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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
TIMOTHY BROWN.

Oh. Timothy Brown was terrible scamp,
And lessons he voted a bore!
French, grammar, geography history,
sums,
He vowed he'd not learn any more.
AT the end OF year he knew nothing at
all
About anything under the sun
French, grammar, geography, history.
sums,
He'd forgotten them every one,
One day rich uncle said: Timothy
Brown,
I'll ask you a question or two;
II I'm A. and you're younger than |,
How much am l older than your
Well Timothy Brown he thought for
awhile,
And at last he discovered this fact,
That he hadn't notion how long he'd been
born
And he didn't know how to subtract.
Come, when is your birthday? I'll give
you a tip"
Said bis uncle and patted his pate.
But Timothy Brown he burst into tears,
He couldn't remember the date,
That's the end of the story of Timothy
Brown
A story that's perfectly true.
And perhaps there's a moral for no enc
at all,
And perhaps there's a moral for you!
Eric Parker in St Nicholas.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
In the Australian Bush,

DR.. Semon started from Jena with
the intention of spending two years in
the Australian bush, studying the Life
history of those extraordinary animals,
the ornithorhyuchus, or water mole,
the echidua and the lung-fsh, or GER
atodus. He has just published the re-
suits in an interesting book of science
and adventure. The water mole, as the
colonists term it, when feeding rakes
up the mud with its ducklike beak and
slows away worms, snails and mussels
in its cheek-pouches for further con-
sumption. Its thick, horny jaws take
the place of teeth and are well adapted
for cracking shellfish. The ceratodus
confines itself to fresh water and in
general habits resembles a newt-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Monkeys Exciting Ride,

An Italian Snowman once had mon
key that rode on the back of hound
while four other dogs danced. One day
the little show was passing through a
park where there were some deer. The
hound saw them, and. true D his in
stinct, he tore after them. Poor Mr..
Monkey was chained to his collar. so he
had to go along, much as he wished not
to. He chartered and screamed. but all
in vain. The hound kept up the chase
until the Snowman finally succeeded in
stopping him and took the frightened
monkey off his back. No coeNing or
threatening could ever induce the mon,
key to get on that dogs back again
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
THE EAST INDIAN NUGGETS.

travelling in the orient in search Of
novelties for the vaudeville stage.
Smaun has developed, under the
guidance of his manager, into gym
mast of no ordinary caliber, and is par
ticularly clever in performances on the
trapeze and with the so-called Roman
rings. Fatma is very light upon her
feet. and has made hit in native In
dian dances. What diminutive couple
they are is well shown by comparing
their height with that of champagne
bottle of the quart size. When the lat
ter is placed upright by the side OF
Smaun the top of the cork is on level
with the middle of his cheek bone. while
at the same time it is almoso even with
the crown of Fatma's head.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
HypnOtized Bass with His Bait.

says, fishing in the Perkiomen was
practically monopolized by one man, a
New York writer, who camped on the
bank of the stream, wrote at a novel
now and then and fished with blood
worms for bait. The blood worm, says
the lockkeeper, had never been used
in the Perkiomen waters before, and
simply hypnotized the fish. The New
York man with his blood worms would
catch a couple of baskets of bass when
the fishermen all around him would be
having no luck at all. He kept his bait
a secret and it was by accident that the
lockkeeper ''got on to it."--Philadel-
phia Record
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
BREAKING UP ARMOR PLATE.
Ton of Dynamite n Week Used
in the Process by skilled
Operator.

