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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

Three men of the Fifth Ghurkas
were trained by experienced Swiss
guides-one with Lieut.. Bruce in the
early '90s, and the others with Sir Mar
tin Conway in 1894. Good-tempered,
cheerful, keen and full of fun, they be-
came general favorites wherever they
went. They, on their part, thorough
ly appreciated the kindness with
which they were treated, and their
wonderful and delightful experiences
in Europe still afford an endless topic
of conversation. The little Himalay-
ans were intensely interested in every
thing they saw, the sea and the ships
proving a source of great delight. Fly
ing fish, however, they could not at all
understand. To such great wielders of
the rod this mode of piscine locomotion
seemed most improper. One OF these
fish having fallen on board the ship,
was Immediately pounced upon by
Karbir and Amar Sing. Being asked
what their friends in the regiment
would think when told that fish could
fly, the Ghurkas naively replied that
they hadn't the slightest intention of
mentioning the fact, as their reputa-
tons for veracity were at present good,
and, should they try their comrades
credulity with this travellers tale, ne
one would believe a word they might
say for the rest Of their service
Blackwood's.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
AN AMUSING GAME.
1t Ii Doubly Interesting Because the
Boys Can Make Each of Its
Various Parts.

Here is game that you can play in
the house, out OH the porch, or on the
ground.
Take a piece of board or plank 10 by
IL inches. Plane it on the sides and
edges and cut away the corners all
around one side, as shown in the draw
ing. Call that side the top and the
other side the bottom. See whether the
side which you choose for the bottom
is even so that the board will set well
on the floor. If the board is warped.
turn the hollow side down, so that the
edges and not the middle will rest on
the floor. If the board seems twisted q
little, so that it will not set well, which
ever side is down, nail block TO one
side of the board at each corner. This
is good way, even when the side OF the
board is straight, for then the boarS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
Trees and Plants Sleep.

Trees and plants have their regular
times for going to sleep, as well as
boys and girls. They need the same
chance to rest from the work of
growing and to repair and oil the ma
chinery of life. Some plants do all
their sleeping in the winter, when the
ground is frozen and the limbs are
bare of leaves. In hot countries, where
the snow never falls, and it is always
growing weather, the trees rest dur
ing the rainy season or during pc
RODS Of drought. They always moose
the time when they cannot weIk the
best for doing their sleeping, Just as
mankind chooses the night, when he
cannot see TO work. A Norwegian sci
enlist has made some interesting eX'
periments trying to chloroform plants
and he has found that the fumes of this
sleep giver make the plant sleep hard
or and grow faster when it wakes up
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
HUMOROUS

Bill-"Gill wouldn't think of fishing
on Sunday" Jill-"No; but he'll sit
around and lie about it, all the same"
-Yonkers Statesman.
do you believe in second sight?" II
do now. l fen in love at first sight and
now wish I'd waited for second."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Doctor, my husband says that black
and red spots appear before his eyes
every night. What do you adviser" al
advise that he stop playing poker
Chicago Daily News.
Trotting Thomas-"I wish l could
turn myself into rumor for few mo-
ments." Walking William-"Nhat
for?" T. T.-"Why, they say rumor
gains Observation-Disclosures Statesman.
Frau Any husband is very uncul-
tivated and constantly confuses Y and
me" Frau B-"My husband is still
more uncultivated, and he is all the
time confusing me and my house
maid!"-Das Kleine Witzblatt.
"Uncle," said Billy Gazlay's nephew,
who is just beginning to study history,
why weren't kings and queens always
good?" Because" said Billy, absent
mindedly, maybe the other fellow held
three aces. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Hoax-"Guzzler has at last found a
sure remedy for insomnia" JoaX--
What is it?" "Why, he sets his alarm
clock to go off five minutes after he
has retired, and when he hears it, turns
over and goes right to sleep."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Uncle George-"No, Tommy isn't so
bad. He's what l call q good boy.
When he asks liberty to go out to play
and it is refused him he never makes
any fuss. Aunt Honna-"And sits
right down in the house?" Uncle
George-"Oh, no; he goes right out and
has his fun, just the same as if he had
been given permission" -Boston Tran
script.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
THEY ARE "AMERINDS" NOW.
North American Natives Were I'M
properly Named Indians
Columbus.

