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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

Too much praise cannot BE given the
Scr knights of the various lodges for
their untiriDg efforts in interest of the
order ALI of the lodges are doing
veil and the time is not far distant
when the order will be the most fore
Raost in numerical strength of any or
ganization.
The order is composed of some of the
best men and those who have remain
ed aioof on account of not wishing to
connect themselves with any Of the
lodges fearing that they may be
thrown In contact with men who are
distasteful TO them need not entertain
such q fear any longer.
Our doors are opened for all gentle
men who can stand the medical exami-'
nation
The Courts of CalRnthe are still on
boom ard the workers deserve much
credit. Their success is a foregone
conclusion and the time is not far dis
fant when all of the members wives
will be connected with some Court.
The Investment Is a good one and
every one who join will get value re-
ceived.
The Endowment is a safe insurance
and for the premiums paid is the best
investment we know Of.
To become acquainted with the con-
litions we would advise you to JON,
Xon will find worthy associates.
Planet Lodge. %, and Richmond
hodge 1, meet Monday night.
Virginia Lodge, 6, met Monday
night. The attend at &c was good and
q great amount Of interest was mani
tested on part of the members present.
The lodge is in good condition and its
membership is on the increase. The
members should make an effort to
build up the lodge in every legitimate
way.
Samson Lodge, 16 met last Monday
night. Sir Robert Randolph who is q
member OF Samson Lodge is confined
10 His bed on account of sickness. His
address is 813 N. 31st st. The mem
bers know their duty and will not hest.
.ea4e to do it.
Sir William Pierson of ia Bates st
member OF Planet Lodge, %, who has
been on the sick list for about three
weeks ia convalescent,
Sylvia Court, los, met Tuesday even
inE. The attendance was good and
vast amount OF important business wa
transacted. The Court is In an excel
lsnt condition and boast of being tn,
oldest in this Jurisdiction.
49,
Blooming Lily Lodge, Is, meet
Tuesday night. 22nd inst. at Blooming
Lily Hall on P St., near 3lst.
Royal Lodge, 20, meets Wednesda,
night, the 23rd inst. at Prices Hall.
Old Dominion Lodge, 8, meets o.
-Thursdsy night, the Path inst, a
Prices Hall.
Unisy Lodge, "a, meets Friday night
tho 10Th inst, IS Prices Hall.
-
Excelsior Lodge, %, met on Tuesds
niEhe, the 18Th inst The skteudauc
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19
Horrible ButChGriGS.
FROM FIRST PAGE,

forward dead. Some OF the party were
asked why the colored man was killed
and IL was stated that he said he went
60 the polling place because Tolbert
summoned him and consequently he
was in the party that attacked those
in the polling place. Harrison seemed
frightened almost to death and obey I'd
orders like child.
WOULD ANSWER no QUESTIONS.
When other persons were asked
questions. some one cried, Make no
explanations and come on" The men
jumped on their horses and gslloped
away.
Parties were out searching all day
long for any one OF list OF colored
men who, it was said, are ring-lesders
in the rioting.
The whites are particularly incensed
against all the I llberts, and hold them
responsible for the trouble. A party
went to kill Tom Tolbert. but some
one prevailed on the hot heads not to
kill a wounded and dying man, John
X. Tolbert, collector of the port at
Charleston, and Joe Tolbert, left the
county and went to Charleston. Reed
Tolbert has gone to Greeneville. Ezra
Tolbert is quartered with friends. His
son was shot, and this, with the plea
that he is a non-partisaD. has nine
children and good Democratic wife.
alone has saved him from death.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

The Sir Knights OF Plsuet Lodge. Nc.
%, are requested TO attend meeting
Monday night. Business CT import-
ance.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

JOB WORK A SPECIALITY.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

Planet Lodge. %, and Richmond
hodge /, meet Monday night.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

Samson Ledge, 16 met last Monday
night. Sir Robert Randolph who is a
member OF Samson Lodge is confined
10 his bed on account of sickness. His
bers know their duty and will not hest
.kG4e to do it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

Virginia Lodge, 6, met Monday
night. The attend ar ce was good and
n great amount Of interest was mani
tested on part of the members present.
The lodge is in good condition and it's
membership is on the increase. The
members should make an effort to
build up the lodge in every legitimate
way.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-11-19

Sir William Pierson of ia Bates st 9,
. member of Planet Lod ge, %, who has
been on the sick list for about three
weeks ia convalescent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
RAT WITH A WOODEN LEG.
How an Inventive and Humane PHIL
adeIphia Boy Fitted Out
His Captive.