Up in the ravine a half mile from
Monocacy, Pa, is where they use
ton of dynamite every week in an armor
plate graveyard. Steel armor plate.
that fails to pass government inspec-
ton is sent TO be broken into fragments
to be returned to the shelters at the
mills.
The noise Of the process may be heard
Is miles away. Operations are directed
by Caleb Bland He has 40 men at work,
20 who drill holes in the armor plate by
night, and 90 who do nothing but eX-
plode dynamite by electricity during
the day.
AS many as 30 holes are drilled in a
single steel plate. These holes are filled
with dynamite, which is fired by wire,
one shot after another, reminding one
of the roar of artillery or the thunder
of battleships in action. This is kept UP
all day.
They use the finest diamond drills,
and the men engaged in the business
have been doing little else for long
time. The workmen use four tons of
dynamite every month, and yet acct
dents are rare. The plates are shipped
by rail to the Monocacy rayine, and
when they are broken into bits are sent
back again. They also blast into frag-
ments large condemned cannons from
gun works, forts and ships.
The terrific firing begins about eight
o'clock every morning and continues
until well on in the afternoon. The
drilling is done by night, so that they
can fire during the day and not keep
anyone from sleep. The only com
plants they now have are from some
new men on the night shift who can
not sleep in the day. Said one of the
bosses:
"Our old men who work at night can
sleep in the day quite WELL no matter
how much noise we make. They are
used to it. Those men can sleep dur
ing the most terrific explosions. The
women folks for miles around attend
to their household work, not at all
minding the roar of the exploding dy-
Mantle. They are accustomed to it.
The children go TO school and study
their lessons, but are not disturbed. 1t
is just as if they were studying near
the firing line of an army every school
day. They don't mind it. Strangers
coming along hold their ears and leave
in terror. If they'd STOP awhile they'd
get used to it.
''No, we have no complaints from our
men about injured eardrums. Some
wear cotton in their ears, but not
many.
''We can fire a hundred shots by
electricity very fast, nearly one a sec
ond, if it is necessary. You can i'm
agine it requires good many shots
to use up a ton of dynamite in six
working days. We have the best of
appliances to prevent the scattering Of
fine iron or steel in the air and to avoid
damages resulting from flying frag-
ments."-N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Rigid Test for MatrimOnx.

Both in the northern and western is
lands of Scotland the natives have some
peculiar customs unfamiliar to the
jewellers of the mainland. One of these.
known as the marriage test" is prac-
ticed in the island of ST. Kilda, where
the population barely exceeds hun
dred. The desire among the islanders
to increase this number does not seem
to be exceptionally strong, and every
man before he is deemed suitable for
husband has to perform an evolution
with no little bodily risk. The ST. Kill
dams are, Of course, adept rock climbers,
and the aspirant for matrimony is
therefore subjected to the test of bal
ancing himself on one leg on a narrow
ledge overhanging a precipice, bend
ing his body at the same time in order
to hold the foot of his other leg in the
hands. If found lacking in courage
the maiden withdraws her betrothal,
and should the man fall over the ledge
it is presumed that, in his case, he will
be qualified.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
This Dog was n Thinker.

A collie was in the habit of fetching
his masters room slippers, cap, keys
or anything he was sent for. One day.
sent on the usual errand, he did not
reappear. His master followed and
found that the door of the bedroom
had been blown to and that the dog
was prisoner. Some days later he
was again told to fetch something, and
as the wind was high his master, after
few minutes delay, followed him. He
found him in the act of fixing the door.
firmly back with the door raat, which
he had rolled up for the purpose; and,
having taken this precaution, the pru-
dent animal proceeded to look for the
SLIPPERS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
1TTT7T7TITTT1TP.
ALICE AND BOBBY.

in and out of the cage, run over the
balustrades of the long porch and even
come to the cooks kitchen door where
he was fed dainties that were rich
enough to kill Sir Bobby bright-eyes
Instead of getting sick he grew fat and
saucy. If strange children tried to
catch him he would keep still until they
could almost touch his pretty striped
back; then away he would dash up to
the top of the very highest tree; then
he would begin to chatter and scold, as
much as TO say: you didn't catch
me, did you'll"
Bobby bright-eyes liked the sunny
corners of the hotel porch, and once
the captain of the steamer Welcome,
who often brought Bobby nuts from
town, found the squirrel in his pocket
when he was steering the boat across
the lake He seemed to be frightened
at the I Use of the engine and kept very
STILL
Ever one laughed when the captain
found him and perched him Up on his
shoulder. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
THE EXPERT WITNESS.
His Absurd Tendency to Befog 81 M
pie Question I'm Technical
Calculation.

