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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
VOLUME XLI.-N0. z.
PATIENCE.

/ put her letter by, because
With dimming eyes l needs must paus
To fashion somewhat OF her smile
From memory, little while;
To feel again the gentle touch
That made me wonder overmuch
If such soft caress of love
Were not for ransomed ones above,
Instead of for my earthly bliss
This handclasp sweeter than kiss.
i put her letter by bit
To muse and marvel over 1t
As something rare beyond the ken
OF common thought and mortal men:
AS something that the tender years
Have traced with not ungrateful tears.
A sweet good-by, 1t is, TO say
She'll meet me later In the day"
And still wait! And still wait!
The years have gone-the day is latel-
A shrine of myrtle for her dust
A letter yellowed with the rust
OF tears-a prayer to understand
Her signal from the peaceful land.
] put her letter by!-I know
It's promise will be kept, and, SO,
Through misty eyes my soul shall smile
And wait in patience yet awhile.
Chicago Daily Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
CONDUCTOR WAS NOT DRUNK.
He Was Only Getting Used to the
Closed Street Cars Which Had
Just Been Put On.

The Indiana avenue car was crowded,
passengers standing up in the aisle.
The motorman was either a new hand
at the trolley game or had a grudge to
work on the world in general. AT any
rate he jerked the car till the passen-
gers didn't know whether they were
"afoot or horseback" The Conductor
went through the car collecting fares
and he was as clumsy as the farmer
from Pink Mink marsh. He ran into
passengers, lurched about when the mo-
tornfan jerked the car, and nearly sat
down in an old maids lap when the car
stopped like a balky horse. When he
got back to the rear platform he was
red and angry, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
NO" said he to nobody in particular
and everybody in general, II amt
runk and amt a new hand. But this
is NY first closed ear this season and
amt got my sea legs on yet, so to speak.
You see, we put in all summer swing
ing along on the footboard from post to
post. We get used to that and it's n
very different thing-hanging on to
something all the time. Then, when the
closed cars come along we've got to get
used TO a different style Of locomotion.
SO to speak, and till we get used to it
you'd think every conductor was more'n
half seas over. Pom my soul. I'm scared
TO death for fear the superintendent
see me and I'll lose my job"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
A SenSiue IRhnrnfnrN

In the American Naturalist Mr.. Kel-
logg gives sketch of the Hopkins
Seaside Laboratory Of the Leland Stan
ford, Jr., University" in the bay OF
Monterey. The marine fauna there is
abundant, being mixture Of northern
and subtropical forms. Many Of the
moiluscs. sea-urchins and cepha,opcds
are collected by the Chinese fishermen.
then canned. and sent to China. where
they are used as food. "The Chinese
boats go out by night with nets and
pitchpine torchea, which are hung over
the boats side to lure the squid The
squids are dried and shipped to China
TO be used as food and also as fertilizer
The duty on fertilizer in China is lew,
the duty on salt high. BY mixing it,
tie dried squid with a great deal Of salt
and calling it fertilizer a considerable
amount of salt finds its way into the
celestial kingdom at q low duty rate
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4 Romantic Career.

The recent death in Italy of Giacoma
Naretti ended most remarkable ca
reer. The son of poor Italian parents,
Naretti learned the trade Of carpen.
ter, and went to Africa during his coun-
try's early occupation Of that conti-
nent. There his trade stood him in good
stead. He attracted the attention of
Emperor John of Abyssinia, for whom
he built a throne, called the throne
of Solomon. 1t was modest, wooden
affair, but it excited the admiration
and wonder Of the dusky king. Later
for Emperor Menelek he built roy al
palace, and was then made a sort of
minister Of public works. lie married
m English woman, got rich and lived
IN palace Of his own.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
THE JAPANESE ARMY.
To Consist of Three Separate and In
dependent Commands OF Four
Divisions Each.