A rat with a wooden leg is curl
osity, as curiosities go nowadays. Yet
such an animal can be seen any day at
the residence of a man named Dugmore,
IN the southwestern section of the
city. reports the Philadelphia Times.
About a month ago Willie Dugmore, a
lad of y years, found the little rodent
in a trap in the cellar His first i'm
pulse was to brain the pest with a
baseball bat, but the rat looked at him
so p!eadingly that Willie's heart was
touched, and he decided to take the trap
TO an adjoining vacant lot and fberate
the animal. This he did, but instead of
scampering off, as he expected, the rat
limped painfully up to him and began
to lick his hand. Willie then discovered
that one of the animals legs had been
almost severed by the trap.
Taking the rat home, he cut the leg
off and then bandaged the wound, using
as a fniment a little vaseline. He then
put the rat into a cage and nursed il
for week. He then removed the band
age and found that the wound had
completely healed. The rat was, how
ever, unable to walk, and Willie de-
cided that he would make for it an ar
titicial leg. Going down 10 the cellar,
he obtained piece of pine, and after
some whiting succeeded in making a
leg. This he fastened on with string,
and was delighted to see that his plan
was entirely successful. The rat is now
the family pet and can be seen any day
hobbling about the kitchen or teasing
little Irish terrier, of which it has
made a lifelong friend.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
LOSERS NAME FIRST.
1t Is So Placed in Many Cases when
Speaking of War Between
Nations.

We are commonly known among
third parties by the names Of the two
nations involved, and it is a serious fact
that the name ofthe losing nation usu-
ally precedes that OF the victor. Consid-
erations of euphony and not sentiment
obtain. In the war between France and
Prussia France was completely crushed
in short time, but the contest, by gen
eral consent, is known as the Franco
Prussian war. The recent war in the
far east, which led to the partition of
China now actively in progress, was
known as the Chinese-Japanese, or, in
European phraseology, the Sino-Japan-
ese war. \ still more recent example
is the GraecO-Turkish war, in which
Greece was badly whipped.
To the superstitious the name cur
rently given to our conflict with Spain
may, by analogy, seem an augury of sue
cess for our arms. Europe calls it the
Spanish-American war. An objection
to the name is that it gives rise to am
biguities, as the term mSpanish-Ameri-
can is commonly used to designate the
various countries of South America.
Perhaps for this reason there is grow
ing tendency in Europe to call the war
Hispano-American. Another objection
in the eyes of Europe TO either of these
names is the jealousy with which it re-
CARDS our assumption of the name
America. America, it is contended, ap-
plies to the whole of North and South
America, and this country is more often
referred to as ''the States" even by
England.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
HOT WATER WELLS.
In Some Cases Temperature Rises
Twenty Degrees in Single Night
Cause of the Phenomenon.

The wells in parts of Arizona have re-
Gently become producers of hot water,
and apprehension is felt by many of the
residents of the region affected that
they are about to become participants
in a grand volcanic drama. In some of
the wells the temperature of the well
water rose 20 degrees in a single night.
In few the phenomenon disappeared
soon after its appearance. In a ma jor-
ity of the cases, however, the wells fair
ly steam from their newly acquired
heat. The first known of this curious
state of affairs was report that the
wells at Maricopa, on the Southern Pa
citic railroad, 80 miles south of Phoenix
had suddenly become hot, says the
Omaha Bee.
1t was four days thereafter that the
phenomenon first was noticed a dozen
miles west of that city. \ test at one
well showed a temperature of nearly
100 degrees. No difference is noted in
wells in the immediate vicinity of
Phoenix.
The line of subterranean heat wave
follows the general direction of the ST.
ezra Estrella mountains, a volcanic
chain lying Immediately south of the
Gilariver. Thenceitappears to continue
on in the direction of the Harqua Hala
mountains, near which are number of
large and modern volcanic cones and
hills of drifted volcanic ash. Further
to the east the lava flows are so geolog-
ically modern as to have overwhelmed
in number of places the cliff dwellings,
of the ancients
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The TLL&owfng of Rice and Old shoes
Is Relic of Primi-
tive Times.

