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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
THE BOY KING OF NEPAL.

premacy. They are of Aryan stock,
whittier than the Hindus, and despise all
arts. save that of war. The religion q
the different tribes varies between
Buddhism and Brahminism, but not
much of what we call civilization is to
be found there. The capital city is
Kathmandu, where the rajah or king
lives in a queer palace made up OF n
large number of small pagodas, sur
rounded by shrines erected to the Hin
du gods. These are often smeared with
the blood of the sacrifices brought to
the gods, giving most savage appear
ance to the palace environs.
OF course this rajah is too young
now to do the actual ruling, which is
in the hands of his chief minister, but
the power of the ruler is absolute, and
he can order life or death for anyone
who displeases him. The people are SO
afraid of foreign influences that they
will not permit Europeans to even en-
ter their dominions, so it has been i'm
possible to survey the country and as
certain the height of the mountains,
which tower thousands of feet in air.
The Chepangs, one of the tribes, live
in savage state in huts made OF
branches and eat wild fruits or the ami
mails that they hunt. Another tribe, the
Mechs, is famous for it's beautiful wom-
en-, who are in such great demand that
their parents are enriched by the prices
paid for them, for wives are openly
bought by the highest bidder. The
Tibetan lamas have made many con-
verts in Nepal and have great
Buddhist temple three miles from the
city. Sumshere Jung is king over many
thousands of human beings, but any
little American boy will have much
more that is worth living for than he
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are 3,750,000 persons in London
who never enter place of worship.
There are in the United States over
so distinct secret orders, with more
than 10000 lodges and 100000 MEM
bers.
The state of education in Russia may
be Judged from the fact that there is
only one village school for every $4,000
persons.
The following are the number OF
chaplains to each denomination in the
British army: Church of England, 314;
Presbyterian, 1855; Roman Catholic, 2ss;
Wesleyan, 1853; Baptist, 5. Total, 915.
In the course of II, years-from 1882
to 1s99-the late Frederick F. Thomp-
son gave Williams college gifts to the
value of S265,90O. The gifts ranged
in variety from a gymnasium clock to
a handsome new laboratory building.
A Detroit woman, whose name is not
made public, has given the University
of Michigan $4,000 to endow chair
ITO be occupied by some woman of ac-
knowledged ability" The donors let
ter to the trustees places no restriction
on the character of the professorship
except that it is not to deal with ath-
letics in any form.
1t is proposed to change the name of
Wesleyan to Grace college, one of the
reasons advanced in behalf of the
change being that there are between
25 and so Wesleyan institutions of
academic or collegiate grade, for male
or female students, which makes the
statement that one is an undergrad
uate or alumnus of Wesleyan decided
ly ambiguous and indeterminate." 1t
is pointed out that Trinity, once known
as Washington college, was distinctly
benefited by change of name.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08

are heated by having heat developing
wire mounted on them in a coating Of
enamel. This enamel becomes hot upon
connecting the wire with the circuit
which is led to the blades thorugh coll
lector rings on the shaft of the fan.
A form of heater is also made to be
applied to the ordinary ceiling fan so
much in use, and a ceiling fan is also
constructed in which the blades them
selves are heated.
These fans are provided for any cir
cult, direct" or alternating" and Of
any required voltage. They are also
designed to be used as cooling fans; to
employ them as such the beating switch
is closed and TIE fan is rus 81 a higher
speed than Tor heating.
The fan heater thus becomes fam
cooler, and may be employed to blow
hot or cold" the year round, 3. dual
function which, while not commended
in individuals, may fairly be claimed
to be of the most meritorious character
in this inanimate form, and one likely
to win for this invention great popu-
larity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
MAKING REAL PEARLS.
A Method of Manufacturing Them at
Trihing Cost Has Just Been
Discovered.