The Ostasiatische Lloyd states that
at the end OF The year the japanese
army will consist of three chief com
mands, the east, the middle and the
west, instead of the number of small in
dependent commands which previously
existed. This will be apart from the
guards, who will still remain under the
direct command of the mikado. Each
chief command will consist of four di-
visions, making, with the division of
guards, Is divisions in all. The 13 di-
visions will consist of 20 brigades of in
fantry, each brigade having two regi-
ments and each regiment three bat
talions; 13 regiments of cavalry, of five
squadrons each; IS regiments of field
artillery, with 20 field and mounted bat
teries, these to be strengthened next
year 10 1T batteries, formed in 80
groups of three batteries each; 13 bat
talions of pioneers consisting of %
companies; 13 train battalions, of two
companies each, and one railway and
one telegraph battalion, each of three
companies. In addition to the 13 di-
visions. there are three regiments of
coast end two battalions of foot artil-
lery. The annual number of recruits
required to keep the army up to its
full strength is from $4,000 to 10000,
but double the number could easily be
obtained. The troops mentioned form
only the line with the colors; in addi-
tion there ore the first and second re-
serves. the landwehr and landsturm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
HCrsebonts In England,

The houseboat is almost an unknown
quantity in this country, but in Eng
land il reigns on the Thames. So much
of English social life in the summer has
water for its setting that owners Of
houseboats spend as much care on them
as Americans do on their summer
homes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
Size of the TrRnsxRnl.

The area of the Transvaal is 10000
square miles, or about the same size
as the combined areas of the states of
Pennsylvania, New York, Massachu-
sets, New Jersey, Connecticut and Yer
mont.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16

English Education OF Cuban Girls.
Fifty Cuban girls were recently re-
ceived into a Catholic convent at AL
toona, Pa, where they will receive an
English education.
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a Well signed Document.

A deed flied in the Cumberland coun-
ty (Me.) registry some time ago bore
4s signatures, including those of the
q grantors and witnesses, although
The value of the property transferred
was only s175.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
Mormons In Switzerland.

Mormonism has taken refuge in
Switzerland. Recently published sta
tistics apprise us that there are no
fewer than 1,100 Mornons scattered
about the Swiss republic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16

$50 st. Jean and his daughter es-
capped. eh?"
''They did, citizen; and to tell the
truth, I'm not sorry"
Sorry, citizen? I am glad of it. He
is brave man."
"Good! Then if that is how you feel
about it, / will tell you further that his
banker privately warned him TO go, and
without St. Jeans knowledge turned all
his securities into cash before the edict
of confiscation was pronounced, and
forwarded the money to the brave man
in England. Ledger Mupthly
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at once?'
"S'pose am: what then?" returns
the man with the bundle, suddenly act
ing as If he were very intoxicated.
"Humph. In that case, won't sell
you single rag,"
THANK heaven." exclaims the rag
man, staggering forward under his
heavy load. 1t seems an endless jour
ney before he can reach a secluded
grove on the outskirts of the city.
There, at last, he can deposit his bun
die, and the little girl who stood at
the window creeps out of it.
"You dear, brave papa" she cries.
kissing his beardless lips, 1--WE are safe
now. are we not ?"
"Not vet, Marie" answers the rag
man, and they hasten to remove several
articles of clothing from the rags in the
bag, after which they fold it into small
bundle'and proceed to railway station
in the vicinity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
American Horses in the Philippines.

Contrary to preconceived opinions,
American horses stand the climate Of
the Philippines frst-rate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07
~Cromwell's Mother.

The sympathy existing between this
mother and son is one Of the most
beautiful traits in divers personal
history. They loved each other with
a passionate affection that no time or
change lessened, and when he arrived
at the summit of his power, though
she was then upwards Of ninety years
of age, he appointed her royal apart
ments in Whitehall, and visited her
every day. Noble quantity says, ''She
occasionally yet offered the Protector
advice, which he always heard with
great attention, but acted as he Judged
proper" 1t is pleasant to think that
this fine old lady died happily before
her sons power began to wane. 1t is
pleasant to think of the Great Protec-
tor kneeling to receive her dying
blessing, and of her last smiling words
to him and his children-"A good
night, dears!' There is yet a portrait
of her at Hinchinbrooke, which shows
us a handsome woman, with a face full
of character, and a rather melancholy
expression. Her dress is that Of a
gentlewoman of the time-a white satin
hood, a pearl necklace, and a necker-
chief edged with rich lace. The man
tie is of green satin edged with gold
lace, and fastened with a jeweled
elasp.-Amelia Barr, in Harper's Mag
aZlne.
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To Make Corn Popular Abroad.

