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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
THE LEAPING MOUSE.
A Curious Little Animal FOund Only
I'm Egypt mt Present, But Once
Quite Numerous.

Many thousands of years ago, before
the great lice age" when the climate of
Europe and America was about that of
Africa, little mice like those in the pic
ture were jumping around here. Queer
fellows they are, with their large eyes,
long, bare tail, save for the little bunch
at the end, and legs like kangaroo.
This mouse is the color of the ground,
and at night and when it runs about
seeking food is hard to distinguish.
When the young are ready to leave
the nest the mother sticks them to her
body with some kind of clay and then
goes abroad in search for food. While
feeding the long tail is curved into
letter IS" but when about to leap the
tail stiffens out, aiding both in the leap
and as steering apparatus. The mouse
jumps 90 times its own length at
single leap. When near inhabited
places it becomes pest, though not
quite as bad as our house mouse. 1t
sucks the eggs in the hen nests and digs
up the onions in the gardens with great
zest. These depredations are made at
night, for in the daytime these little
fellows lie hidden in their underground
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
TOMS GREAT MISTAKE.
He Forgot That the Man Who Sue
ceeds Must Use His Head as
Well as HIS Hands.

On the station platform two men
stood waiting for their train. Another
man, with pick and shovel on his
shoulder, was passing, on his way to
work.
He was not more than so or SIS years
old, but his gait was stiff and labored,
and there was pronounced stoop in
the figure. His overalls, once brown,
were lime-bleached and faded to a soft
"old rose" and bagged dejectedly At
the knees. The face under the weather.
beaten cap was stolid and listless.
AS he dumped along in his heavy
cowhide boots, he apparently embodied
that most persistent and most pathetic
figure which medieval Europe called
the serf, and more modern Europe calls
the peasant, and the census enumerator
of free America to-day sets down as
"unskilled labor"
As he crossed the track, the elder Of
the two men on the platform pointed
him out to his companion.
THAT man and L." he said, "were
SCH oolmates. He was not dull at his
books, and ought to have made better
condition for himself in life"
"What's the matter with him? Does
he drink" asked the younger man.
mo. Nothing of that kind has him
dersd him. When he was about IL
years old he was offered dollar a day
to dig on n cellar. This seemed large
wages to him, and he left school and
took the job. He was proud of his size
and strength, and this offer made him
feel so independent that he rather
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
EGYPTIAN MICE.

burrows, which are very ingeniously
constructed. The entrance is left un-
concealed, but the exits are many and
we'll hidden, so that at the first alarm
they are off and away by leaps. At the
beginning of September they close the
entrance to the burrows and begin
their winter sleep, which lasts until
the following April. They are to be
found to-day only in Egypt. The in
habitants of the districts in which
they are found have little love for them,
and the shepherds are often startled to
see them leaping and dancing in the
moonlight of a bright summer night.
Some of these people think that there
is a special virtue in their tails. When
is killed or found dead, the tail is cut
off, dried and pounded up, when it is
given to any horse that appears to be
ailing. In ancient times the leaping
mouse was well known, being called
mures bipedes (two-footed mice) The
city of Cyrene had picture of one OF
them on its consist. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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TWO DAYS.

Robby and Johnny and Tommy stood
Under tree in a Chestnut wood.
They could see upcn the branches high
The green burrs wave against the sky.
But what are they good for, there?" they
said.
when every one is over your head
"A boy may try as hard as he cam
The world was only made for man."
But Jack Frost heard and laughed with
glee;
Thea he took from his pocket tiny key
And each green burr so closely shut
Flew back TO show a shining nut.
The jolly West Wind heard them, too,
And thought: There's work for me to do"
So he rushed at the tree with a sudden
bound,
And shook the chestnuts to the ground.
Robby and Johnny and Tommy stood
The very next day in the chestnut wood,
And I think II you'd heard their fun and
noise,
You would say that the world was made for
boys.
ELLEN Sherman Corson, in Youths Com
panion.
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HUMOROUS.