One Of the besetting sins of the ex-
pert witness is the habit or tendency
to use q lot of Latin words in describ-
ing an injury to the jury. In some eN-
ceptional eases. doubtless, this is done
without affectation or for purpose,
but we have no hesitation in saying
that in the majority of instances ii is
a very good index of the learning and
capacity of the expert, en- the assump-
ton that the more words of this sort
are used the more probability there is
that they cover n deficiency of knowl-
edge and thorough grounding on the
part of the user. a really able man
in his profession will always accommo-
date himself to circumstances, and,
realizing the capacity of the average
juror, use very different forms and
methods of expression in testifying be-
fore court and jury than if he were
making an address or delivering a
paper on some scientific subject before
an audience of his professional breth-
rem.
A physician, for example, who, when
something TO the jury, uses ali the high
sounding terms and expressions he can
muster, deserves to have very little
tention paid to his testimony-and
usually gets his deserts. An amusing
example of this truth is given in the
following account CT an actual happen
ing in an English court. 1t is from
little book entitled Hints on Advo-
cacy," published first in England:
Il discovered considerable ecchy-
mosis under the left orbit, caused by
extravasation of blood beneath the
cuticle," said a young house surgeon,
in case of assault, at the assizes.
Baron Bramwell-I suppose you
mean the man had black eye?
Scientific Witness-Precisely, my
lord.
perhaps, if you had said so in plain
English, those gentlemen would better
understand YOU
Precisely, my lord" answered the
learned surgeon, evidently delighted
that the judge understood his meaning.
This incident, which might be paral
leled many times in court in this coun-
try, carries its own comment. What
the jury wants is to be enlightened on
disputed points, and the way to do this
IS not to use purely technical express
sions, but to explain in plain, homely
language. There is no danger that in
doing this the expert will be liable to
detract from the general estimate of
his own abilities, but rather the reverse
will be the case.-Albany Law Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

himself and bi ought her one, and, after
a shrinking hesitation, she took it.
Now, what is it?' asked the senator
bluntly, but not unkindly.
Il think" she said, that if Arth-if
Mr. Miller had chance" She stopped
and began again. "He-he said you rat
lied him."
Ratified him!" repeated the senator
in amazement.
She nodded positively. He is not
slow" She looked down. AT least-he
is very sure" She looked up again.
why" said the senator-he was q
little lacking in tact; THE man was
afraid to say his soul was his own.
What will he do when the people over
there ask him questionsY
Answer them" she replied.
"But he didn't answer mine-at least,
he took all day to do it."
She favored the senator with look
that was so like kiss, it almost made
him blush-though he never guessed
why. That's very different" she an
swered.
so YOU think he would make good
clerk, do you?" She looked at him
again, but it was smile of liberation
for alis ignorance, this time. mo, SEN
ator," she said. Il know it,"
rs there any reason why you know
it?" demanded the senator. He felt
himself giving ground under the bonn
bardment, but he meant to stand to his
guns.
II know it because | know all about
him." she responded.
The senator looked at her keenly,
and she slowly, very slowly, turned a
bright red under his gaze. SIS that sop
he remarked, and she answered, defiant
ly: Yes, that's it."
Perhaps" said the senator, "I-ah--
don't want to intrude, but perhaps, If
Mr. Miller should get this position, you
might-you and he might"
Eyes" she helped him out, 1--WE
should"
The senator hesitated. She sat still
and looked at him, and he noticed again
that she was holding her lips together
to keep them from quiverng. He turned
to his desk abruptly. did Miller send
you here?' he demanded. He caught
bit of the look she gave him then,
and it sent chill up and down his
spine-the sturdy backbone he was 50
proud of. II beg your pardon" he
muttered. "Of course not" He wrote
on slip of paper and handed it to her.
There" he said. She got up and took
it with shining eyes, and then she came
nearer and nearer.
Il think / should LIKE know
should like" she breathe6, Ito kiss
you"
I'm so busy to-day" began the SEN
ator Then he had the grace to blush.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
BOBBY
True story of n Smart Little Squirrel
That Lived I'm n HotcA md Had
Many Friends.

