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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-17

!. BLANCO.
the Oquendo and vizcaya reaching Ha-
vana, the great battle of the war will
be fought at the entrance Of the har-
Dor, or the American fleet will blockade
and starve the city into surrender,
aided by the Cuban army.
The army of small gunboats and tor
pedo boats is not to be depended on by
any blockading squadron. They may
be expected to strike from any of the
harbors that surround the Caribbean.
And at these places we may look for
great many small actions. During
our civil war the Mole st. Nicholas
on Hayti was made an improved coal
ing station for the confederate cruiser
Florida. 1t is good harbor, and, being
uninhabited, coal was brought there
from neutral ports, which the Florida
came along and picked up. This har-
Dor would be very useful for US at this
time. 1t is at the extremity of the
northwest peninsula of Hayti, guard
ing the Windward passage and menac-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-17

In southern Cuba the harbor of San
tlago de Cuba could be defended with
weak piece, as the entrance is mar
row and deep with forts naturally
strong. The forts are not modern,
however. and the Spanish government
holds but a limited area around the
city, SO that the Spanish will probably
make the main defense at Havana and
everything be made subservient to
holding the capital. In this case, with
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-17

their excellent location as rendezvouN
for feet, !
VI the islands extending southeast
to duadeloupe. all but two of which are
British, 1T is scarcely necessary to
speak. St. Bartholomew is French, st.
Martin, of which 10 square miles be-
longs to Holland and 20 square miles to
France, produces a quantity of salt,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-17

Porto Rico, ike every other large
island in the group, except Cuba and
Hayti, has bowed to the rule of Brit
tania. St. Johns was sacked by Drake
in 1898 and held three years later by
the duke of Cumberland. Once since
the Dutch, and the English twice, sent
unsuccessful expeditions against the
nnx,:4nl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-17
capital,

In the group of the Virgin islands, to
the east, only the two Danish islands,
St. Thomas and ST. Croix, are probable
factors in the present situation. Their
Importance would be considerably
greater if they had been secured by
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-17
Troubles ola
Pastors Wife

This sDonan oas peeuliaya6aaeted physicians could
do nothing to ree0e her, yet she cuyed in SIMPLE
~ay She noe sends message to suffering humanity
zOhzch should be heLttuL
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The Lifetime of a Book.

Books printed four centuries ago
still exist, with their paper in good
condition, but if the committee re-
Gently appointed by the Society of Arts
In London to study the deterioration
OF modern paper is not seriously mis-
taken, nultitudes CT books printed to-
day Will be very short-lived. Perhaps,
IN many cases, that fact is not to be
regretted. If bad and worthless books
could always be printed on paper that
IN few years turns TO dust, and good
Books always on enduring paper, the
makers of bad paper would, after all,
De benefactors of the public The COM
mlttee referred to finds that paper con-
tanning mechanical, or ground, wood
pulp especially tends to both disin-
tegration and discoloration. Papers
consisting g mainly of fi5ers of cotton,
FAX and hemp are the most lasting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The Cost OF War.

Mulhall, in his Dictionary OF Sta
tistics," gives the following as the cost
of few of the most important wars
of the present century. France an d
Mexico, 1866, s75,O00,000; Prussia and
Austria, 1866, s1OO. 900. 900; France and
Austria, 1859, 1925, 100000; Russia and
Turkey, 1S76-77, 1886, 900; the civil
war in Europe, 1S4S. $4,000, 900; Unit
ted States war, 1s61-65, sS,7OO, 100000;
France and Algeria, 1S30-47. s19o,O0o,
600; Brazil and Paraguay 1S64-7O, $24o,-
100000; France and Germany, 1s7o-'l'
81, $50. 900, 900; the war between Spain
and Portugal, 1S30-40. s250,0O0,OO0; the
war between Great Britain, France and
Russia, 1896, s1,525, 100000. The ma
tions of Europe spend annually more
t. IN $500, 100000 on their extensive
armaments, through fear Of war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Belonged to Him.

