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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

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5-lb. packages, properly labeled.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
NO PROTECTION NEEDED.
Sea Fish VIII Propagate Rapidly in
Spite of Constant
Travelling.

While New Workers have organized a
club to prevent the destruction of sea-
fishing in the vicinity of the metropo-
lis, it may be timely to call attention to
the result of gigantic experiment on
the resources of the sea which the
Scotch authorities have been conduct
ing for nearly Is years. 1t had been
alleged by commercial interests that
the netting of sea fishes by TRAVELLING, III
the North sea and up and down the
Scotch coast, was destroying all the
spawn on the bottom, killing immature
fish, and running the sea fisheries. \
commission built gigantic Enclosures
within which sea fishing was forbidden
for several years. and the whole of the
Scotch waters within the three-mi,e
limit was closed by law against the
trawlers of 1889. The fisheries board
from year to year examined the waters
to discover if the fish had become more
abundant, and after series of expert
ments, spreading over number of
years. they find that there are no more
or less fish on the preserved ground
than when the travis were daily
dragged across the bottoms of the bay.
They have proved that the balance of
nature in the neighboring sea is stead
lily maintained, and that there is need
for no anxiety concerning the coutinu-
ance of every species of good fish; that
life in the sea is not dependent on what
takes place near the shore, and that 1t
is difficult to destroy sea fish by mis-
chief done near thu coast, as the pelagic
eggs are shed in deep water and float in
untold millions out to sea.-Leslie'a
Weekly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
THE TRUE PHILOSOPHER.

The man who takes the weather as 1t
comes-as 1t comes
When the blizzard roars around him, or
the thunder beats its drums
Who is never put in pain
BY bowling hurricane
Who is singing in the sunlight, and JUDI
liant in rain
AL happiness, l tell you. in philosophy he
sums,
The man who takes the weather as 1t
comes,
JIe doesn't freeze in winter time, and in
the summer days
He's as cool as any iceberg in the borealis
blaze
While others fight and strive
'Ganst the weather to contrive,
He's simply very thankful that he 5 puillng
through alive.
In spite of frosty seasons he pulls the
richest plums-
The man who takes the weather as 1t
comes.
Life is hurry. work and worry-if it thun-
ders If it SHOWS;
II is erded-dark or splendid-all too soon
for u.s. God knows,
But the smile outlives the tear,
In the rainy skies or clear,
And the crosses and the losses bring no
more than you can bear.
All happiness, tell you, in philosophy he
sums,
Who takes this worldly weather as 1t
comes,
F L. stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Finest Coffee in the World.

In many parts of Porto Rico the
finest coffee in the world may be bought
to-day for eight or ten cents a pound,
because it cannot be carried economic
ally to market. This coffee resembles
the Blue mountain coffee of Jamaica
and is superior to the so-called Java and
Mocha coffees retailed in the United
States at 25 and 80 cents a pound
say "so-called Java and Mocha" because
the treasury statistics,show that scarce
ly cargo of the latter has been i'm
ported by the United States during the
last 20 years. When the Porto Rican
coffee is once known in the United
States, and there are roads for its easy
transportation 20 the seaports it will
take precedence over all other brands,
especially if we import few Porto
Ricans, preferably natives of Ponce,
TO teach us how to make it.-Boston
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Big -FOUR Gin!'-Neely's spanish-Ameri-
can War Panorama.

Contains 100 superb halftone engravings,
made from photographs taken of our Army
in camp, on transports and in actual service,
Spanish and American Gun boats, Cuba, Ha-
vana, Manila, Landscapes Architecture;
shows the manners and customs of the peo-
pie of our new Islands; Pictures of our He
roes-Dewey, General Charles King known
as Capt. Charles King, the author Wheeler,
Hobson, Roosevelt, Sampson, Miles, Schley,
Shafter, Lee, Brooks, Carroll; Groups Of
Officers, Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry, Ships,
Rife.p practice, Spanish Soldiers, Insurgents,
Chickamauga, Jacksonville, Tampa, Last
Farewell Letters Home, Hospitals, Clara
Barton, Rough Riders, Santiago, San Juan,
Manila, the Beautiful Women of Cuba and
Manila.
The Album is SKIS inches, weighs IL
ounces, printed on finest coated paper.
Sent FREE to any address in the United
States, Canada or Mexico for II cents in
stamps or coin, to cover postage and pack
ing. Copy may be seen at any ticket office
of the Big Four Route.
Order at once, as the edition is limited.
Address WARREN j. LYNCH, General
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Big Four
Route" Cincinnati, Ohio
Mark envelope "War Album
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
HUMOROUS.