Thirty years ago American corn
OF maize, as the English still call it.
was almost unknown in the Eastern
countries of Europe except as n food
for cattle. 1t is true that cornmeal
was eaten by the peasants of Italy in
the mixture they called polenta, but
that the demand was small was shown
by the fact that it was almost wholly
supplied by corn grown on Italian
soil. Attempts were made at the ex-
positions held in Paris in 1867 and
1889 to teach Europeans the value of
oornmeal as food, but it is only recent
" that these efforts seem to have borne
fruit.
While our exports of corn to CONT
mental Europe have increased with
wonderful rapidity during the last five
or six years, there is opportunity for
a still greater sale of this cereal if the
people of Europe can be taught to
comprehend its excellence.
At the Paris Exposition that is to
be held in 1900 further attempts to
p~opularize Illinois great product will
be made, and it is to be hoped that no
pains and no reasonable expense will
be spared to increase the demand for
cornmeal, or cereal -four. 1t is a we'll
recognized fact that when the farmer
is prosperous all his fellow-country-
men are prosperous also. Consequent
ly if we succeed in finding purchasers
for a large additional quantity of farm
produce we have done much to bring
prosperity to all our people. Chicago
Times-Herald.
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The Hachette Almanac for the cur
rent year gives some very interesting
statistics as to the ages of brides in
France. Only thirteen out of 100
young women marry between the ages
of Is and 20. From 90 to 25 years
the average is sixty out of 100. The
further from her twenty-ffth year the
maid travels the simmer are her
chances for marriage; still up to 80
years the nuptial chimes ring out for
twenty-five out of 100.
Maids from 80 to 35 years old have
twelve chances in 100; from 35 to 40
years six, and from 40 to As years
only five in 100. There is only one
lucky female in 100 who marries when
between 45 and so years old.
1t must not be supposed, however,
that after so oblivion covers the hearts
of "belated maids" Even between
the years of so and IS there is a
chance for IL maid among 365.
The strongest competitors maids
have to encounter are the widows, for
they marry with equal if not better
chances than their single sisters.
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was taking my dinner n day ava
mountain farmhouse on the head
waters Of the Cumberland River, ana
the lady of the house, who had four
children playing around the front OF
the establishment, was inclined to re-
nine at her hard luck in having SO
much work to do.
"I run this here whole farm" she
said In a tone which indicated that she
was ready to resign.
"How many acres have your l IN
quired. =
"a hundred and forty; twenty in
wheat, sixty in corn, ten in medder
an paster, an the balance sca''erln
an woods"
SCOT any stock2"
"Ten head NV cattle, two COWS, SIX
hogs and work critters fer the place.
"And you run the whole busi-
ness?"
"Indeed I do; every hide an hair Nv
it," she sighed.
"Don't you hire some help?'
"In course, but faint hired help
that takes the load of'en a body. p"
There was philosophy in that state
ment, and I paused a minute.
Haven't you got a husband?"
next asked with a good deal OF sym
pathy.
yes" she responded very slowly,
'"but 1 have to run him, too
Washington Star.
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Experiments are being made in
Lyons, France, with glass for street
paving purposes, according to John
G. Covert, United States Consul in
that city. A stretch OF pavement has
been laid in Lyons, consisting OF
ceramo-crystal, or devitrifed glass, in
the form of blocks, eight inches
square, each block containing sixteen
square parts. These are fitted together,
sol that water cannot pass between
them, and make the pavement look
like an enlarged checker board. 1t is
claimed for it that it offers greater re-
sistance than stone, that it is a poor
conductor of cold, that dirt will not
accumulate on it as easily as on stone,
that it will not retain microbes and
that it is more durable than stone and
not more costly. The paving material
is obtained from broken glass heated
to 1850 degrees Fahrenheit and com
pressed by hydraulic force. Nothing
is said about its slippery qualities in
wet weather.
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1t is said that one day, when Crom'
well was but a mere lad, as he was ly.
ing ON his bed in a melancholy mood,
a gigantic spectre appeared to him
and said, 'Thou shalt be the great
est man in England" Heath says il
was a dream; Lord Clarendon and
Sir Philip Warwick speak of it as
vision. But whether dream or vision,
it made a profound impression IN the
youth, so much so that his father re-
quested DIR. Beard-Oliver's school.
master-to fog him severely fol
''persisting in the wickedness of such
Ill assertion" The. fogging only
deepened the impression. He told
his uncle Stuart of the prophecy, and
was warned that it twas traitorous tc
relate it." But when he had seated
himself upon the throne of England
he frequently spoke ofthe occurrence
and was fully persuaded in his Owl
mind of its prophetic and supernatural
character. Amelia Barr, in Harper
Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