Until the middle of the sixteenth
century Christian marriage consisted
of two distinct ceremonies-the be-
trothal or espousals, which were fol-
lowed at a considerable interval, some
times extending TO two years, by the
benediction or complete marriage.
Many modern marriage customs are
relics of primitive times. For instance,
the throwing of old shoes after the
newly married pair is a remnant of
marriage by capture, when the brides
relations threw stones and other mis-
siles after the bridegroom as he rode
off with his captured bride. The honey
moon is relic of the enforced seclusion
in which a captured bride and her cap
turer lived after the bridegroom had
secured his wife; and the traditional
hatred of mothers-in-law is merely a
survival of the old feud between the
bridegroom and the brides family
Groomsmen are another remnant of
marriage by capture. They were origi-
nally the brides bodyguard when
she was pursued by her bridegroom
and his friends. Then later they used
TO be attached to the brides procession,
and had nothing TO do with the bride
groom. Because their office was re-
duced TO sinecure, they were armed
with lances. and carried lighted torches
for these captures were generally at
tempted al night
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
MORRO AS A FORTS NAME.
1t Is Used by IT, Spanish when the
Fort Projects from Height
Do a Negroes Lips.

The word Moro, as applied to the
forts in Cuba, has confused many per-
sons who We're surprised to learn of the
existence of several of them with this
name. The word is one little used by
Cubans. It's use on the island is con-
fined almost exclusively to the Span
iards. In the dictionary moro" is de-
fined as anything that is round" or "a
prominent overhanging lip" The Span
iards always describe a negro mouth as
moro" from the projecting lips. The
word is also applied to a cat, but in this
sense it is taken to refer to the purring
of the animal, says the New York Sun.
When applied to the castles or fortresses
in Cuba the word is TO be taken in the
same significance il possesses when ap-
piled to a negrO's mouth. These de-
fenses are usually perched on heights,
over which they project just as pro-
truding lips do. The word is always
spelled with two IRIS. The word moro
is said to mean moorish, belonging to
the Moors.' In jocular style it is ap-
piled to wine not mixed with water. II
also means as noun a Moor or native
of Africa. 1t is also used in Cuba to des-
ignate particular kind of horse collar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
CoMPLEXITY OF BATTLESHIpS.
Almost Every Move Made by the Mod
ern Sea Fighter Is Controlled
by Machinery.

In the Iowa it may almost be said
that nothing is done by hand except the
opening and closing Of throttles and
pressing Of electric buttons. Her guns
are loaded, trained and fired, her am
munition hoisted, her turrets turned
her rpedoes-mechanis Of them
selves-are tubed and elected, the ship
sueered, her boats hotsted out and in,
the interior lighted and ventilated, the
great searchlight operated and even OF
ders transmitted from bridge or con-
ming tower to all parts by mechanical
appliances. Surely no more striking
view than this of the development Of
35 years could be afforded, says Cas-
sier's Magazine.
This growth of complexity and elab-
oration and this almost infinite multi
plication Of parts and devices have en-
tailed upon the naval architect and
constructor demands and difficulties
never dreamed of in the earlier days
The staff required to design and con-
struct an Iowa is multiplied in number
and the complexity Of its organization
is augmented as compared with that re-
quired for the design and construction
of the New Ironsides almost indefinitely.
Similar conditions apply to command
and management, so that while the
building of a modern battleship entails
enormous work and responsibility on
the naval architect, constructor and
staff. the effective use of her as tool
in the trade Of war presents an equal
variety and intricacy of problems to
students of the art of naval warfare.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
BARGAINS IN CLOTHING.
Some Good Suggestions to Wha I
to Buy and Wear at Mini
mum Expense.