you can't keep secret, Msrie."
Yes, can, but always happen to tell
things to other girls who can't."--St
Louis Republic.
First Collegian-"Did your dad re-
spond when you struck him for some
money!" Second Collegian-"Respon
You should have heard him!"-Sault
Ste. Marie News.
Why She Sings.-"I like to hear
servant girl sing at her work. 1t shows
good disposition" Not always. l
think our girl sings because she has
grudge against s."-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Il really believe Miss Blumer would
be willing to run for president, she's so
ambitious" Land, yes; but she amt
so particular. She'd run for smaller
man that that if she thought she could
catch him" Philadelphia Bulletin.
THAT tramp just going away was tell
ing me most heart-breaking story"
How much did you give him?' Moth
ing. 1t was story to break ones
heart, all right. but breaking tive-dol-
lar bill is different" - indianapolis
Journal.
Anybody who knows enough" said
Mr.. Spiffins, "can learn something from
anybody else, however ignorant the lat
ter may be-" THAT is true" assented
Mrs. Spiffins, cheerfully. Nov, can
occasionally learn something from you"
Pittsburgh hronicle-Telegraph
Podsnip Injecting elderly person.
"By Jove! Is it possible! My old
school teacher. BY the way, do you re-
member that you said when l was in
your class that I'd die on the gallows?"
Elderly Person-"Well, you're not dead
yet."-Philadelphia North American.
Mrs. Grimes-"Does your husband GO
to church, Mrs. Brown" Mrs. Brown
-"Certainly. Sometimes he goes to
the Unitarian, sometimes to the Ortho-
doX and sometimes to the Catholic"
Mrs. Grimes-"Ah, see! An agnostic."
Mrs. Brown-"No! he's plumber.
When there is nothing for him TO do at
one church there is pretty sure to be
something for him at one of the Others"
Boston Transcript
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"Cross-E Il u cntiOB.-

This term is used 10 describe phe-
nou5enon which has recently been un-
der investigation at the Yale psycholog-
ical laboratory. Experiment. carried
OF during the past year have shown
that the effects of practice on one SIDE
of the body are transferred to the other
side, where there has been no practice.
For instance, a fencer, practising
lunges with foil, and using only his
right hand, gained in two weeks Sc per
cent. OF accuracy in aim. AT the same
time il was found that his left hand
had also gained SO per cent. of accuracy
in the same exercise, although it had
no actual practice. So the exertion of
the muscles of the right arm likewise
increased the strength of the left arm.
Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
A DEWEY PORTRAIT PAINTER.
He Turned Out Four Hundred OF
Them with Dear Consequences
TO Himself.

This is a story told in an uptown
studio, by young man at canvas:
II suppose you believe that story
about Pygmalion falling in love with a
statue he had made, and how his re-
quest to Aphrodite that it might breathe
was granted?'
''As much as / believe some other
Stories" replied the brother at another
canvas.
1--WE got one that beats it, and mine
is true. l can show you the man. just
after Dewey turned his ship this way
from Gibraltar, a signwriter down-town
made me a proposition. He wanted me
to paint 200, 800, or as many portraits
of Dewey as 1 could. Offered to pay me
extra for overtime. He wanted Dew
eys to sell by the hundred. Although it
was complimentary offer for aspiring
genius, declined. ! sent him young
fellow, poor boy, who thinks he has in
spiration. He can't paint lamppost,
but / vouched for his work. / knew he
would stick to it. He began painting
Deweys, and after he had turned out
about n gross the celestial Inner came
TO his rescue, and he got so that he
could put a face on canvas without
writing the name under it. Well, he
painted on and on until he had turned
out 400, life size, bust portraits of
Dewey. Then the rush was over, and
he was out of job for two days. He
accepted an offer to do some portraits
in the family of high roller in the
upper end of town. The boss sat first,
andlthe second day hisface was finished.
It's a fact. The boss looked at it and
complimented it. Said it was the best
Dewey he had seen, and asked the
artist when he was going to
begin work on his (the bossO. The
next day the mistress sat for my genius,
and he finished her portrait in six
hours, life size. And when she looked
at it she said the hands, arms, dress and
Jewels were hers, but the face was that
of Dewey
1.-THE man and his wife had con-
sultation, the result of which was that
my inspired genius was asked to get
out a canvas Of the family horse, and
he made beautiful four-legged Dewey.
Then he quit the place, and | heard he
was in sanitarium. Of course l went
to see him. I didn't know him. He had
changed completely. Looked just like
Dewey"
The work in the studio went on the
remainder of the day in silence.-N. Y.
Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
KEPT THEM IN LINE.
Inside History of the Passage Of the
Mckinley Bill.
Deputy Sergennt-at-Arms Of the
House Tells How He Managed TO
Keep a Quorum Constant
ly on Hand.
Tspecia, washington letter.

