary and naval officers will be erected
II the imperial palace.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Management.

First Tramp-You are the first fellcr
that ever got a square meal from that
woman. How did yer manage?
Second Tramp told her I'd found
ID cents and asked her to direct lne to
a free lunch saloon
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Henty ii "r.c.iS. ira-gist.

What iuInvs-rd you as tie most
remarkail" ti';ng !oUs;. vhiir on
yo IL trip thru"gh the Son,i. :"
y i've c.3,c.,' II trimming Il, lar,,c in
t q streets 1i ii ar e ton"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-01-16
Nothing 10 Ha A:hamei OF.

Gotham Girl-HOw do you New I..a
;anders get over the fact that your an
eestOrs believed in witches?
B0s;cn Girl-Wc call it hypa@:.
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NASH & NASH,

Tr0RNEIS AND COT NSELoiiS AT L v
\ Once over First r.atiOnal BANK, Eighih
(. rc-t Collections .r.liy attended u
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