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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
LITTLE FEET.

Dear little feet that lie In my handl
Dear little feet from a far-off land,
Gene to us, come to US, come to us newly
Out of far-off fairy Thule.
You have run to us ont OF the greater day
Can you give no hint of the winsome way7
For we who are grizzled and gray and old
Would fain step out on the streets of gold.
What was the way? What was the road?
Was the pathway easy, and smooth, and
broad?
1t must have been strewn with roses, 4
think,
For here is their white, and here Is their
pink;
And forget-me-nots. and violets, too.
Have stained sweet lilies Of delicate blue
Yes, rose leaves white and rose leaves red
Were carpet meet for your dainty tread,
And forget-me- -nots and violets blue
Lent you hint of a heaven new.
Tell us the way! All! youth forgets,
And the dew soon dries on the violets.
IL
Dear little feet. you will go some day
! Down by dark and a cruel way,
Out to country dim and far,
Where cool, great waters and green grass
are.
But the way is sharp, with many stone.
And. dear little feet, you must go alone
And it's oh! that might lay down my heart
To ease for a moment Just one little smart.
For my heart is tender and soft and true,
And 'twould be as the silk rose leaves for
YOU
AS the rose leaves white and the rose leaves
red,
Warm and soft to your timid tread;
AS the rose leaves red and the rose leaves
white
To CLEAN in the dark with Loves own light;
AS forget-me-nots and violets blue,
To keep you in mind of the heaven in view.
And oh! il would stretch for you all the
way
On through the n'~ht, on to the day.
But, dear little feet, you must go alone,
Alone, alone, and all alone.
A. MACKENZIE, in Good Words.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
TO RIDE FREE ON STREET CARS
Tom l.. johnson Says Happy Result
VIII Follow Municipal
Ownership.

Hon. Tom L. johnson, the widely
known street car magnate, in an inter
view at Cleveland, IS quoted as saying:
''The time is going to come when the
people will ride free upon the street
cars run and operated by municipal
ity, the same as they now get their let
ters delivered to them by the postal sys-
TEN.
Municipal control is as easily han
died as government coatrol. Politics
would not be able to cut any figure. In
every separate organization, where the
servants of the company, government
or municipality, are subject to eyami-
nation by public sentiment and where
free access to the inner workings is
made accessible, 10 corruption is found.
It Is only in the hidden byways that
political chicanery can be possible"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
Spurgeon stopped the Coughs.

Here is a good anecdote of the late
Mr.. Spurgeon: "One day, many years
ago, the services at the Tabernacle were
disturbed by a perfect hurricane of
coughing. Spurgeon stopped in his dis
course and said: My dear friends,
have a cough; you have coughs. But
think we can stop them if we try. So
let us have a cough, good cough, and
cough altogether. Now The re-
suit, says one who was present, was
terrific, but after minutes uproar,
Spurgeon concluded his sermon in per-
feet silence. London Truth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27

An ingenious French gentleman has
invented an effective, if not altogether
humane, device whereby to foil the
malign purpose of the bicycle thief. He
had sharp steel spike, three inches
long, fitted in the center of the saddle
of his machine and provided with a
spring joint so that ii could be raised
erect Oh occasion, while it lay fiat in a
groove until required for use. Thus
equipped, the cyclist rode up to his ia
vorite cafe in Paris, leaving his vehicle
outside after duly fixing his insiduous
bayonet. \ few minutes later one Of
the marauders now so common in Paris
came along, saw his chance, wheeled
the bike into the middle of the road
and hoped in the twinkling of an eye
to distance all pursuit. Scarcely had he
started before agonizing sbrieks sum-
moned crowd TO the spot, and the i'm
paled victim was picked up bathed in
blood and unconscious for conveyance
to the hospital. The inventor was so
delighted with the success of his expe-
riment that he has applied for patent.
London Chronicle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
NEW FOOD FOR CATTLE.
Successful1y Manufactured from
COrnstalks In the State of
Maryland.