AT various times attempts have been
made to manufacture genuine dia-
monds and other precious stones, but
the cost of manufacture has in each case
proved SO great that up to the present
time no such diamonds have been placed
On the market. This statement, of
course, does not apply to the manu-
facture of artificial precious stones,
which seems to be thriving at present,
judging from a recent cable disptach
to the New York Herald, which told
how artificial diamonds and rubies are
being manufactured in Euorpe.
The point of interest just now is the
fact that method of manufacturing
genuine pearls at trif1ing cost has
lust been discovered. Manufacture,
however, is hardly the right word, for
it is nature herself which does almost
the whole business. A natural pearl,
we know, is formed through the in
trusion of foreign body into the shell
of a mussel.
The sea mussel is popularity supposed
to have a monopoly of this business,
but this is an error. A certain species
of river mussels, technically known as
Margaritana margaritifera, also pro-
duces beautiful pearls.
The attention of French naturalist,
M. Boutan, professor at the Sorbonne,
was recently drawn to this fact. and
he at once conceived the idea of pro-
ducing pearls by means of these river
mussels. His first s3ep was to prepare
a sort of oyster bed for the propaga-
ton of the mussels, after which he be-
gan to aid nature in her work of MAX
ing pearls. In each shell he bored n
small hole, and thorugh it he intro
duced tiny bit of mother-of-pearl into
the body of the fish.
His work was now complete, and Az
he had to do was to wait until nature
had completed the process. That he
will in time reap rich harvest seems
TO DO the general opinion among nat
uralists. BY the way, this method of
manufacturing pearls is not new, as
the Chinese are said to have practised
it for centuries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
WHY SAILORS QUARREL.
Sudden Freedom from Restraint on
Shore Leave Induces Bib
uIOusness.

The list of casualties in the fight be-
tween Admiral SIMPSONS sailors and
Jamaica boatmen at Kingston was
greater than the losses of the Amer
lean navy in the battles off Santiago
and Manila, which proves that rocks
a1d clubs and angry fists may be used
with deadlier effect than 11-inch guns
and armor-piercing shells.
The reason that American sailors
and marines are inclined to fight in
foreign ports is--frst, that they are
restrained from indulging in liquor on
board ship, and, second, because it is
the time-honored rule of the navy to
fight anybody, anywhere, at the drop
OF the hat. There is always a con-
venient cause for combat when the
sailor of marine lands, after an en-
forced abstinence from rum and sue
ceeding tedium of a long cruise or
voyage.
There does not seem to be any way
to remedy this condition unless it
would be to take into the navy only
persons of decorous conduct and alb
stemious habits, which would prob
ably weaken the efficacy of warships
in battle. Or reform might be
brought about by paying the sailors
and marines from SIS to $500 a month
and then require good behavior on
pain of being discharged. But that
would make the navy cost so much that
even the United States couldn't stand
the expense. But it is certain that
men penned up in ships for months
and deprived of intoxicants are bound
to enjoy themselves by looking for
strouble when they 60 ashore Kansas
City Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
Microscope Detects Crime,

Modern scientific discoveries seem
to be of the greatest use in running
down criminals. A German diplomat
was telling the other day of curious
use of the microscope for this purpose
recently made in Prussia. A barrel of
specie sent from the frontier to Berlin
was robbed and filled with sand. This
was supposed to have been done on the
way to Berlin. An eminent chemist
obtained samples of all the sand near
the stations of which the barrel passed,
and by means of blowpipe and micro
scope found sand of the station at
which it had been emptied and filled,
and from this circun1 stance the thief
was discovered and arrested
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
Shirt Waist PuMers.

Rufflettes are the latest shirt waist
buffers" A bright girl invented
them, and told another girl, and she
told some one else, and so it has come
to be fad with everyone who knows
how to make them. The first shirt
waist puffer was made of some horrid,
stiff crinoline or other hard fabric, and
made the front of the waist pout out
too much. With this me- ruffiette it is
a simple matter to make the most limp
and detected of silks or muslins stand
out in the proper way. Take founda-
ton piece. and over that stitch three
rows of ruffles about long enough to run
across the breast from arm seam to
arm seam of your shirt front. With
two of the latest gold safety pins fasten
this to your under bodice securely, and
you have as dainty device as you
would care TO have for warm weather.
1t does away with padding and inner
Innings. Starch added to the ruffies
will make them stand out more firmly.
IN. Y. Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
OLD-FASHIONED GAME.
For Little Men and Women to Play
After the birthday Feast Has
been Eaten.