"The voters of this country ike TO
hear The politicians talk to them about
Athe sovereign people, because IL
tickles their pride and makes them feel
that they are really running their gov
eminent; when they are not, says
Tom Cavanaugh, the longtime deputy
sergeant-at-arms of the national mouse
of representatives.
For example," he continued, the
people imagine that they cause legisla-
tion, and compel public servants to do
thus and so; when as matter OF TACT
they seldom produce the results which
they aim at in casting their ballots.
Tens of thousands, and probably mil
lions, of people to-day believe that Viii
liam Mckinley formulated and passed
the Mckinley bill, the measure upon
which he builded his presidential hopes
and aspirations so successfully.
"As a matter of fact, in the passage
of that bill did as much solid effective
work as Mckinley did. Moreover, the
bill, as it came from the committee on
ways and means, was the work OF the
whole committee, and not merely Nc
Kinley's work. Then again, the bill as
it came back from the senate was an
entirely different bill, and might bet
ter have been called the Allison bill, be-
cause it was formulated under the di-
rection of the Iowa statesman.
But as to the final passage of the
bill in the house of representatives, as
reported from the committee on ways
and means, let me tell you that did the
bulk of the real hard work; did lots of
it while Mckinley was sound asleep.
This will seem strange to your read
ers, although of course the watchful
newspaper men knew what was going
on at the time, although they did not
know all of the details of the work.
Zone morning a messenger came to
me and informed me that the speaker
wanted me to come to his room. That
was in the Fifty-frst congress and Tom
Reed was speaker. | responded OF
course at once, and when l entered the
speakers room | found there McKin-
ley, of Ohio; Cannon, of Illinois; Hen
derson, of Iowa, and other leading com
mittee chairmen and floor leaders Of
the republican majority. The speaker
informed me that the tariff bill was to
be taken up for consideration, and that
/ must make it my duty to keep a
quorum of the majority members pres
ent all the time. | stated that this
could only be done by order of the SER
geant-at-arms of the house, and that
gentleman was sent for. The speaker
told him what was going on, and he is
sued the order which enabled me to de-
vote all of my time to keeping quorum
present.
"You see, the republicans only had
about a dozen majority in the house,
and the democrats were refraining from
voting, some of them remaining absent
from the house entirely. The members
of the majority party were somewhat
indifferent. That is to say, quite num-
Der of them would absent themselves
from the house in order to look after
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times they were found at their homes,
sometimes they were found at the
aters. sometimes they were found play
ing billiards, sometimes they were
found in barrooms, but few of them
were found in the latter places. But
wherever they were l always knew
where to round 'em up. The system
of leaving their addresses each day
proved to be quite successful. But
even with that rrecaution some OF
them would leave the capitol without
complying with the simple require
ment. In such cases we would have to
scurry about the city to their best
known rendezvous. We had to get
them and bring them to the capitol as
soon as possible i'll order to have their
votes recorded in time.
Il said that l was at work while Nc
Kinley was sleeping; and that is true,
for often at night l was out looking
for men and locating them so that
they could be found on the next day.
Some of them went to hospitals for
necessary recuperation, under certain
conditions. They also had to be
brought to the capitol in carriages and
sent back to the hospital afterwards.
Oftentimes / was busy at night with
the sergeant-at-arms, pages and mes