The advantage millionaire has over
workingman is that he may assume
the others part. The workingman can
not play the millionaire. Some anus
ing incidents are told in Harper S
Weekly of patriotic youths who have
given up lives of ease and pleasure to
work and live like any common sailor
in the naval reserves. One of them was
lately swabbing down the deck under
the supervision of an old tar, who ex-
claimed: by George! there's a fine
yacht. Do you know who she belongs
to. young feller?" Rather" drawled
the militiaman; "she belongs to me-"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
A Preacher Kills "A Shark.

While at Newport, Ore, recently the
Rev. G. W. Grannis distinguished him
self by catching a shark measuring
about five feet in length. The rever-
end gentleman was strolling along the
beach between that city and Nye creek,
accompanied by several of his acquaint
ances, when he saw some live object
struggling in the surf On further OBJ
servation he discovered that it was
a shark, and, grabbing a piece of drift
wood on the bank, he waded into the
water and succeeded il killing the big
fish. Bringing the monster to shore,
1t was taken to Newport, where it was
the object of much curiosity for a
large number of summer resorters at
that place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
A Woman's Chance of Life.

Writing n the English illustrated
Magazine on the above subject, Mt
J. Holt Schooling says that of 1000
women at age 90. $40 live ten years
more, thus ga in 100 live tea years
more, and do not; the chan:e at age
20 of a woman living to age 90 being,
therefore, nearly 16 to l in favor OF
living. Sim .larly, of 1000 women liv
ing at age 30, 200 live twenty years
more; so We may say that so in 100
live to age so, and that % 10 not; the
chance at age 80 of a woman living
to age so being there, to 1 in favor
of living. Again, of LOCO women at
age so, 250 live twenty years more
l. e., 25 in 1ob live to age so, and 75
in 100 do no.: the chance at age GO
of woman 5lying to so being in 3.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John Oliver of Philadelphia. was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
Il was in most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continu
ally in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given lne up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters;' and to my grest
joy and surprise, the first bottle made
a decided improvement, ! continued
their use for three weeks, and am
now a we'll man. l know they saved
my life, and robbed the grave of
another victim" No one should fail
to try them Only so cts per bottle,
at Henry Hinrichs' Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The Ghuchos of Buenos AyreA

The Gauchos, or dwellers in the ex-
tensive plains of Buenos Ayres, are
marvelously dexterous with both
hands and feet. Many of them have
acquired through long practice such
Skill in using their toes as if they
were fingers that they can fling the
lasso and oven pick pockets with them.
Some time ago Frenchman who was
fishing in one of the rivers of Buenos
Ayres was warned to be on his guard
against the light-fingered natives He
forthwith kept vigilant watch on his
companions, but, nevertheless, one
day, when his attention was closely
riveted on his float, willy Gaucho
drew near, and. delicateiy inserting his
foot, extracted the Frenchman's hooks
and other valuables from his pocket.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
A Land of Many Thirsts.

The Egyptian never travels without
his goolah. He fills it with filtered
water, and in the morning can COM
mand a pint or more of water cooled
by evaporation through the unglazed
clay. This precious fluid he does not
waste on unsatisfed thirst. Taking off
the long white wrap and the piece of
cloth that covers his head during
sleep, the native pours the water over
his head, neck and hands. The Euro
pean, with all his instinct for cleanli-
ness, seeks first to relieve his over
mastering thirst. There are in Egypt
as many thirsts as plaques, but the
dust thirst is the worst. Every pore
is sealed; the throat is lump of dry
clay, and one feels what it must be to
be mummy.-London Standard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Answering Prayers.

The story is told that man in Rip
icy, O., one morning at family prayers
prayed for a good neighbor in great
destitution. After prayer the boy said
TO him: Papa, give me your pocket
book, and l will go over to Mr.. Smiths
md answer your prayer myself" The
S,ory does not say whether the father
complied, but the chances are that he
did not. He probably was ar earnest
prayer, but a poor worker, and be-
lieved in letting God do the whole
thing Himself. There are many such
who really believe that prayer alone is
all that is necessary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
New Feet for Old Stockings.