The lack of any thoroughly satisfac-
tory name for the aboriginal residents
of America was the subject of discus
sion n few weeks ago at meeting of the
Anthropological society of Washing
ton. Col. L. +. Hilder pointed out how
inappropriate was the word INDIAN
which Columbus applied to the people
of America on the suposition that the
land he found was India. Maj. j. W..
Powell, formerly of the geological sur
vey and now director of the bureau of
ethnology, said that after conference
with photographers he had been led
to recommend the use of "Amerind" as
the designation required. DR.. w. f..
MCGEE, president of the society, re-
marked that while the word Indian"
is firmly fixed in popular speech and
literature, scientific men were DESTROYS
of having a more accurate term. mas
much as the specialists in any depart
ment of knowledge form the court OF
last resort he had no doubt as to the
ultimate adoption of the new word IL
the scientists themselves accepted it.
One advantage of "Amerind" is that
it carries with it no implication of the
origin of the people to whom it is APP
piled. Again, it is sufficiently euphon-
ious in foreign languages as well as
our own, and it lends itself readily to
the formation of adjectives and adj
verbs. The word is intended to indicate
all aboriginal tribes of the American
continent and adjacent islands, includ-
ing the Eskimo. The working ethnolo-
gists of the society have unanimously
agreed to adopt "Amerind" tentatively
and to recommend its adoption by their
fellow students.-Science.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

part and make it nice and smooth inside
with the knife. Now you bore two
holes in the sides of the shell (you can
easily see the proper place and direc-
ton on the accompanying illustration
and insert straw in each hole, the
straws to be about two and one-half
inches long. Then take two hazelnuts
and make two holes in each, the holes
being in right angle with each other
and reaching the center Of the kernel
Now put the straws coming out of the
walnut in the top hole of the hazelnut
and in the side hole you introduce q
short piece of straw. Use beeswax OF
sealing wax for stopping all leaks
Now your sprinkler is ready for use
and all you have to do is to place the
walnut on its pointed end on the cork
of an empty bottle and pour water in
the walnut basin. The water will then
run through the straws and thereby
cause the little sprinkler to revolve
quickly. Bellrope, in Chicago Daily
Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
NATURAL FLY TRAP.
The Dionea, Little Carolina Ptahts
Is Far More Reliable Than
sticky FIypapcr.

Flytraps are well known in the ami
NAL kingdom to everyone who has eyes,
or, at least, who uses them.
The delicate web of the spider and
the deeply cut and broad mouth of the
swallow at once suggest themselves.
But that vegetable should have an ex-
quisitely constructed and perfect appa-
ratus of this kind is very remarkable,
when il is remembered that plants diff
fer markedly from animals in regard to
their food. For, while animals live on
organic substances-that is, on plants
or other animals-vegetables live on in
organic substances.
1t is, then, unlikely that a fly could
supply plant with food, and yet a
more perfect fly trap than the leaves
of the dionea cannot be imagined.
This little plant is native of the
sandy Dogs in the pine barrens of Caro-
lima. 1t grows to height of from six
to twelve inches, producing loose head
of large whitish flowers, not unlike the
flower of the lady's smock.
The flower stalk rises from a rosette
Of yellowish green leaves, spreading on
the ground. Each leaf is divided by
deep incision into two portions, the
lower being broadly winged foot
stalk, and the upper the blade or true
leaf itself.
The upper portion is the fytrap-
the most curious part of the plant
and demands careful description.
1t is roundish and divided into two
equal parts by a strong mid-rib. The mar
gins are fringed with row of strong
spiny bristles, SO that it may be likened
to two upper eyelids joined at their
bases. The leaf is little hollow on
either side of the mid-rib, the upper sur
face is dotted with minute reddish
glands, and each hollow is furnished
with three slender bristles. The scnsi-
tiveness of the leaf chiefly lies in these
bristles. If an insect alghts on the leaf
and touches one or more of them the
sides suddenly close with force SO
great as to imprison the little creature,
Notwithstanding all its efforts to es-
cape. The fringe of bristles on the
opposite side of the leaf interlace like
the fingers of the two hands clasped to-
gether, or like the teeth of steel trap.
The insect is not crushed or suddenly
destroyed, but is retained firmly i'm
prisoned until it ceases to move, which
would mean until it was dead, and then
the leaf suddenly expands.
The two iobes are enfolded at night.
but spread open in the cay. When the
bristles are irritated by man, the leaf
| quickly closes, remains closed for
short time, then slowly expands, ready
to close again if newly irritated
But if it be caused to make repeate3
efforts at short intervals, its move
| ments become languid, or the sensible
| ity is altogether exhausted and is re-
covered only by a period OF repose.-
| Philadelphia Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
THE eliND WEAVER.