leland how many teeth have you
left?" Beggar-"Only one, and that
has nothing to do for days at time"
--Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Just Girls.-Juliet (yawning)-"Dear
me! l feel 80 years old to-day" An
gelica-"Why, have you been taking to
reiuvenate rself?"-Chicago News.
Surprising.-Mr. Gotham Here,
sir, is some whisky which have had In
my cellar for 20 years." COL Kaintuck
well! Well! How did it get lost?"
N. Y. Weekly.
81 would die for you'll" exclaimed her
elderly lover, passionately. ooh.
DON'T" she answered, in alarm. 81
like your hair and mustache so much
better as they are!"-Somerville Jour-
nal.
Ghosts and Society Ghosts.-"Aren't
your Psychical Research club meetings
very dull, Miss Priscilla?" mo; you
see, we always wind up with pillow
case masquerade and dance. detroit
Free Press.
His Memory.-"Did you ever find that
when you stood up to talk before an as
semblage you forgot everything you
ever knew" NO." answered Senator
Sorghum II never was Investigated"
Washington Star.
Mr.. Epson Downs (seated by a
stranger in railway earriage)--What
time is it by your watch, If you please"
Stranger-'I don't know" But you
Just looked at it." "Yes; only wanted
to see if it was still there. Wasp.
"My dear" said Mrs. Pitt to her
daughter, II am so surprised to hear
you say that Miss Penn is unladylike.
What do you mean?" why, mamma"
replied Miss Pitt, "she never adds
postscript to her letters. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The sale of Bibles in China reaches
not far from 100000 copies annually.
There were 203,396 baptisms in the
Baptist churches of the country las'
year.
The American Bible society circu.
lates the Scriptures in 90 tongues be-
sides our own speech.
The educational system of Denmark
is so perfect and popular that through
out the entire country there is not one
illiterate family.
DIR. John Brown, of Bedford, Eng
land, has been chosen to deliver the
Lyman Beecher course of lectures in
the Yale Divinity school in 1900.
A check for $4,000 was presented to
Bethany Presbyterian church, Philadel-
phia, by John Wanamaker at congre-
gational meeting. The muniicent gift
was surprise to the congregation. 1t
is understood the money will be ex-
pended in alterations and improve
ments about the church and Sunday
school buildings.
Why is it that the charities of Miss
Helen Gould receive such atfectionate
recognition, while the larger gifts of
number of rich men fail to awaken in
the public any such feeling for them?
One reason, we think, is, that Miss
Gould has not been satisfied with mere
1ydrawing a check; she has given of her
time, convenience and personal service
for the help of others.-Boston Watch
man
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Two Views.

Mrs. Plunl<ett - There's nothing
pleases a man so much when he reaches
home at night as to be met by wife
with a smiling countenance.
Mrs. Barker-That may be your
personal experience, but / have found,
after long study of the matter, that
nothing pleases man so much when
he reaches home at night as to have all
the good-looking women in the neigh
borhood sitting out on the front
porches where he'll have to stop and
gossip with them.-Chicago Evening
News
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Tender Words Go Astray
Stereoptloon Lectures as the
Veil to Flirtations.
THE BROOKLYN school-teacher stun

THE Brooklyn school-teacher stun
bled through the darkness to a
seat in the rear right of the middle
nisle, guided by the usher's hand. He
had told her that it was impossible TO
give her the seat her numbered check
called for, because once the stereopti-
con views began the theater was en-
tirely darkened, and must remain so
until the finish. The brooklyn girl
didn't care, for she could see as well
from one part of the house as the other,
and she was vastly interested in the
subject of the lecture, THE Grand Can
yon of Colorado
A beautiful view of sandstone des-
ert was dissolving from the screen as
she took her seat and the lecturers
voice sounded through the darkness in
a somewhat dreary monotone, as a
mighty cliff broke out upon the screen
with magnificent distinctness followed
by low clapping of hands from the
audience.
Here" said the lecturer, 'we see
one of those wonderful works of nature
before the majesty of which we pause
abashed and awe-stricken, conscious of
che littleness of man, his aims. hopes
and accomplishments This giant cliff
has calmly assumed its sentinelship
after some upheaval of nature, maybe
centuries ago. Observe the"
just then the Brooklyn girl was dis
turbed by the sound of some one eau
tiously making his way in herdirection.
She knew it was man by the way he
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
CHILDREN BORN IN A TREE.
Brought Up in n Tree Trunk
in Tennessee.