The new corn products, upon which
Investigations have been conducted at
the Maryland agricultural experiment
station to determine it's value as stock
food, has been given much considera-
ton by the farming community Of the
state; In fact, many states have taken
up the subject and are conducting ex-
periments to ascertain its relative feed
ing value. In the process of the ex-
traction of the pith, the blades and
husk are first removed, and the stalks
are cut up in small pieces. After the
extraction of the pith from the stalk
the balance is ground up into meal,
which in general appearance resembles
coarse bran. This ground material is
termed the new corn product" The
new corn product contains II pounds
per 100 more digestible matter and two
pounds per 100 more digestible protein
than the whole fodder shredded. Dur
ing the past few years much has been
done in the way Of testing methods for
preparing corn fodder for feeding.
with most of the results in favor of
some method of shredding the stalk.
Shredding possesses many points which
makes it superior to the ordinary or old
way of cutting fodder, the principal
one of whichis that the shredded fodder
is almost wholly eaten by animals.
1t is found that the new corn product
contains within one pound as much to-
tai d;gestible matter as wheat bran,
but less than one-third as much di-
gestible protein, consequently the nu-
tritive ratio is wider. 1t was further
observed that animals fed with fat
tening ration with the new corn prod.
uct base made more gain in live weight
and upon less feed than with fatten-
ing ration of the same grain and corn
blades. The keeping qualities of tho
new corn product are as good as linsee6
meal, cottonseed meal or wheat bran
and rations made up with this material
can be fed with less labor and less
waste of feed than when hay and fodder
are fed separately. as ordinarily prao-
Sun
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
SOME GREAT EXPLOSIONS.
In One Seven Tons of Powder Were
Used to DislOdge 100000
Tons of Rock.

Among the many incidents which are
that of the explosion of IS tons of blast
ing gelatin which was being unloaded
from All railway train at Braamfontein,
800 yards west Of Johannesburg, in
South Africa, on February 10, 1896, and
which was exploded by an end-on col
lision. The result of the explosion Of
this enormous quantity of one of the
most powerful explosives used was TO
produce crater 300 feet long, 65 feet
wide and 80 feet deep in solid ground;
or, taking cubic foot Of earth as
weighing 100 pounds, the superficial
explosion of this 55 tons of explosive
gelatin eXcavated about 10000 tons Of
soft earth. Besides this there was Il
total destruction of all buildings with
in a radius of $50 yards, while from that
distance to GEO yards all the buildings
were shattered and the roofs were bat
tered in up to about 1000 yards. But
all these buildings were built chiefly Of
corrugated iron and mud, and there
fore were Of q most tunsubstantial char
acter On the other hand, we have in
the United States the blowing up of the
Hudson river Palisades at Fort Lee in
1893, when the explosion Of two tons Of
dynamite, placed in a chamber in the
rock, brought down 100000 tons of
rock; the blasting at the Dinorwic
quarries, Lamberis, In the same year,
when 21a tons of gelatin dynamite,
placed in chambers in the dixie, over
threw 900 tons of rock and the de
struction of the famous Talcen Mawr
in 1895, when seven tons of powder,
poured into two shafts, dislodged a
mass of rock computed TO weigh from
$4,000 to 100000 tons. From this we
find that the dynamite on the interior
at Fort Lee was over 40 times as efficient
as the explosive gelatin on the surface
at Johannesburg, while the powder al
Talcen Mawr was over AZ times as eff
ficient. 1t is, hence, not surprising that
the superficial explosion of the 300
pound charges Of gun cotton thrown
by the Vesuvius' guns at Santiago dur
ing the late war between the United
States and Spain produced no serious
structural damage, and simply ha-
rassed the enemy by their frightful re-
ports, which occurred at intervals and
unexpected times.--Cassier's Magazine
Removing Kerosene from Wall Paper,
To remove kerosene from wall pa
per, cover the spots of kerosene with
fuller's earth or French chalk. By hold
ing piece of blotting paper over and
putting warm iron on the outside OF
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Western aided me not little in coming
to this opinion.
Inever regretted the time thus spent,
for it furnished me with a store of in
formation in regard to railway men and
railway methods which I was able to
turn to very considerable account in
many little way afterwards.
The fact Of the Salterton traffic be-
ing accommodated in a slip-carriage
was in itself proof that there was not
much of it, and this was in my mind
when said to Braggs thatit would per-
haps be just as well for us; for, the or
dinary luggage and so forth being
light, the parcel of jewels would. in all
probability, be left to the care of the
usual guard, and not placed in charge
of a special man, as would infallibly
have been the case had it to be conveyed
by busy train. So much might safe
ly be assumed; and with only one man
to deal with, the problem narrowed
considerably.
/ decided early that to effect the cap
ture at ST. Pancras was not to be
thought of, and that the only chance OF
success lay in obtaining possession of
the jewels during the journey. But
then the difficulty arose how to escape
detection subsequently,. II we re-
mained in the slip-carriage and were
deposited at Salterton with the rest of
the passengers, it was inevitab'e-an
absolute certainty. 1t was a point
which bothered me for some time, bot
ultimately | evolved a scheme which,
if audacious to the verge of reckless
ness, | saw no reason to consider impos-
sible of accomplishment.
This was nothing less than to oper-
ate, not from the carriage itself, but
from the main portion of the train.
How | proposed to do this you shall
learn in due course; sufficient for the
present that when Braggs called sec
ond time | had fully mapped out my
plan of campaign. He acquiesced, as I
knew he would, in all that proposed; !;
and when we parted all the details were
agreed. and we had drunk bumper to
success.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
THE SALTERTON
- SLIP CARRIAGE.
By W. S. Smith.