Perhaps one of the great big trees
in Winona Lake park could tell just
where Bobby-bright-eyes first came
from; in what warm nest, and in what
particular tree he was born. Still they
kept the secret, though Alice had gone
and again.
One morning, after a heavy wind and
rain storm, she found Bobbybright-
eyes on the steps that led up TO the
long, wide porch, where all the girls
liked to play so well. What tiny,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
TINY MARRIED COUPLE.
Taller Than n Quart Cham
payne Bottle.

Smaun and Fatma, two tiny East In
dams. are the sensation of the hour in
one of the leading music halls of Berlin.
They are undoubtedly the smallest mar
Iied couple in the world. Smaun is the
taller Of the two, standing almost 20
inches in his sandaled feet. Fatma,
his better half, is shorter by about an
inch and half. They were born OF
peasant parents in village of Central
India, and were brought TO Germany
by theatrical manager, who has been
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

helpless, wet little squirrel baby he
was! Glad to be cuddled up, too, he
seemed in Alice's warm. red jacket. So
Alice ran in and showed him to her
papa, who owned the hotel, and papa
had a little box made for Bobby bright
eyes, who took il all as a matter of
course, and did not try, as many a
squirrel would, to get away
lie seemed perfectly happy. In few
DAYS he was so tame that he would go
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Another Invention Needed.

As she paused for breath he reached
for his hat and started for the door.
Where are you go.ng?" she asked.
Il am going TO telegraph to Mar
conf he replied, land tell him that
after he has perfected his wireless
telegraphy there is another field of
much the same nature fer him to in
vade.'
"What is II" she demanded.
81 want him to devote his intellect
10 the invention of voicclegs curtain
lecture. Chicago Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Jupiter,s Swift Moon.

Owing to an arithmetical mistake The
distance travelled by Jupiter's fifth
satellite III making the circuit of its or
bit was stated, in this column on Oc-
tober IL, 10 be 353,2 $50 miles. The figures
should have been 706.500 The speed Of
the satellite is but little short of 1000
miles per minute.--Youth's Companion
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
HOW JIMMY FULLY MAKES MONEY.

Mr.. Tully set to work and, during the odd
hours last winter, CONSTRUCTED a wagon for
Jimmy. Then the boy bought his "burro'
and was ready for business.
A license was secured and, few months
ago, he hauled his first load, which was an
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07

Chicago has perhaps the youngest dray-
man in the United States, if not in the
world. lie is little Jimmy Tully, the son
of j. j. Tully, plumber living at 5l2l Dear
born street, and he is a trihe more than
eight years old. About year ago little
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
Accounting for Heart Disease.

The human heart is of almost uni
form size in all adult subjects, which
accounts for the prevalence of heart
trouble among large people. Chicago
Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-07
damage Done by wolves.

Wolves destroy s6,0oo,Ooo worth of
live stock annually in Russia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY AT MANILA.

Manila, May 29.-There is little
hope that the relief expedition will
be successful in rescuing Captain
Tilley of the signal corps, who was
captured on the island of Negros.
Captain Tilley went ashore at
Escandte with the commander of
the cable ship Recorder and sew
eral members of her crew. The
natives posted a flag of truce, but
as soon as the party landed the in
surgents opened fire on them. All
escaped except Captain Tilley, and
his fate has not been learned.
Memorial day will be observed
here tomorrow for the first time.
There are 246 graves in Paco
cemetery and 2S7 at Battery Knoll.
These will be decorated by the
dead mems comrades with tropical
wreaths, the only decorations avail
able, as flags cannot be procured.
In the morning solemn high mass
will be said for the Catholic dead.
Protestant services will be said in
the afternoon.
McKinley's scheme to give the
natives a voice in the government
of the Philippines is about to be
given a practical trial The first
step was taken today. when a sup
RENE court, consisting of three
Americans and six Filipino mem
bers was established. The judges
a'e Lieut.. Col Crowder, judge
advocate; Major Young, Utah ar
tillery; Captain Birkhimer, Third
artillery; ArelleanO and Arenta,
former members of the insurgent
cabinet; Mellina. former president
of the Visayan insurgents; Araullo,
Llorento and RianzareS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30
WhoopIne Cough.

l bad a little boy who was nearly
dead from an attack of whooping
cough. My neighbors recommended
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1
did not think that any medicine
would help him, but after giving him
a few doses of that remedy noticed
an Improvement, and one bottle cur
ed him entirely. 1t is the best cough
medicine / ever had ia the house
J. l. Moore, South Burgettstown,
Pa. For sale by w. B. Frame and
T. n. Coleman, druggists.
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Blizzard in June.