A much felt want is filled at last.
Every mother knows how much faster
the foot portion of d stocking wears
than the upper part. Re-vamplng
stocking with feet cut from the legs
OF old ones was never an entirely sat
isfactory expedient, as the seams were
uncomfortable. New separate feet
may be bought, ready to be sewed to
the legs of worn stockings. This is
boon which few mothers Of large fam
lilies will fail to appreciate. The feet
may be had in cotton and merino WOOL
The former are sold at ten cents and
the latter at fifteen cents per pair,
reduction being made when the feet
are bought by the half dozen pairs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Influence or Woods on Rainfall.

M. Claudot, French Inspector of For
ests, has published his observations,
made during several years, on the in
huence of woods on rainfall. He finds
that the mean temperature is always
lower in woods than in the open, but
the difference is only about half a de-
gree as rule. Rain is more abundant
IN wooded lands, other circumstances
being equal. There is three or four
times more evaporation of water from
open ground than from forest in a year,
ana the difference is greatest in sum-
mer. In open ground evaporation is
greatest in July, and in forests il is
maximum in April. Woods exposed
to the south and southwest receive
most rain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

Why is it that one man is old and
decrepit at 45, and another hale and
hearty at 80? 1t depends on the care
he takes of himself Often a mans
body gets out of repair-the trouble
grows until it lays him out in bed.
Whenever a man feels that he is not
as we'll as he ought to be, whenever
he is listless, without energy and
without vitality, whenever be finds
that he is losing weight and that his
ordinary work gives him undue
fatigue. he needs DIR. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery. If he keeps on
working with bis liver inactive and
his blood Irnpure-he keeps his nerves
and his body under constant ner
vous strain. He will not be hearty
when he is old The Golden Medi
cal Discovery" cures many 80 called
diseases because nearly all illness
springs from the same thing-bad
digestion and consequent impure
blood. The Discovery" makes the
appetite good, the digestion strong.
easy and the blood rich
and pure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Refuse India Rub ber.

Goodyear's great discovery of the art
Of vuicanizing india-rubber needs
supplement in the shape of process
of devulcanizing old rubber so as 10
make it amenable to a second treat
ment. No perfect reclaiming process
has ever been devised. The present
imperfect process gives a product
which is used for some articles, such
as the heels of india-rubber boots. In
dia-rubber is advancing in price, and
substitute for it remains to be discoV-
cred. 1t is said that an india-rubDer
factory once built a road through
swamp with the waste scrap from its
works. Now it would be reclaimed and
utilized
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Harnessing SnoQualmie Falls.

The beautiful Snoqualmie falls in the
state of Washington are to be har-
messed to the car of utility. The falls
are thirty-one miles distant from
Seattle and forty-five miles from Ia
coma, but the waters are to be util-
lied for supplying those cities with
power. A novelty in the transmission
of the electric currents will be the use
of aluminium instead of copper wire,
with voltage as high as $4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Cape Towns silver Mace.

Following the old feudal custom Of
presenting town or corporation with
a mace as an ensign of authority, the
people of London are about to present
the colonists of Cape Town, South At
:ica, with an expensive silver mace.
The design follows the form of the fin
est maces now in use in England. The
head, surmOunted by an imperial
crown is divided into four panels by
figures of mermaids, typifyi.-g the mar
itime character of the city. The front
one is filled by the coat-of-arms of the
city, the reverse by those of the col
ony. The whole of the metal work,
which is of silver and richly gilt, was
designed and executed by firm of sill
Versmiths in Birmingham. The mace
is said to be among the handsomest
in the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Raft Towed 700 Miles.

Ten thousand piles chained together
in one immense raft were recently
towed into the bay of San Francisco,
having been brought from Stella.
Wash. 700 miles away. The dimen-
sions of the raft were: Length, 600
feet; breath. so feet; depth, As feet.
Over ). 100000 lineal feet of lumber was
contained in the raft, which drew
thirty feet of water. Twenty steamers
of average size would have been nee
essary to convey it in the ordinary
way. The journey was made without
accident, unusually favorable weather
having been enjoyed all the way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The Royal william.