4
~ which had a railway for the scene
OF operations, none, | think, was more
remarkable for the neatness and dis
patch with which it was carried out
than that in which the Salterton slip
carriage formed the pivot upon which
the various details were hung.
My colleague in these little affairs
had somehow got, to know that par
Gel of Stones" which, if they brought
us only half their intrinsic value, would
yet be nice little haul, was to be for
warded by certain train from st. Pan
cras to Salterton; and, with prompti-
tude which was commendable under
the circumstances, had posted straight
off to me with the information.
"Guv'nor," he whispered, hoarsely,
as, seated in my room, we discussed the
matter, Il tell yer it's the chance of a
lifetime. A fousand quid, for very little
more than the asking, so ter speak.
Don't it make yer mouf water ter fink
of it?''
"Well," l said, cautiously-I rarely
shared Braggs' optimism in these mat
ters-"a thousands not to be sneezed
at in these days, and, to tell the truth,
it would come in very handy indeed
just now; but it's thing that wants
looking at carefully. People don't con-
sign diamonds in that fashion without
a good many precautions. Who did
you say they were for?"
"Some feller named Chalcraft. rs
daughters getting married mex Tues
day; an 'e's asked Stint & Co. ter send
i'm few fings down on appro."
II see. Special messenger, of course?'
No; that's just the beauty of it!
Nuffink of the sort, so far as / can make
out; they're going precisely as an or
dinary parcel"
Throw the responsibility on the
company-that's the game, eh? Well,
we'll have look at it, at all events. Pass
the Bradshaw, will you?"
He did SO, and / whipped over the
pages until / came to those headed
Midland Railway"
What train did you say, Jim?"
"Six-ffty; next Friday"
Him. slip-carriage. That rather
though" l continued, refectively, per
haps it will be just as well for us-bet-
ter, in fact"
What did yer say it was, guy'nor?"
"A slip-carriage. The train itself
doesn't stop, but simply drops the tail
carriage off at Salterton, or slips it, DIS
it is called" / explained. "See?"
"Yes; l fink twig."
If | must state my opinion, it was
that Braggs, Notwithstanding his as
sertion, did not ''twig;" but as he did
not pursue the point / suppose he was
satisfied.
AN 'ow's it going ter be better for
us? What's yer plan?'
well, I've hardly had time to figure
it out yet, but I've got an idea. Look
here; suppose you let me have till to-
night to consider it; then we can meet
again and talk things over"
Right yare, guv'nor; .hat'l do fer
me. 'Arf-past nine?"
Suit me admirably" replied. Call
round then, and hope to have things
ship-shape."
win .hdt Ahi. DrdSSS LOOK MS ue-
parture, and | stayed indoors to cudgel
my brains as to the best way of reliev-
ing the Midland Railway company of
the little consignment which was to be
intrusted to its care.
AS you will have gathered, did not
look upon the task as altogether hope
less. And here might explain that my
-1t years service on the Great Mid
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| do not know that l need say much
more. 1t only remained for me to get
back to the compartment where Braggs
was anxiously awaiting my appear
ance, and this | did without mishap.
When two soberly-attired individuals
descended from the train at Manches-
ter, who was to connect them with the
daring affair at Salterton, supposing
that particulars of it had yet reached
there, or who was to guess that the
very ordinary-loolling black bags which
they carried in their hands contained
something like a thousand pounds
worth of stolen diamonds?
At any rate, no one challenged us;
and we returned to London by different
routes. highly pleased at the success
of our scheme. | am not sure that the
railway authorities know even now
how their carriage was slipped; but T
understand that there was something
like CONSERVATION among the local Of
fcials when the state of affairs was dis
covered a fact which 1 can quite be-
lieve.-Tit-Bits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27