After the goodies had been eaten, all
the French crackers pulled with snap,
and the boy and girl guests at birth
day party are growing tired of new
fashioned amusements, here's some
thing to play-an old-fashioned game
called "the -four and the ring
This is the way you do it, Somebody
must mold in coffee cup a mound Of
-four. 1t only takes little practice to-
turn the shape out perfectly upon a
plate. When the mound is formed
drop into the center of it some little
gift-a ring, pretty pin or any small
article a boy or girl would fancy.
Whoever starts the game must take
knife and cut through the mound to
the plate. Each one in the circle re
peats this until the lucky boy or girl
comes across the hidden prize, when he
or she must pick il out with the teeth.
The floury nose, cheeks and chin OF
the prize winner look enough like a.
clowns after this last proceeding to
amuse "a whole roomful of merry chill
dren.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
NEpAL'S YOUNG KING.
This Asiatic Boy Has a VAST Array Of
Seasoned Warriors at Hin
beck and Call.

Sumshere Jung is the name of the
young king of Nepal, one of the stran-
gest governments and countries in the
world. 1t lies between Thibet and In
dia, and contains the highest noun
tains of the Hottest of the earth's
ranges, the Himaluyas. This little king
has 100000 of the best warriors in the
continent of Asia at his back, and it is
therefore easy for him to command the
respect of all the neighburing tribes
and governments. Even the English
remain on friendly terms with him and
hire some of his soldiers to help them
conquer the Hindus.
The people of Nepal are strange
mixture of races.
The ruling tribes are the Ghoorkas,
whose prowess has given them the SUI
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08

where Ruth spent all her waking hours
it was very lively and entertaining.
Such n running about and ordering and
packing as there was! Mattresses, pill
lows and blankets were strewn over the
floor; dishes, clothing and provisions
were being packed into bamboo bas-
kets. In the open space before the
house, below the high veranda, four big
elephants leisurely broke up and
chewed long, juicy banana stalks, max
ing great rustling noise as they swept
the broad leaves over the ground. BY
and by the hubbub on the veranda
quoted down. The filed baskets were
fastened two by two, one on each end
of short pole; this pole was hoisted
over a mans shoulder, and off he trot-
ted with his load.
Down among the elephants was a
great shouting and grooming and
straining. The elephants were made
to kneel down while the heavy how
dahs, or elephant saddles, were put in
place on their backs. Two of the how
dahs were packed with bedding, two
folding chairs, coop OF chickens,
stone water filter, cans of kerosene
whatever could notbe put into the BAN
boo baskets. The third elephant was
led up to the first landing of the long
flight of veranda stairs, and Ruths
mamma stepped upon a chair, then on
the stair railing and then on the ele-
plants head, whence it was easy TO
reach the seat of the howdah. Papa
made the passage to the howdah more
quickly and with less trepdation. Last
ly, dear DIR. McGilvary, who was speed
ing the expedition, handed the baby
over to papa, and achorus of "Nai noy
pidoy' wentup from an admiring crowd
assembled below. The procession moved
out of the gate, the brass BELLS at the
elephants necks Ginning melodiously.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
HEATER AND COOLER.
the Winter and Cold During
the Dog Days.

The ventilating fan for use in the
torrid periods of the summer is famil-
lar to almost everybody, and its service
is greatly appreciated by everyone who
has felt its cooling currents of atmos-
phere. There has recently been in
vented new device which closely re-
sembles the ventilating fan. 1t is like
the ventilator placed in the wall of a
room, but instead of cooling it heats q
room. By this process of heating the
atmosphere in a room is kept through
out the dimensions of the chamber
more evenly heated than by any other
known process. 1t is an electric ar
rangement and very clever one.
This heater consists of wire resist
ance, in which the heat is generated.
1t is put into or out of use by simply
closing or opening the special switch
provided for this purpose, and located
in the heating-web.
Another form of fan-heater is ar
ranged so that the blades of the fan
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
ELECTRIC HAIRCUT.
Paris Has n Shop in Which TOnsOrial
Operations Are Performed In
Unique Way.