John Gilroy, of Dekalb Junction,
writes the Family Herald and Weekly
Star with reference to an item recently
published in these columns about the
Royal William, the first steamship to
cross the Atlantic. Mr.. Gilroy was a
boy in Quebec at that time, and saw
the Royal William when she was pre-
pairing for her transatlantic voyage.
He says that the statement that she
was built at Wolfe's Cove is not cor
rect; she was built on what was then
called Munn's yards, on the ST. Charles
river
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
A HannY ThnnPhf.

Treasurer Below Par Railroad-Let
me help you to some more of the
money. First Director-No, thank
you, l have all l can spend without
attracting attention. Treasurer-Per-
nit me Second Director-No, no!
Thanks, no. l couldn't carry another
cent Pockets all bursting now. Same
way with all the others Treasurer
Tin despair)-What shall l do with all
this pile? It's ten times too much for
the sinking fund. First Director (af-
ter deep meditation)-By Jove, | have
1t. Let's declare a dividend.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The KIopdike Nugget,

That is the name oc the paper pub
lished in Dawson, 1t s about as large
as the ordinary theat' zeal programme
and sells for s24.90 a year, or so cents
a copy. The Nugge. is right up to
the times. 1t has a ''Rast" for toughs,
and the finest kind OF an account Of a
reception given by the best people in
the city. It tells all about the sales of
claims and who is making money. The
concert halls and theaters come in for
good and bad notice., just like big city
papers. The feature Of the last issue
dated Aug. 13, tells all about typhoid
fever in the region. There are many
cases and few deaths. In gil the
klondike Nugget is a very pretty typo
graphical effort for a city like, Daw-
son.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Sleep aud the Brains.

When the brain is at work marshal
ling ideas, producing mental pictures,
and calling into action stored-up men,
orles and impressions, the cells of its
mysteriously potent gray matter" un-
dergo change of fol l. Cavities are
formed in them, which, as the brain
becomes wearied by long-continued
action, fill with a watery fluid Part of
the substance of the cells appears to
have been consumed in the process of
thinking, but in the hours of sleep the
exhausted cells regain their original
form, the supply of recGperative ma
terlal coming from the blood, and ON
awakening, the mind finds its instru-
ment restored and prepared again for
action.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Tremendous RaInfallG.

A recent remarkable rainfall of 31.76
CURED in northern Ceylon, leads
correspondent of Nature to recall other
records of heavy rains. The greatest
annual rainfall known occurs. it is
said, in the Khasia Hills in India. 1t
amounts to 600 inches, or so feet! On
one occasion 21a feet of rain fell in the
Khasia Hills every twenty-four hours
for five successive days. Gibraltar has
been drenched with SO inches of rain
in 26 hours, and Genoa with 80 inches
in the same length of time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Learn 4. Early.

Johnnie said his father, I'm sur
prised to hear that you have dared to
dispute with your mother" But she
was wrong, pa" replied Johnnie.
THAT has aothing to do with it," said
the old MAI. You might just as well
profit by sly experience and learn.
once for all. that when a woman says
a thing is 20, it is so, whether it is so
or not"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
A Geyser Heated Greenhouse.

In the Yellowstone Park Geyser
basin a small greenhouse has been
erected over a geyser stream. A cur
rent of nearly boiling water constantly
passes through it. Steam rises in pro-
fusion, moistening the plants. and the
sun aids in the work, so that an ex
traordinary rapidity of growth is the
result. Lettuce natures in two or
three weeks, and other plants grow
with proportional rapidity. The eli
mate of the locality is very severe,
which makes more striking this exam
pie of the utilization of natures energy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The Flight of Flies.