To remove kerosene from wall pa
per, cover the spots of kerosene with
fuller's earth or French chalk. By hold
ing piece of blotting paper over and
putting warm iron on the outside OF
The paper you may be able to absorb q
part of the grease into the chalk
1.odies' Home Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27
Catering to Their Taste.

First Dear Girl-This is Grace Dar-
ling's sixth season, yet look how many
admirers she has.
Second Dear Girl-Yes. I'm getting
to believe that men like every thing
well seasoned.-Son Francisco Exayp-
lner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-04-27

al resistance. AS lie SANK - iii aiSoh-
scious heap to the floor pulled the
door to again, with sigh of inward
thankfulness and the hope that no
watchful signalman had noticed the
temporary irregularity.
To gag and bind him was not task
that took up much time, and this did
with the bundle of cord in my pocket.
I was sorry for him, certainly, but SEN
timent is misplaced when it interferes
with business, and, anyhow, the incon-
venience would be only temporary.
The next step was to secure the
booty. knew, of course, that it would
be placed in the special locker which
is reserved for valuables, and with the
aid of my tools l soon had this open
My heart gave little thump of excite
ment as I saw the package which had
been the cause of so much solicitude,
neatly tied up and addressed to ~
Chalcraft, ESQ.,, Salterton," and re-
splendent in blue and red seals: but
there was no time tc indulge in self-con-
graduation.
eral yards of my cord and attached the
parcel firmly to it, after which l gave
two pulls the agreed signal for Braggs
to commence hauling in. felt it slip
through my hands as he did so: and
soon the return signal came, telling me
that he had received the precious con-
signment safely. l had now to perform
another delicate operation, namely
attacIs the end of the cord which was
In my hand to the o!iain which the
guard pulls when he wishes to release
the carriage.
Doubtless you can divine my inten-
ton. The guard, being obviously un-
able to slip the vehicle himself, and it
being equally obvious that it must be
slipped at the usual place unless |
would have my little escapade brought
under notice, / proposed to do it my
self, though not exactly in the usual
way. BY this time we were not far
from Salterton. | knew the line fairly
well. having been over it several times,
but there was a good chance that at
this point l might ruin all by a false
move. However, Nothing venture,
nothing have" There is risk in every
thing, and it had to be done.
I put on the hand brake in the
guards compartment just sufficiently
to impart a slight drag to the wheels
when the vehicle was running alone,
but not enough for the engine driver to
notice during the brief time he would
still be connected to tiff he did, fer
vently hoped he would think the guard
was steadying the vehicle just prior to
slipping it-and then j stepped out and
closed the door behind me. With lit
tie spring | regained the vehicle which
held Braggs and the booty, and now
now came the crisis. Where ought / to
detach the carriage? All had gone well
up to now; would it continue to do so :?
| had very little previous experience
to GO upon; but / guessed the distance
as nearly as / could, allowing for the
fact of the line being on a slight falling
gradient.
Another so yards-20-now! I took
hold of the cord and gave it a sharp
jerk-and held my breath Was it to
be failure or success? There was
slight swerve, "clink-clank" as the
couplings parted-and knew that my
good luck had not deserted me. The
carriage had separated from the train
and the whole length of cord few swift
ly past me into the darkness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-22
MURDER MADE EASY.
\ Lecture Which Drew Forth a De-
nuncatiOn.