For some reason which we cannot un-
derstand there is, perhaps, as much ig-
norance as to what constitutes a valu-
able bargain in clothing as in any other
line that could be mentioned. There is
no one item, except food, on which men
have to spend as much as on their
clothes While this is true, most men
exercise so little caution or judgment
in purchasing clothing that large ratio
of loss to the consumer is the result. 1t
is standard of civilization, when we
find men anxious TO dress well. To do
so at minimum expense is the highest
arr, says the Textile Manufacturers
journal.
The first qualification that the buyer
must insist on is fast color In pur-
chasing a foreign-made article be must
bear in mind that the color particularly
is liable to give him trouble. 4 color
that stands very we'll in Europe or Eng
land, that does not give way under
leaden skies or foggy atmosphere, win
soon succumb and look cheap and mean
in the warm, clear atmosphere and pure
sunlight of our ATTITUDES.
\ maker or seller cannot deceive a
buyer as 10 cut and fit if he has his eyes
open. If a man has ordinary taste and
uses the faculties of observation 10 no.
tice the cut that looks neat and natty,
and yet not loud or extreme, he will be
able, when he buys a suit for himself, TO
hit pretty near the mark.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
A GREAT BOOK FREE.

When DR.. V. Pierce of Buffalo, n.
Y. published the first edition of his
great work, The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser. he announced
that after $4,000 copies had been sold
at the regular price, Sl.50 per copy,
the profit on which would repay HIM
for the great amount of labor and
money expended in producing it, he
would distribute the next half million
free. As this number of copies has
already been sold. he is now gioing
array absolutely free 100000 copies
of this most complete, interesting and
valuable common sense medical work
ever published-th recipient only
being required to mail to him, at
above address, twenty one (21 one
cent stamps to cover cost of mailing
only, and the book will be sent post
paid 1t is vertible medical library,
complete in one volume. Contains
zoos pages. profusely illustrated. The
Free edition is precisely the same as
that sold at S1.50 except only that the
books are in strong MANILA paper
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
SHOOTING AT SEA.
II Is Difficult to shoot Effectively
from ships Deck-Rule Followed
by American Navy.

Necessarily the deck of vessel at
Sea offers a much less satisfactory plat
form from which to shoot than the
solid foundation provided in land fort,
since even when the ocean is calmest
the vessels must constantly roll from
side to side. Theoretically the best
time to fire would be at the moment be-
tween the rolls, when the deck of the
ship is perfectly level. and in a general
way it may be said that an attempt is
made to do the shooting at that in
slant 1t is practically impossible.
however, TO fire invariably when the
decks are horizontal. No matter how
careful the gunner, the piece is almost
always exploded just before or just
after the proper instant, says the New
York Press.
The American practice, both i'll the
army and navy, has always been TO
shoot low and always save ammunition
until 1t was possible to use it effective
ly. In the navy the tradition to shoot
low has crystaliZed into Il standing rule,
unwritten, indeed, but none the less re-
ligiously observed, and its wisdom has
been proved on more than one occasion
of great importance.
The precise form of this unwritten
naval rule is TO wait for the downward
roll" This is the converse of the maxim
obtaining in the British navy that 1t is
best TO take advantage of the upward
roll" which has been observed almost
from the beginning of naval fighting by
the gunners on English ships.
This was rendered the more certain
from the fact that the spherical projec-
tiles then in use would ricochet along
the surface of the waves if they struck
the water exactly as a stone will skip
along the top of pond when properly
thrown from the hand of small boy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
The Waste of War.

A shell thrown from a 2t-ton quick
firing gun rushes through the air at the
velocity OF 1900 feet per sec, nd, strik-
ing its object with force equal to that
of 1880 tons falling one foot. And
yet, comparatively speaking, they are
very harmless. Thus during the one
day Dombardment of Alexandria by the
British fleet of u ships, lasting from
: a. IN. to 1880 p. M, no less than 3,l65
shells were thrown into the town, Yet
not more than 500 Egyptians were
kiIied-that is, it took. roughly speak
ing, six shells to kill one man.
Again, during the Franco-German
war. he Germans threw 100000 shells
into Eelfort, only killing 60 French
men, or 500 shells to kill one French
man. At Strasburg. in the same war, it
took IS shells to kill every man. And
at the siege of Paris 10000 shells only
killed 107 and wounded 200.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
LAST HIPPO. IN NATAL.
Strange Creatures Of the Earth, One
by One, Are Disappearing