New York, May 29.-Professor
Andrew Devoe, the Hackensack
weather prophet, announces that
there will be terrible blizzard in
this vicinity between June 10 and
July 4, inclusive. He will lecture
to the school children of Hacken-
sack on Wednesday evening on
why we are likely to have snow
this June"
The reasoning on which DevOe
bases his blizzard will be kept a
profound secret, he says, until
Wednesday night. He has resist
ed all oss-examination Get out
yours furs and trust in me-" is all
the infol nation that can be OBJ
tanned from him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30
Won't Teach Negroes.

Atlanta, Ga, May %. - The
kindergarten League of Georgia,
has pledged the people of Boston
and the east to undertake the work
of morally training the negro
children of the south as soon as
the means and money for this mise
sion are supplied. This pledg,
was made last night by telegraph
and the message was read before
the Boston audience by ex-Gover-
nor Northen.
Mrs. Frank p. Gale, general
manager of the Kindergarten
league of Georgia said this morn
ing that no plan or method had
been decided upon. Mrs. l.. NJ.
Gordon, known throughout the
south for her work of charity and
philanthropy, and one of the sign
ers of the telegram, was asked the
direct question this morning if she
would personally teach the negro
children. Her answer was in the
negative. Mrs. Gale also said she
would not teach them. Others
who are supporters of the theory
that the solution of the negro pro-
blem lies in the moral training of
the negro child decline to put the
plan into personal execution.
The theory is beautiful and
simply grand" said a woman this
morning who is anxious to see the
experiment made, but l would
not be suited to the task of teach
ing the negro children. / would
not teach them, for 1 do not be-
lieve l could permit myself to do
so under any circumstances. 1t
would be lowering myself"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30

Sour stomach, fullness after eat
ing, flatulence are all caused by i'm
perfect digestion. Prickly Ash Bit
ters corrects the disorder at once
drives out badly digested food and
tones the stomach, liver and bowels.
For sale by w. b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30

7. b. Robinson of Oakland,
CAL, who has just returned from
Copper River, Alaska, says that he
knows of eighty prospectors in that
section who are missing. If not
already dead, they will die in an
effort to reach civilization. Most
of them went in small parties with
only provisions to last them at
best for few months. Rescue
parties have been unable to get
trace of them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30
- AGUINALDO DEADP
Sensational Story That the Rebel Lead
er Has Committed Suicide.

New York. May 29.-The Sun
prints Manila special saying that
the Spanish papers there state that
Aguinaldo is dead. They say he
committed suicide or was assassin
ated. 1t is impossible to confirm
the report.
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WARNING ORDER.

In the United States Commissioners Court
in the Indian Territory, Southern District.
at ArimOre. Ird. Ter:
J. n. Lockwood & Bro. Plaintiff.
3. f. Smith. Defendant.
The defendant. =. Z. Smith is warned
to appear in this court in thirty days and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff. J. H.
Lockwood 4 Bro.
Witness my hand and seal OF Office this
30th day Of May 1899.
lsEALl 3. b. BRADFORD,
L. 5. Commissioner.
Garrett & Bingham. attorneys for plaintiff.
Summers Hardy. attorney for nonresident.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30

J. B. Spragins q Co. have spe-
cial inducements to offer you in
the purchase of handsome buggy
or carriage. They carry the stock
and are the men to sell at close
prices and OH liberal terms.
21d&wtf
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Moon Bros. celebrated buggies
have won an enviable reputation
for durability and are especially
adapted to this country. If you
need a buggy, surrey or phaetOn
be sure to see Noble Bros. whose
reasonable prices have sold for
them more buggies and put them
far in the lead as quick buggy
sellers. 15-d&w-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-30

Beginning Monday, May %.
every piece of millinery in my
house, including the most stylish
hats and sailors, must be sold, re-
gardleSs of cost.
2S-3t Mrs. JAMES.