1t is not an ancestral mansion, though
it has been some 500 years in building.
The beginning of it was sturdy sap
ling, standing in a tiny cove high on
the side of an east Tennessee noun
tain. By and by the sapling became a
big, hollow tree Notwithstanding the
hollow was so big a tall man could lie
stretched at length in it, there was an
outer shell of sound wood and plenty
of vigorous leafy boughs for shade.
The hollow itself was rain and storm
proof, so couple took up their abode
in it.
They did not bother about furniture.
There was no room for it, even in hol-
low tree measuring seven feet across.
The man put down floor of punch
eons-that is, rough slabs split from
smaller tree trunks. For bed they
had dry leaves, and for a covering skins
of various animals round about. The
woman knew how to dress them Indian
fashion, so they served in large part
for clothes as well as cover.
An AK, rifle, bullet mold, pow
der horn, hunting knife, an iron pot,
water pail, jug, two or three big
gourds, bread tray and meal bag
summed up the family's movable pos
sessions. Cooking was done gypsy
fashion at n log fire some little way
off the entrance to the tree. Generally
the pot sat beside the fire, simmering
and stewing. The only bread was ash
cake. For drinking there was choice
of sassafras tea, unsweetened, and
moonshine whisky.
The man, of course, was moonshin
er. He was also dead shot-particu-
larly in the case of a revenue officer.
He was able thus to feed his family by
working about half the time. His wife
looked after the clothing, exchanging
surplus peltry twice a year for coarse
cloth, salt and snuff at the nearest
crossroads store, Is miles away.
Eleven children were born in the hol-
low tree and grew up into strapping
men and women. One of the boys stood
six feet nine inches-when he could be
persuaded to stand at all. Usually he
carried himself in rather the shape of
crescent Each Of the II was Graded
in the half of a smaller hollow tree,
smoothed out inside with the AK and inn
bedded with leaves. 1t did not need
rockers, rocking itself at the slightest
touch. AS the dig tree became crowd
ed, hollow logs were sought, one for
each child, chopped to convenient
lengths and dragged close about the
fire. Into their open ends the bigger
children crept, feet foremost, turned
their heads to the fire and slept snug
through all sorts of weather. Of course
the logs were only for storms and Sc
we're weather. When it was fine the
whole family slept outdoors. 1t was
presumably a happy family, and GER
tainly a healthy one, though it went
barefoot the year round, and never so
much as heard of hygiene. The whole
brood grew up innocent of contact with
doctors, ministers or schoolmasters.
AS the owner of q summer cottage
down the valley said upon discovering
them: THE truth is, they don't know
enough even to be sick. IN. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Curious Bird la bits.

1t is a well known fact, says writer
in the Pail Mall Gazette, that if the
young of almost any kind of bird are
taken from the nest before they can
fly, the old ones will feed them most at
tcntively if the cage i'll which the lit
tie birds are inclosed is placed some
where where the parents can reach it;
and a popular but erroneous belief is
current that they do this for time,
and end by poisoning the young ones.
This, however, is mistake, the fact
being that at Il certain stage of Il Young
birds existence, when it is naturally
able to begin catering for itself, the
parent birds, also quite naturally, cease
to attend it, and then, if the birdlings
are shut up in the cage and their Gus
todian has not thought of placing some
food at their disposal, they necessarily
die, not from poison administered by
the parents, but from staryation.-N.
Y. Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

stumbled over his feet, and she put out
her hand instinctiyely to prevent him
from stepping or sitting upon her.
Suddenly she felt her hand grasped CON
vulsiyelv. and boyish voice, husky and
mufIied, sounded close in her ear.
''Great Scott, Jessie, I've had the
most dreadful time finding this seat in
the dark The usher said il was no use;
that people who came in late had to sit
wherever they could. You can ina gine
how | felt after sending you the check
for the seat next mine. | told him
had right to meet somebody, and he
said that was all right; could meet
them after the lecture. He wasn't on,
you see. Gee! Oh, Jessie, I'm so glad |
found you! You don't know"
''Hush!" said the Brooklyn girl. She
realized that he had made mistake
and took her for some one else; but
she was not going to whisper explana-
tons in young mans ear, and if she
talked loud it would disturb everybody.
Besides, if this impetuous youth found
that it wasn't really Jessie, he would
climb over the whole audience looking
for her. So she said "Hush," and he
claspcd her hand more tenderly.
A beautiful view of a river seethine
between two rocky walls burst int
view.
Here. said the lecturer, 1.-THE great
torrent imprisoned in its rocky cell
hundreds of feet deep, bursts into sight,
boiling in whirlpool Of light and color
and life ere it leaps into the under can.
yop. The small speck of yellow light
In the lower ieft-hand corner of the
siaw indicates the last view Of the same
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Exusperating.