The great wheel turns. and through my
hands
feel the swift threads run;
My sightless eyes can never see
In warp and wool OF tapestry
The tissue Fate has spun
1 know not what blindiy weave,
And yet dumbly pray
That when the shadows closer creep
Some bit OF beauty 1 may keep
For all the toiling day.
Sometimes the thread is silken soft
As thistledown afeld;
/ tremble-is il Love at last7
light for vision overcast
And has my heart shield?
The wheel waits not, and toll on
Along the vast design;
From coarse to fine the woof-threAos
range
All, foolish one, they shall not change
For wish nor prayer of thine!
The night draws near. My tired soul
Is rent with sudden fears;
The wheel is still-the broken thread
That through my weary fingers sped
Is rough. and stained with tears.
Ny bleeding hands, knew, have grasped
A web of somber hue
Pass not the sghtless weaver by!
o Master, chide me not, for
Have done as best l knew!
Myrtle Reed, in Outlook
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
NEAT TOY SPRINKLER.
Made from an English Walnut, Two
Hazel Nuts, Two Strnws,
Cork and a Bottle.

Here is toy sprinkler that any
bright boy or girl can make with the
aid of pocketknife and gimiet; the
necessary materials are an English wal
nut, two hazelnuts, two straws, n cork
and bottle. Following is a descrip-
ton OF how to make the sprinkler:
Remove by the aid of n small saw or
a pocketknife about one-third of a
walnut. (See illustration.) Then take
out the kernel of the remaining larger
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
MistnkinR the Operation.

A very short-sighted old gentleman
going into one of our large towns for
the first time, and coming from the
heart of the country, seeing man dig.
ging, went to him and said:
my man, for whom biggest thou
this long and narrow grave?"
But the man took 10 notice. Going
closer, he remarked again:
my man, for whom biggest thou
this long and narrow grave?"
The man looked up and said:
go on, you silly old fossil. I'm lay.
ing gas pipesi"-London Answers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
Cooperntiye Agriculture,

During nine years of steady work
Horace Phinket's nonpoHtical Irish
agricultural organization has wrought
a quiet revolution by teaching the
farmers the benefits of cooperation, and
as a result there are now over 100 aux
iliary dairying societies, with 10000
members; five miscellaneous societies.
with about 1000 members; two fed
erations and three banks.-N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
"Bix Ben. stopped for nm American,

big Ben" the bell of the house OF
commons, which was stopped for ten
hours because it disturbed the rest of
Mrs. William George Cavendish-Ben-
timex. weighs 13 tons, and is one of the
largest bells of the world. 1t was called
big Ben" after Sir Benjamin Hall,
who was commissioner of works when
it was erected. In calm weather it can
be heard over almost all of London
N. Y. Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
SNAKE STALKING.
The Sport Has Been Followed Many
Years in at Least One Mary
land County.