sengers, and with the speaker, in order
that the next days work might be well
done Some of the pages and messen-
gers needed looking after in order to
keep them sober and on duty. 1T was
hard campaign that | went through,
but it was a successful one.
$50 you see that, although Mckinley
had plenty of work to do in debating
and defending his BILL he didn't do it
all, by long shot. There were others.
The bill would never have been passed
had it not been for the executive work
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business in the executive departments,
or to look after their correspondence.
Some of them, only few, paid more at
tention TO pleasure seeking than to
business. 1t was thus made my duty to
keep a quorum present; and it was
difficult task
Il personally saw every republican
member of the house, and informed each
of them that no absence would be ex-
cused at any time under any circum-
stance, except sickness in their fam
lilies; and that before leaving the capitol
at any time, even for a few minutes,
each member should go to the office of
the sergeant-at-arms and leave the adj
dress at which he could be found most
quickly.
This was done Systematically every
day. You would be surprised to know
how many representatives had to be
watched like school children in order
to keep them in line of duty. For three
weeks l kept watch of all of them. /
had the page boys divided off into
watches, like sentries on guard. One
page, for example, would be expected
% particularly watch a certain ten
men, and be ready to go after them
instantly. j lad horses for mounted
pages, and carriages for myself and
other depp'ies in the work. When
there was . roll call demanded on any
paragraph of the Mckinley bill, or on
any proposed amendment, | went after
certain members myself and sent my
assistants after certain others. Thus,
whenever there was a roll call / man
aged to have quorum present. Con-
sequently, every paragraph of the Nc
Kinley bill was passed excepting one,
and that was of minor Importance.
Sometimes the representatives were
found in their committee rooms, some
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looked down on the rest of us boys. He
never went back to school. He found
work to do that required no skill or
technical knowledge, only muscle used
under an overseer's direction, and he
kept at it.
II remember Judge Haines, one of
the school committee, met Tom-his
name is Tom Mahan-and said to him:
My boy, you're making a mistake and
doing foolish thing. If you must
work, why don't you learn a trade?
I'D have to give my time for three
or four years for nothing. What would
be the use of that? I'm as strong as
man, and I'm getting mans wages
now said Tom.
"'Strong? said the judge. Are yor
as strong as one of my horses? They
work for their keep, but / have to pay
the man that drives them $50 month
besides his keep; and the man who
shoes them gets three dollars day. If
strength counts for so much, ! wonder
the horses don't strike and look for q
job laying brick or carpentering.'
bul lOlI ~ tllS was ohl
Joking with him. He couldn't see why
he should give his time to learn a trade
or some profitable business, and work
for nothing, as he said, when he could
work for wages, and so he went his own
way"
There are thousands like him said
the other man. "They never learn to
do any special kind of business, and
never seem to realize that the reason
the trained blacksmith or the skilled
carpenter or the salesman gets higher
wages than they do, is because he has
given time to learning to use his head,
as well as his feet and hands.
IF boys w~uld only keep the impor
tant fact in mind, that muscle-mere
physical strengths always one of the
cheapest things in the labor market.
and that so far as price is concerned it
matters little whether man furnishes
it or horse, there would be fewer men
to be classed as 'unskilled labor -
Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
This Is n Harmless Joke.