Mrs. Higgsey-Clara, must insist that
you send young Mr.. Granley away earlier,
1t was long after IL o'clock last night when
you closed the front door after him.
Clara know it, mamma and l have
made up my mind dozen different times
to make him leave early, but he has way,
somehow, of always giving the impression
along after the shank of the evening has
passed that he is just about to say some
thing one has been waiting for It's aw-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Dur.a Way.

Teacher-One should be thoughtful
in dispensing favors. For example, sup
pose your father. Johnny, was in a
old and the other young, got in, which
of them would he give his seat to?
Johnny-Guess you don't know dad.
He wouldn't give it &c either-Boston
Transcript
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
A Sure Thing.

1T appears that Mrs. Sloane parted
with a husband worth S9,o00,0o0 for one
estimated at $4,000, 600"
Say, if she keeps that up she'll mar
~ herself into the poorhouse." -Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

Mistress-What are you doing Rieke?
Throwing the dishes at that target?
Are you crazy?
Maid-Crazy9 No, I'm going to get
married. -Das kleine Witzblatt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Might Have Been.

Doctor believe You ha, some sort
of poison in your system.
Enthusiastically wonder. What
was that last stuff you gave me?--
Spare Moments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen. Hot, Callous, Sore, and Sweating
Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

l believe Pso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-Mrs. Allie
Douglass, Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, a.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Hank of England NoteM.

The average life OF note of the Bank
of England is little less than 10 days
Notes are never reissued~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

Brain-fag is largely the result of people
not wishing to admit that they eat too
much.-Detroit journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

Artistic is often a synonym for useless
and xpensive,-Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
Charity md Reform.

Charity may begin at home, but re-
form begins elsewhere.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

A sallow skin acquires a healthy clean
ness by the use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

When boy comes home with string of
fish, it is mean trick to ask him If he
caught them all.--Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

To Cure a Gold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money ifit fails to cure. Csc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01

Ii Mrs. Pinkham's Compound will cure
such severe cases as this surely it.
must be great medicines there
any sufferer foolish enough not to
give it q trial?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03
STATUE OF MISS WILLARD.
Wonder Expressed Why Lincoln and
Douglas Have Been Ignored.

Washington. March 3.-Capitol Archi-
tect Edward Clarke expressed consider
able surprise yesterday when informed
that Illinois intended to send a statue
cf Frances Z. Willard 10 StatUary hail
as one of the states representative cit
izers. He said it would be a violation
Of precedent to have a woman's statue
among the statesmen. He looked up the
law and found il read person anC
citizen" As to whether Miss Willard
fills the condition contemplated by the
law. he said il would have to be decided
Ly congress.
Representative Hopkins said: You
don't mean to say that the Illinois legis-
lature has passed that bilI-why. / can't
believe it. With such men as Lincoln
and Grant and Logan and Douglas un-
represented in the national Capitol. to
send Miss Willard-it's too bad-why.
General Shield was only a bird Of pas
sage. He stayed in Illinois as long as
l. could hold Office. then he went to
Minnesota, and he finally died in Mis-
souri,.
Lincoln and Douglas should have
been the Illinois representatives They
would represent lr,th parties and rep
resent the state. But TO pass over Lin
coln-why. his statue here is only the
gift of a sculptor. and does not come
from the state. 1t has no place in Stat
uary hall, and was taken out a few
weeks ago. They think Of Illinois with
out Abraham IirColn-it is too had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-03

s-Tng injected into Cne n.e-U 10 save-sE=-
eral weeks time in the picking vat.
number Of other officers and pri-
Yates, including 4 lieutenant who was in
the grocery trade and had sold canned
meats. testified that the canned roast
beef was Valueless as a food for SOL
diers, being neither paiatable Tor nutri
tive
The question Of counsel for General
Miles before the court is still in abey-
EEce. some correspondence having passed
between the general and the court, but
both sides decline TO give out the letters
till n settlement is reached. General
Miles has not S-f---d to be Represented
by counsel. presumably because that
would put him in the position Of admit
ting himself on trial by the court. which
UP TO date he has declined to admit. on
the other hand the court does not feel
able under the articles of war to permit
Major Lee or any one else To cross
question witnesses unless he can be rec
oSnized officially as counsel for the de-
feLse.