~ read an item copied by the Sun
from Maryland paper the other day"
said an old-time Marylander (which
spoke of snake Shooting down there as a
new sport that had come into vogue
among gunners. The man who wrote
that item never lived in Anne Arundel
county or he would have known more.
Long, long ago the native sportsmen
of that country discovered that along
in the spring of the year blacksnakes,
garter snakes and moccasins, of all of
which Ann Arundel county has a good
many to the acre, gathered in their an
nual love-making affairs in great num-
bers. 1t was also discovered that the
snakes at that particular time of the
year were bold and fearless, and
would not hesitate to attack on
sight any intruder in their tryst-
ing places. This gave the idea that it
would be great sport to make targets
of the serpents, and such proving to be
the case the sport of snake stalking
came into existence, and has been a
branch of the art of cunning, in that
part of Maryland at least, for more than
so years. The moccasin snake and his
cousin, the cottonmouth, are the two
snakes that the stalker particularly
loves to make his game.
1.-The moccasin looks dull and rusty
on land, but his back lights up into
beautiful Kaleidoscope markings when
in the water. When the warm spring
sun casts it's rays down on the pools in
which the moccasin lives and finds his
prey, he comes to the surface and
hangs on to a jutting bush or strong
weed, or crawls out upon the banks and
lies stretched at full length on the grass
or sand. He is shy and will hurry away
quickly at the approach of man, ex-
cept at mating time, and then he will
show you pretty fight. And you had
better not let him bite you. His bite
may not Kill you, but it would be better
you and enjoyed themselves there than
that one little water moccasin should
touch you with his fangs. But his
cousin, the cottonmouth, or stumptail
moccasin, will bring your last will and
testament into service as certainly as
cholera or yellow fever. The poison
tooth Of the cottonmouth is as deadly as
the rattlesnake's, and when he hears
you coming he won't run away or warn
you like the rattlesnake. He will lie
low and wait for you, and plug venom
into you if he possibly can. There is
considerable fun in stalking a stump
tail moccasin when he is absorbed in
his love-making, and you want to make
sure of your aim when you draw a
bead on him.
1.-THE proper and sportsmanlike way
of cunning for snakes in Anne Arundel
county is to carry a snake rifle and
shoot for the head. The sportsman
who doesn't bag his game by shooting
it's head off isn't looked up to much.
The man who would go out after snakes
with shotgun in Anne Arundel coun-
ty would be sadly talked about. The
favorite rife is of 22-caliber, and 20
yards range is the least an expert
snake stalker asks. moccasin head
can be plainly seen at that distance,
and many a shot among the snake hunt
ers doesn't brag any if he doesn't knock
off eight heads out of ten that show up
at that distance."-N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
A Very fearful Tnie.

1t doesn't always pay to try to dodge
the assessor, declares the Kansas City
Star. II, Pike county man hid 500
dog in an upstairs room the day the
assessor was there, and the dog jumped
ont of the window and broke its neck.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
why walipaper Is "Hung.-

Wall paper does not hang, and yet the
person whose business it is to paste it
up is called a paper-hanger. The rea-
son is simple. Long before the intro
duction of wall papers, Arras, a town in
France, was famous for its tapestries
called "Arras." These were used as
wall coverings, and the men who werc
employed to put them up were called
hangers"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
why Not a Mans

what are you thinking about?" she
asked, during lapse in the converse
MON
II was wishing" he replied. draw
ing closer, that ! might be turned
into lip-biting bug for about five
months"
But why a bug?" she inquired in
nocently.
And. then, of course. -Philadel-
phia North American
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

Sultan, q Newfoundland dog, mas
Just died in Trance. He was noted for
having arrested thief, captured an
assassin, rescued a child from drown
ing and saved man who attempted
suicide. The Society for the Protection
of Animals presented him with a col
lar. Recently he prevented a castle be-
ing ~obbed, and was poisoned, it is sup
posed, by those who attempted the rob-
berry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03
Had q Lively Time.

Watts-Have good time yester-
day?
Lushforth-Good time? Old boy, l
can taste it yet!-Indianapolis jour
nal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

There are 65 steamers on the Swiss
lakes. The largest can transport 1900
passengers.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-22
Fatal shooting At waverIy.