An electrical BARRIERS shop is one of
does not mean simply that motors are
used for driving fans and the estab-
lishment lighted by an electrical cur
rent, but that hair is curled, cut and
dried by electricity, and many other
things done through its agency. Hair
cutting in this Partisan establishment
is done with an electric cutting comb,
which, because of it's simplicity and the
dexterity with which it may be used,
must soon become widely employed.
This comb looks like any ordinary one,
except that a thin wire is stretched
above the upper portion of the teeth
along the handle. The wire is connect
cd electrically with a storage battery.
When the battery is connected the wire
becomes red-hot. Therefore when this
comb is passed through the hair the
latter is burned off by the rcd-hot wire.
The whole operation is so rapid that a
heavy head of hair may be clipped in
few minutes. Not only this, but the
ends of the hair cannot bleed, SO that
the benefit of singeing is part of the
operation. Hair which has been sham
pooed is dried very quickly by means
of electric fans, facial imperfections
are removed with electric needles, and
it is understood that the owner Of the
shop is patenting an electric motor
like device which will be used in place
of the hands for shampooing
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08

While scientific minds are discussing
the anti-toxin serum treatment of dis
ease as if it were new thing, the peo-
pie of ancient Burmah are calling at
tention to the fact that for centuries
the material they have used in the
common custom of tattooing has been
an efficient anti-toxin for snake bites.
The tattooed Burmese regard the bites
of poisonous snakes as harmless This,
at least, is the statement of a gentle
man from Burmah, who brings tes-
timony to bear in corroboration of his
singular statement.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08

cul, problem is to obtain the freedom OF
the little and ring fingers from the
movements of the middle finger.
When the anatomy of the muscles of
the hand is studied it will be found
that these fingers are connected cross
wise by tendons of great strength,
which are the cause of their simulta-
neous movements and render indie
pendent motion almost impossible.
DR.. RartaZ. of Paris, has undertaken
recently a number of operations Oh
the hands of pianists, successfully cut
ting the muscles Ga and b in the cut
connecting these fingers, and giving
their hands a freedom of movement
which could not have been attained even
by the most persistent efforts in the
ordinary way. 1t appears that the
first operation of the Kind was made
by Philadelphia surgeon, DR.. Forbes,
With whom the idea was original.
Many years ago Able List. the ia
nous virtuoso, had similar opera tion
performed. which went much further.
He had his hand split between all the
fingers as far as the first joint. As a
result his stretch was greater than that
of any artist before or after him. Der
uniting him to execute effects impos-
sible with others.-Philadelphi Rec
ord
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
HE LOST ALL.
Including That WinsOme But Change
able Creature, the Lovely
Birdy Jones.

1t was the first perfect day of the
glad springtime. The warm sun bright
ened the country landscape, and the
odor of opening apple blossoms came
upon the laden atmosphere. The lazy
clouds fioated drearily in the sky over
head, chiefly because they could not go
afoot nor on the trolley cars. The rural
roads were smooth under the hammer
of innumerable wheels, and Clarence
Wheeler had stolen Birdy Jones from
her naughty Soho home for ramble on
his '97 tandem among the highways of
the townships. Stopping from their
run, they rested beneath a great oak
tree which overhung a wayside spring.
Cowbells tinkled in the wood lot below
the meadow, and little lambs with wab-
bly, legs three sizes too big for them
gamboled on the short green grass. On
broad, fiat stone that looked down
upon the crystal water Birdy spread
the lunch they had carried in the tam
dem box, and Clarence brought water
in a romantic tin can that he had found
hard by.
The soft winds toyed with the girls
bleached tresses, which streamed over
her face like photogravure picture of
the wind to illustrate Longfellow's
poems. Her cheeks flushed with the
vigor of exercise and robust health, and
when the young man approached her
from the spring his whole thought was
centered upon the winsome beauty of
the divine creature. He sat down by
her side. His soul drank in the charm
of the picture. She looked up from the
can of ported beef that she was open
ing, with a smile of confident approval
on her young face. Suddenly her eye
kindled and the rosy flush of young
womanhood gave way to CHASTITY pal
lor. Her lip curled in scorn. Her clas-
sic head was lifted in anger. "Merciful
heaven" shrieked the young man.
"Tell me, dearest girl, what is the mat
ter?"
But she stepped back, and, striking
the attitude that she had learned at the
Soho Amateur Dramatic club, she
pointed her finger at him and said, in
tones that would wither load of hay:
"All is lost, Clarence Wheeler; you are
sitting in the pie!"-Pittsburgh Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
POSE AS PREACHERS
South Carolina Darkies Are Fond OF
Dressing to Look Like
Ministers.