It is rather amusing to those who
know the facts to hear people talk o
the Great Macdermott," as if he was
really the inventor of the word lingo
That he made it popular is true
enough, but the famous song came to
him one fateful morning in 1876, with
the milk, by penny post. So 1t was
by no means what is called a "put-up
Job" Every we'll known comique has
a biggish delivery of ditties. eve
don't want to fight" arrived in such
a batch. 1t was sent by certain Mr..
Hunt, who thought it stiffish for the
public. The great one was of another
opinion. Being an old naval man him
self, he was thrilled at once, and saw
its possibilities in a moment. More
over, he agreed with its sentiments,
which enabled him to give it with
gusto, ''by iingo. London News,
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN NICARAGUA.
Method by Which Torres Gets Around the
Law Forbiddine Death Penalty.


A private letter received In New Orleans,
La, from BlueHelds, Nicaragua, gives the
revolving details of the death under the
penal lash OF a young native of the Mos
quito Coast, who bad fallen under the dis
pleasure Of General Torres, President
zelaya's grand inquisitor. The laws oil
Nicaragua do not admit of the death PEN
atty In theory, and so the young man,
Quadra by name, was simply condemned
TO be fogged, and the whipping was Kept
up till the youth fell dead at the feet OF his
sxecutioners. q,
He received 25l blows from a bamboo rod
before life was extinct. The crime OF whlcn
Quadra was guilty was IN warning General
Reeves of a plot to assassinate him, that was
being Matched at the time when Reyes was
still at the head OF his revolutionary opera
lions at Bluefelds. But for Quadra, Reyes
would have been assassinated. and as a re-
ward Reyes made the young fellow a cap
tain. The whipping was done In the pres
ence OF more than two hundred persons,
and the w~hipping-post is now a regular
establish ment in the district.
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LEFT 100000 TO THE NEEDY.
Austin Requests VIII Aid Poor student'
and Aged Persons in Want.

The will OF Edward Austin, the Beacon
street millionaire, who bequeathed sl,iOo,-
900 to public charities, was admitted to
probate by Judge McKim In the Suffoik
Probate Court, Boston. All parties legally
concerned in his estate, including some
from New York, assented to the probate, a
compromise having been agreed upon with
reference to objections made by some OF
the heirs. -oo ooo
Among the public requests are $4,000
to Harvard College. the interest to be APP
piled to "needy meritorious students and
teachers to assist them in payment OF their
studies;' to Massachusetts Institute OF
$40, 900; to Roanoke College, s5O,OO0i TO
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial sehooi
$50, 900, on the same lines.
The will also gives $40, 900 TO the bacteria,
logy laboratory of Harvard Medical school
and S1O0, 900 to the New England trust
Company, the income to be paidto needy
aged men and women who had been IN
better circumstances in early life, but who
have become in want when in old age"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07
Destructive Philippine Ants.

White and red ants are pests in the
Philippines. The former infest every
description of food, and the latter de-
YOUR everything that is not metallic.
At Conception a travelling party left
their trunks at a hotel, and in q few
DAYS the trunks fell apart, and the
contents had been reduced to a pow
derry mass.
South Dakota has a surplus OF
one in the State Treasury. 1t re-
Gently took up $4,000 of bonds not
due until 1910.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

The first class rate from Washington TO At
sale ApriI d. % and "a. Final limit. Mays.
The only line operating through Pullman
Cars and Dining Car Service to Atlanta.
Pullman double berth rate New ! org ~ AZ
lanta. 5000. Washington to Atlanta, SAW. II,
berth is occupied only for the night, rate Will
be 500.
The southern Railway is arranging Tor a
and the Fast to Atlanta for this oc~Casion-th the
arrangement for and comfort of the party to
be looked after by a representative Of TINS
Company.
of Pullman space, address Alex. :. IhweaI!'
Eastern Pass. Agt, 2l Broadway, New ofS'
The average life OF a ship Is twenty-siI
rnara
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Where consumptives Are Relieved.