Waverly, WASH, Nov. 20-During an
alteration in a saloon here Ed. Twyman
shot and instantly killed George Virgins
Two shots were fired, the first one pass
ing over Virgins head and the second
striking him square in the center of the
forehead, just below the line Of hair.
The tragedy happened in Ed. Hills "a
loon. Twymsn, who was formerly u
deputy sheriff under X. ID. Speck, had
been quarreling with an unknown man
Both stood near the bar. Finally ivy
man, in a fit Of anger, drew a revolver
and ordered the man to get out Of the
saloon. Virgins came In at this moment
and seeing Twyman with leveled revol
yer in his hand, walked toward him tell
ing him not to shoot.
Twyman turned quickly toward the in
tending peacenaker and fired twice, The
second shot taking effect. Virgins fell
to the floor, dying instantly. Deputy
Sheriff Stout placed Twyman under ar
rest, the latter making no resistance.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-22

hambra near Wardner Idaho. has been
installed it has been found impossible
to run IL any considerable length of
time owing to shortage of water for
the boiler.
The bonds offered to the government
at the sub-treasuries under Secretary
Cages offer amounted to $2,341, $50, as
follows: New York, 1852 ,150; Phila.
delphia, $47S.000, Cincinnati, $4,000;
Baltimore, 5000.
Z. ]. Clark and his partners are pre-.
pairing to work the Midnight near Null
Ian, Idaho, their claim, on which the
Morning Mining company recently cut
an ore chute which promises to rival
that In the Sixteen to One.
Much mvystery surrounds the death
Of Rev. Jesse Moore. the Methodist min
lister of Dexter, Mo-, who was assas.
mated at his home near Pyle, six miles
from Dexter. So far as known he had
no enemies.
Dwight L, Moody. the evangelist
Is suffering from an affection
Of the heart. He Is en- route "
his home at Northfleid. Mass. In care
Of physician. 1t Is admitted that Mr.
Moody's condition Is serious but not
critical.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-22
No Relief for Ladysmith.

London, Nov. 20.--The latest news from
the seat of war in South Africa Ia from
one point Of view favorable TO the British
showing that Kimberly is able to hold Il,
own against the Beers, and that Estcouri
is in a position TO beat back an attack
by the Boer forces now facing II.
On the other hand, the advices pay tet
timony to the ceaseless activity Of the
burghers on the Free State frontier and
their determination to cut of relief foI
Ladysmith, and II possible to isolate and
capture Estcourt, which is the nearest
town to Ladysmith still held by the Brit
ish.
A number Of small Boer commando,
from the east and west are converging on
Estcourt and the railroad Just south OF
that place. The Beers already aggregate
at least 1000, with a few guns, which they
evidently, from the entertainments they
are throwing up, mean to mount on hills
stopping any advance north of Estcourt
where General Hildyard is still command
ing. Even with the strong relief column
now hurrying from Durham the British
will have a tough job to pierce the Boel
forces thrown across roads to Lidysmith
while crossing the Tugela river on pom
toon bridges in the face Of the Boer artil
lery and rifles fired from the northern ridg
es commanding the river, will probabl,
prove one Of the stiffest enterprises o
the war.
The full story Of the armored tran dis
aster has brought into relief number o
cases of individual gallantry. Among
them is that Of a crack rifle shot named
Caegenhead, who furnished the range a,
three different points for the crew Of the
train and kept firing until his trigger fin
ger was shot away.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-22
LABOR NOTES.

A Terre Haute dispatch says Dcbs
may reorganize the A. r. U.
The mill owners at Bombay, e. l.,
have decided to work only four days a
week.
The Saturday Critic, a labor paper
published at Oneonta, N. Y, has gone
up the fiume.
About 400 hatters are on a strike
to enforce the 55-hour week in the shop
Of Berg & Co.. Orange, N. J.
The Chicago Daily News and Record
are still under the ban" of organized
labor.-Union Herald.
After years of fighting the Brewers
Union has succeeded in bringing the
largest brewery In Philadelphia into
line.
The Susquehanna Coal Company has
closed its mines at Nanticoke indefi-
nitely, owing to strike. by which 1000
men are idle.
The Toledo co., board Of aldermen
has unanimously decided that none but
union bricklayers shall be employed In
sewer construction.
Chicago architects and contractors
have combined to smash the building
trades unions. A big tight is predicted
in the near future.
The New York Sun has applied for
an injunction to protect 1t from the
boycott placed on 1t on account Of the
Typographical Union strike. 1t admits
that 1t has lost 100000.
Cooper shops In four states have or
ganized q trust. The Coopers' Union
has finally allowed the union stamp to
go on machinemade barrels, and thus
the fight with the brewers is settled.