Place a spool of cotton in the inside
ed needle with the beginning of the
cotton, pass the needle through the
front of the coat, unthread the needle
and leave about two inches of the cot
ton hanging as if it were only stray
piece. The first person you meet will
be sure TO pick it off for you, and his as
constituent when he finds there is no
end to 1t will give plenty of innocent
fun. :
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Apple and Ginger Preserves.

Choose apples that do not cook to
pieces easily. Pare, core, cut in pieces,
Aot slices. For every pound thus pre-
pared allow three-fourths pound sugar
and one ounce sliced ginger. Prepare
the sirup by adding little water to
the sugar. Simmer the ginger in this;
then add the apples, heated and tender.
Let it come to boil and simmer awhile.
Then seal in cans.-Housewife.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-16
Ora hmm Ginger lrend.

One cupful thick cream, one cupful Of
molasses, one teaspoonful of soda. Gtte
teaspoonful of ginger sifted with the
flour, pinch of salt; add graham and
white -four, about equal parts, enough
to make rather stiff batter, and bake
in moderately hot oven.-Home Maya.
zine.
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Evidently,

"Wigsby strokes his nose as though
he loved it,
Yes; he's strongly attached to IL,
you w."-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
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HnrmIeGN.

so you consider Jones an honest
man?"
Honest? He gives himself short
change at his own store and cheats
like the deuce at solitaire. Detroit
Free Press.
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Socialists will hold at Paris next year
the largest congress in their history.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26

would be no team here and to make some
slight repairs on the stands. This work
will be done at once, and as 1t Is not
likely that the club has developed fond
ness for throwing away money, 1t is to
be supposed that there is some intention
of utilizing the park. Contracts for the
work have been called for, and some of
the carpenters who will bid on the work
were at the park figuring on 1t. This
fact was not given out by the officers OF
the club, however Their policy Is to keep
all their doings strictly secret, The peo-
pie are not supposed to know whether
Cleveland has a team or not, and If the
same policy Is followed there are chances
that the people will remain in ignorance
on the subject all summer"
BREWERS WILL NOT GO SOUTH.
The report circulated that the Brewers
will go South after all to train is denied
by Manager Connie Mack. The expert
ence of the Brewer manager last year in
the South had the effect of killing the
chances of the Milwaukee team going
to that section of the country this spring,
as the Brewers were up against the worst
kind of weather and did not get half the
practice they would have had at home.
AS a result the team was not in cond1-
ton when the season opened, most or
the players being sore from the effects
of the damp weather they encountered in
the South. Milwaukee has signed Third
Baseman Billy Gray, formerly of Indian
apolis, and Pitcher Billy Hart. The Brew
ers are regarded as unusually strong this
year. With the exception of Third Base
man Schoch and Pitcher Vollendorf. all
the men that Milwaukee really cares for
have signed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26

ers. In fact century is robbed of all its
old-time terrors when made over this
pleasant cycle path journey to Minneton-
ka and return.
The cities of ST. Paul and Minneapolis
are within easy reach at all times and
should the rider decide to give up the at
tempt after the first fifty miles he will
find himself at the original starting point,
instead of fifty miles out in the country,
as was the case during the old Mortified
days.
1t requires two round trips to complete
the century, which entities the rider to
a c. r. c. century bar.
The course is described as follows:
Start at Market house, st. Paul; along
Seventh, to Third, to Pleasant avenue, to
Oakland avenue, to Summit avenue, out
cycle path through the woods to Marshall
avenue; across bridge, along Lake street
cycle path to Lake Calhoun; turn to right
along cycle path, over the Minnetonka
boulevard, to Hotel st. Louis. Return
over same route until the intersection of
M1nnehaha cycle path with the Lake
street path is reached, then turn to right
and follow the Mnnehaha path to Fort
Smelling, returning to Market house via
West Seventh street cycle path. Go over
the same route the second time for a
century run.
The above is the most popular century
n
The local division of the c. R. c. ex-
pect to conduct many enjoyable century
runs over 1t during the coming season.
Full information as to timing and check
Ing on record runs, as we'll as details of
the rules governing single century runs
and &. r. G. century bars will be
promptly furnished by any local or state
officer of the club.
claim has been received for a record
over the Mortified century course, Min
nesota, made by Louis Niederhofer on
Sept. rs, 1898. Time hours, so minutes.
claim for the MISUNDERSTANDING
City record has been made by Everett
Andrews. Record trial made Oct. 8. 1898.
Time hours, rs minutes, rs AS seconds
Reginald Merriman,
Chairman Road Records Committee.
East Orange, N. j., March Is, 1S99
IF all state were like Minnesota" the
Cycling Gazette says, 1.-The United States
would be veritable paradise for wheel
men. A good road law recently passed In
the Northwestern commonwealth, then a
measure exempting from execution one
bicycle for each citizen was enacted, and
now there has been placed on the statute
books law to protect cycle paths and
pneumatic tires. For real American prog
ress Minnesota seems able to set an ex-
ample worthy Of emulation
W. Herman Smith, West Virginia, state
centurion Of the C. r. c., has just been
electeds mayor of his city, Charleston.
Mr. Saith is fat good-natured man,
and an enthusiastic wheelman. and the
cyclists Of his city will have no cause to