Deputy Sheriff Jennings, of Charles
ton, S. c., went down to the county Jail
the other day to release a negro prison
err who had been sent there from the dis
trict court to serve short sentence for
tampering with the mails. The negro
was past middle age and was known as
an amateur class leader on Sundays,
when he was not in the clutches of the
law. When the prison rags were re-
mer clothes, and Mr. Jennings told him
to come along and he would set him up
to brand new suit. The negro was
happy. He walked along behind the
sheriff to a second-class clothing store.
"Now look over the stock" said Mr.
Jennings, land pick out suit to your
liking"
The negro could not find anything.
Finally he called Mr.. Jennings aside.
Boss" said he, should you hab no
objections / would like to hab a minis
ter's suit. I kin put up better front
wild de preachers weeds, an dey can't
tell l hab bin in de Jug"
He got the minister's garb and went
away happy.
The efforts made by many negroes to
affect the air and ways of a minister are
often amusing. In the Lake City lynch
ing trial the other day a witness was
called: Johnny Braveboy," cried a
deputy, and a small, black, bullet-head
negro walked in. His coat was a cross
between a cutaway and n frock. On
the stand he made a statement of what
he knew about the lynching, and then
he was dismissed by the counsel for the
defense on the cross-examination.
you are n preacher, aren't you"
asked Lawyer Legare.
Sometimes / am, boss" replied the
negro.
'Well, aren't you the same preacher
who left the pulpit one Sunday night
to fight the class leader in the amen
corner"
81 am de same, boss"
"Well, didn't the class leader bite
off your finger?"
mo, boss; bit off his'n. You know
de fight could not be got around. De
leader he tried to saw my thum' wild his
teeth, but I hab de honor to say to de
court dat / bit off de class leaders fin
ger. No, sir, boss, / did not get q
scratch."-N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
WHEN TEDDY SMITH.


When Teddy Smith first put on pants,
He felt so very grand
He wouldn't mind his mother,
Or he wouldn't hold her hand.
But on the street he walked ahead,
And tried 10 whistle some.
He thought perhaps he'd go to war,
And fire an awful gun.
He wouldn't ride his hobby-horse,
He called Jack Spratt "a fib"'
He sat at meals in fathers chair.
And scorned his Bingham bib.
His mother mustn't spread his bread,
Nor cut things on his plate;
She mustn't say: mo more. my dear!
No matter what he ate.
She mustn't kiss him when he fell
And bumped him on the stones,
And she must say: Dear SIR" Just as
She did 10 Mr.. Jones',
So hard to please this gentleman
His loving mother tried.
1t quite enlarged his dignity,
And swelled his lofty pride.
And all was brave, and all was well,
Until that mother said.
At eight o'clock: "Of course, dear sir.
You'll so alone to bed!'
All. would you have me say what then
Befeql the great big man?
For If You undertake to guess
hardly think you can.
He turned the corners of his mouth
Most fearfully awry.
lie rubbed his grown-up fist awhile
Across his grown-up eye,
Then burying In his mothers lap
Both pride and manly JOY,
He said in just the littlest voice:
II guess I'm just boy"'
Catharine Young Glen, in Youths Com
panion
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-08
How Long We Have to Live.

There is a very simp9 rule for finding
the average number of years which
persons of any age may expect to live.
If the present age be deducted from
so, two-thirds of the remainder is the
answer required. This result is not
absolutely accurate, but it is near
enough. For instance, a man aged 20
might, by this rule, expect to live 40
years longer which is just what the
latest actuarial tables give. At 40
the expectation of life works out at
nearly 81 years, while the tables give
it as more than 25 years. At 60 the
above rule allows just over IS years,
and the table shows q little less.