A sanitarium for consumptives has
for years been in existence in Nor
drach, in the Black Forest of North
western Germany. The windows OF
the houses are kept open night and
day; from some of them, indeed, the
sashes have been removed. Thus,
sleeping or walking, the inmates are
always breathing the finest outdoor
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

Because monkey are held to be sac
red by the Hindoos. a native news
paper warns the British Government
not to kill them off, as has been pro-
posed. Tho monkeys are so numer-
GUS that they are crowding into the
towns and villages, but the Pundits
object to their slaughter. They say
that Punishment is bad enough ''for
the poor thing
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Lucas COUNTY,
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner Of the firm of +. j.. CHENEY ~
CO., doing businessint the City ofTOledO, County
and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pa
the sum of ONE DOLLARS for each
and every case of that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
-- presence. this 9Th day of December,
SEAL A. D. 1885. A. w. GLEASON,
I-- NuidiV Public.
Halls Catarrh ture is taken internally, and
nets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY Il Co, Toledo, y.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

The Paris Omnibus Company has
a monopoly in its own field, On con-
dition that the city shall enjoy half
the profits over a dividend of S14 per
share of 800. This limit has never
been reached, the company paying Sl3
dividends.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

Anglo-American Friendship at Manila
A letter from a marine on H.. NJ. s.
Powerful, now stationed at Manila,
which has been received at Seattle,
Wash, says, regarding the friendli'
ness of American soldiers and British
sailors: Our mel and the Yankee
soldiers soon became awfully friendly.
You never saw such soldiers. Very
few of them were IN uniform. They
wore big SLOUGH hats, with the num-
Der of their regiment often written on
a bit of paper and pinned on. 1t was
a sight to see them come on board.
They went along the deck, speaking
to everybody, and when we saw them
go up to the officers without salutlne
we felt as if they must drop on the
spot. But they didn't. They offered
their cigar cases to u men with
Have a s'gar, boy" and after they
had smoked and talked with us they
took out their card cases and handed
us a visiting card, saying as they did
so, "Now be sure You look us up Il
you're our way, you know"
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ro,scopalians Raise $4,000.

remarkable educational meeting has
taken place at the session OF the mission
conference OF the Nethodlst Episcopai
Chnrch which was held at Cameron, Mo.
Seyenty-two thousand dollars were pledged
for education, a part of the twentieth cen
tury thank offering.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

Mrs. l.. E. Houghton, of Chicago, who
had one-half of her face "made young In
order to pose as a "before and after ex-
ample for a dermatologist, has got ludg-
sha sned. The suit was brought against a
"beauty Doctor In order to collect the
money which Mrs. Houghton was to have
received for posing in the show window
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

Nearly si1ty-nine per cent. of all
Russians are unable to read and
write. Italy comes next with forty
two, while in Saxony, Bavaria and
Baden there are no illiterates at all.
An effort is being made in various
parts of Russia to make elementary
schooling compulsory.
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Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Casearets, Candy Cathsr'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all IN n
Danish pimples, boils, blotehes, b%lackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, -beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. lOe, 25c. 5Oc.
Ofthe 8 4,OOO, 600 people in South America
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There is No Telling.

Be sure not to let rheumatism stay in the
system longer tina you can get a bottle OF
st. Jacobs Oil to cure it. There is no tell
ing what part it may strike or how mue"
misery 1t may give.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

Every living thing has pains and aches
sometimes. and the aches and pains OF
humankind nave a friend in st. Jacobs
OIL, which stands by in need to cure.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-04-07

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go TO your druggist to-day and got
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerous.
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The more tender the sesh, the blacker
the bruise. The sooner you use st. Jacobs
Oil, the quicker will be the cure OF any
bruise, and any bruise will disappear
promptly under its treatment.