The last hippopotamus has been
slaughtered in Natal. All the larger
and more curious creatures are dis,
appearing so fast that this will be a
monotonous world, at any rate for nat
uralists, in another century. Not so
long ago the hippopotamus haunted the
rivers of Cape Colony and Natal, and
Lake COW Bacon" as the salted layer
of fat underlying the hide IS called,
was a favorite dish; but now this huge
creature has disappeared from both
countries. The hunter has been its
enemy for many a century, but the
rifle is far more deadly weapon than
the assegai, says the London Standard.
The animal has an appetite proper
tional to its bulk, and can accommodate
a good deal of vegetable produce. Be
sides this, il is a wasteful feeder, tramp
ling down and tearing up much more
than it consumes. and it prefers cult
waited plants 10 wild vegetation, That
has proved its doom in Natal.
One herd was left at Seacow lake, a
coast lagoon near Durham, and was pro-
tected by the government. 1t consisted
of parents and family of five. I'm
fortunately, these, like young people
all the world over, loved "sweeties, -
and made nocturnal raids Oh the neigh
boring sugar cane plantations. The
owners petitioned the government, a
warrant of execution was granted, and
the parental bull, who must have beer
nearly so years old, was the last to fall
and will henceforth be only an Eek
hibit" in the Durham museum.
So the strange creatures of the earth
disappear before the white man, the
great destroyer. The hippopotamus
the elephant and the giraffe, to speak
only of Africa, with many kinds OF
| antelopes, are rapidly diminishing il
numbers,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
CALIFORNIA JACK RABBITS.
Those of the Southern Part of the
State Are the Largest in
Existence.

The jack rabbits of southern Cali
fornia are the biggest rabbits IN exist
ence. They are as fleet as the wind,
and one will sit stiN on its form or by
the roadside until you have almost
grabbed il by its mule-like ears, but be-
fore you can close your fingers on II
there will be no rabbit there. If you
look, say 40 yards ahead, you will see
whatyouthinkis is another rabbit bumped
up in a fluffy bunch, waiting for
YOU in the same way. But It won
be another rabbit. II will be the same
one, it having covered al that dis
tance and settled down again before
YOU have hardly missed it from where
it sat first.
These big rabbits are as swift and
sudden as the tieas that swarm on them
as soon as summer comes The rabbits
are fat then, but these feas are so
thick on them, and are so ravenous that
they actually reduce the long-eared
four-footed jumper TO a skeleton by
the time the fall rain sets in. If II
wasn't for those regular fall rains the
fieas would be of great service TO us
in destroying the rabbit pest, for the
rabbits could not withstand the
assaults of their Unsuitable parasites
many days longer. But the rains are
certain, and they are fatal to the tieas.
The water kills the fieas, and the rab-
bits pitch in again on our vineyards
and orchards and grain with sharpened
appetites Notwithstanding the thou
sands of jack rabbits we slaughter IN
the spring, enough escape to keep the
supply big enough to make it necessary
for the slaughter of other thousands
the next spring, 1t is simply impos-
sible to exterminate them, they are
such sure and persistent breeders. Sc
we may expect to have the fun of jack
rabbit round-ups every year as long
as we raise fruit in Fresno county and
DartS a1 iacent
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07

English Spawn Alnlment removes
All Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney
Ring Bone, Stiles, Sprains, all Swo.
len Throats, Coughs, etc. Save $50
by the use of one bottle. arranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure
ever known. Sold by f. G. Buerstatte
Druggist, Nanitowoc. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
Magn of the Head,

A scientific paper some time ago re-
ported that the following experiment
was made under the direction of the
French academy of sciences, with the
body of a man who was guillotined. A
moment after the operation the head
was placed on vertical pivot, on which,
after some oscillations, it turned to the
north and remained stationary. 1t was
then turned part way by the professors
in attendance and it moved back into
the same north and south position. This
was repeated until "the final cessation
of the organic movement"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-07
RELIEFINSIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder ais
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This new remdy is a great surprise on
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relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas-
sages in male or female. 1t relieves :
pention of water and pain In passing 1T
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cnre this is your only remedy.
Sold Ey T. G. Buerstatte, Druggist, Mani
tnwGn Wia