A common house-fy is not very
rapid in its flight, but its wings make
800 beats a second. and send it through
the air twenty-five feet under ordinary
circumstances, in that space of time
When the insect is alarmed it has been
found that it increases it's rate of speed
to over 80 feet per second. If it
could continue such rapid flight for a
mile in a straight line, it would cover
that distance in exactly thirty-three
seconds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

DeWitts Witch Hazel Saive has the
largest sale Of any Salve in the world.
This fact and its merit has led dishon
est people to attempt to counterfeit it.
LOOK out for the man who attempts
to deceive you when you call for De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve the great
pile cure. Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cures and children
may take it in large quantities with
out the least danger 1t has won for
itself the best reputation of any prep
4ration used to day for colds, Group.
tickling IN the throat or obstinate
coughs Henry HiDrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

More than twenty million free sam
pies OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
have been distributed by the manu-
facturers. What better proof of their
confidence in it's merits do you want!
1t cures, piles, burns, scalds, sores, in
the shortest space of time. Henry
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

English spawn Llnlment removes
All Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney
Ring Bone. Stiles, Sprains, all Swoi
len Tf-oaIs, Coughs, etc. Save $50
by the use of ore bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful Blemiah Cure
ever known. Sold by F. G. Bueretatte,
Druggist, Manitowoc. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Distance TraveIed wbeD Reading

Has it ever occurred to you to reck-
on how far your eyes travel in read
ing? The distance will not startle
you, perhaps, for 100000 letters in or
binary type would measure hardly
more than a mile placed side by side.
In lifetime, however, the average
reader wends his way through 1000
miles of print. The average novel Of
800 pages contains one mile of read
ing; that is, the eye travels 1,760
yards in reading the book through.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
A BusineSi Matter.

She had risen several times to let a
gentleman pass out between the acts.
Il am very sorry to disturb you, mad
am he remarked, apologetically, as he
went out for the fourth time. 'Oh,
don't mention it." she replied, pleas
antly, Il am most happy to oblige you;
my husband is the barkeeper."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Warm Work.

A Belgiaa paper says the glass
workers soiaetimes work in tempera-
ture of CSC to 400 degrees. At tines
the gas-he.ting recuperating cham
bers need repairing. The wOrkmen
rush in, coYered in wet clothing, and
remain Is or 90 seconds, in which
time the W ct clothing is dry, and it is
frequently af1ame as they come out.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
Too Far on Entirely.

First Theosophist-Tha settles it;
l resign from the society. Second The
osophist-Whats the matter? First
Theosophist-Why, one of my tenants
has gone off without paying his rent
and left me a note saying he would try
and square with me in some future ex-
iStence
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
The Valuable P.snt.

'I'll tell you one thing" said NADIA
pop to his long-suffering wife, IF Will
lie does not behave himself I'll give
him the worst spanking he ever had.
He'll get it in the neck!" do be Sc
rious, my DEAR" replied Mrs. Madapop.
THE neck is no place on which to
spank a child"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

Elderly Spinster Ito young repro
bate. who has been swearing)-Oh!
How can you nse such dreadful Ian
guage? Do you know what becomes
of little boys who do sc'
Billy Yes'm; they gifts ter be keb
drivers!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

When you call for Dewitt's Witch
Hazel Salve the great pile cure, don't
accept any thing else. DON. be talk
ed into accepting substitute, for
piles, for sores, for burns. Henry
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17
WHAT DIR. A. f. SALTER SAYS

WHAT DIR. A. Z. SALTER SAYS
BUFFALO. n I.-Gents: From my
personal knowledge, gained in observ-
ing the effect of your Shiloh's Cure in
cases of advanced Consumption, | am
prepared to say it is the most remark,
able Remedy that has ever been
brought to my attention. Sold by
Oscar Alter u
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

She-Did you sound papa this af-
ternoon concerning our marriagef
He-Yes, L sounded him, and I'll
bet everybody in the block heard it
when | struck the bottom.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough
Cure. Harmless in effect, touches the
right spot. reliable and just what is
wanted. 1t acts at once. Henry Hin
richs.