Sir James Crichton Browne, NJ. D.,
a distinguished English physician,
has been denounced by an English cor
oner, says the London Times, for pro-
claiming publicly the facilities for Sc
cret hOmicidal poisoning which have
been offered by the advancement of
modern medical science.
Before the Pharmaceutical Society
of Great Britain the physician, in an
address on Poison and Poison Legis-
lation," pointed out that notwithstand-
ing the remarkable progress in teXico-
Der and variety of deadly agents at
the criminals disposal, the prisoners Of
today for the most part, used the same
poisons as those by which murder was
oftenest accomplished in old times.
Arsenic, for example, though now
rendered easy of detection by science,
is still favorite weapon of PRISONERS,
and when this is not administered some
other poison is selected which can be
detected almost as certainly, thus pre-
pairing a net for the ensnarement of the
criminal, which could be avoided by
the use of alkaloidal and other organ
ic poisonS in such manner and in such
combinations as to prepleX the clinical
observer battle the patholOgiSt and set
at naught the skill of the analyst.
The doctor then referred to the very
many secret methods of poisoning
which are seldom resorted to, and It
was for this that he was criticised by
the coroner, who claimed that Sir
James had put into the murderer S
hand many new and terrible instru-
mentalities of DEATH"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-22

A recent traveller in Japan tells of
peculiar kind of school carried on in
the capital city of those islands which
il is to be hoped has not its duplicate
in many countries. This is no other
than a kind of academy where little
children who have been deserted by
their parents, or who are friendless or
phans are taught begging and thiev-
ing by chiefs in these professions. Tn
der five years of age the little waits
are rented out from to cents day
to veteran medicants for the sake of
helping to inspire pity; the weak or
unfortunate are, therefore, specially
desirable.
From five years upward the children
do their begging by themselves. At
the age of fourteen or fifteen under
a preteXt of gathing waste paper and
other rubbish they prowl around the
courtyards of the houses and commence
to steal. Their usual weapon is
long stick, the end of which is stepped
in glue, and with which they are very
adroit in removing trifles from open
windows, etc.
At sixteen they are taught the art
of picking pockets with skill and dis
patch, and from the rank of beggars,
rise to the rank of thieves. Daily les
sons are given to the young thieves by
the chiefs of each band, and the APP
premiership ldSlS as lOuS DIS lIOHl lllt
age of twelve years to nineteen years.
! The whole thing has been reduced TO
a regular system; pocket picking and
burglary are carefully taught in eve
ry detail, specialists having been known
! to go to the large European capitals
to study different methods of abstract
! ing a purse. Such a one sometimes has
! as many as a hundred shrewd pupils
! under his tutelage.
The whole thieves colony is reguat-
ed by a code of laws and these are ad-
ministered with the utmost severity
! The youngest thieves keep 10 per cent
of their earnings, the better class of
pickpockets 40 per cent. The surplus
of the profits is invested in teaching
of pupils, and employed as the chiefs
of the community deem necessary fol
the general well being. The thieves
! are great adopts in disguise, and it Is
very difficult for the police to catch
| them red handed
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-22
FAG|N' 5 SCHOOL IN JAPAN
DAILY LESSONS IN BEGGING AND
STEALING.

oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger in
Full Feather in the Great Mikado's
Capital.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-22

NON Est WHERE,
SED VALERIE VITA.
Life is not mere existence.
But the enjoyment of health.

Many times the enjoyment of health
depends upon the druggist. The best
medical attention. and the most care
full nursing, will be of little avail if
medicines be poor in quality or com
bined in an unskillful way.
We make a speciality of Prescrip-
tons and Family Receipts, which re-
receive our special careful attention.
Our Drugs and Chemicals are always
pure and fresh
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-22
NOTICED A CHANGE.

81 felt run down and did not have
much appetite. L began taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla and soon noticed a
change. My appetite improved won
derfully and 1 felt brighter and
stronger. My eyes have been weak,
but since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
they do not trouble me in the least"
A. Chiarini, Fruitvale, Cal.
HOODS PILLS cure all liver ills.
Mailed for 25c by C. I. Hood & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.