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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11

vhas mean trick on man who loves
his country. You vhas too fresh, und
If you come down here I'll fix you out. "
He evidently made mistake in the
house." explained the sergeant.
''Yes, mebbe he did, but it don't seem
right TO me. l like to be Johnson to
cblige somebody, but how can | be
When l vhas Dunder? Nobody can be
two mans, can he? Some other night,
when / was dreaming AWAY, somebody
rings dot bell und wakes, me oop. l
look oudt und find a man, und he says:
"'Vhell, vhas here.
"'Und who vhas you? l ask.
MY name vhas Shones.'
.''But | don't know you.
dot makes no deeference. My name
vhas Shones, und if you ever like to
see me / Will be around
THAT was only a trifing thing,
said the sergeant. Jones evidently
labored under some mistake"
''But l can't make him oudt," insist
ed Mr. Dunder. IF he vhas Shones,
und if he likes to do some business NIT
me, Why don't he come by daylight?
All vhas strange and queer in dis coun-
try. Two days ago man comes in
my place und looks around und says:
'''Vhas your name Schmidt
"'No-it vhas Dunder. Nhas you
looking for Schmidt
.'Oh, no.
"'Vhas you looking for Dunder?
Ono
"'Vhell, how vhas it?'
"'It vhas all right. l shust ask if
you vhas Schmidt
but how if vhas Schmidt?'
"'Den you vhas not Dunder.'
''Mebbe you can explain about dot,
sergeant" said Mr.. Dunder, as he
pounded on the desk. Can somebody
come und talk to me like dot und make
me all upset? Don't have some law
on him"'
Il should say the man was dry sort
Of joker"
eff he vhas dry Why don't he buy
some beer to vet oop? If he likes some
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CARL DUNDER
America Was Great Place, But He Can't Understand
the People
-cop.rsh

"'Mr. Dunder, how vhas dot?'
ut vhas a brick
"'Did you ever see one beforc?'
Lots of times, of course.
"'Vhell, l vhas surprised about dot.
If you ever see one he vhas Curl
osity. He vhas made of clay, und he
vhas used to build walls. You can't
burn him oop like wood, und he last
10000 years"
"Well?" queried the sergeant.
"Vhell, how vhas dot?" demanded
Mr.. Dunder. Don't l see some bricks
before? Don't know all about bricks?
Must dot man lock der door und speak
in whispers to show me bricBY How
vhas it dot sooch things vhas in Amer
lea? Two night ago some one kicks
on my door und makes a great noise
und scares me awful bad. When look
oudt Teller says:
"'Hello, you-vhas you asleep when
l kick on der door,
"'Of course l vhas. Nhas der soms
trubbles?'
81 guess not
"'No fire-no robbers"
"'No.'
"'But Why you kick on my door"
"'To see if you vhas asleep or
awake
"Vhell, sergeant, 1 don't hat no gun
nor dynamite und | can't kill him, but
l like you to put der law after him. 1t
can't be right to speak to me like dot.
How vhas it only last night? l vhas
on my doorstep, smoking my pipe,
When stranger comes along und walks
into my house und sits down und
pounds OH der wall und cries out for
someb body to come along queek
"'Who you vhas" says.
"'Hash Brown
"'Und What you do here"
81 vhas an orphan.
"'But Why you come in my house"
because she vhas an orphan asy-
lum.'
"'You vhas mistook.'
'Oh-ah-I see. Nhell, gold cure
vhas shust as good, und you hurry oop
dose fried oysters!'
Sergeant" said Mr.. Dunder, as they
looked at each other, can you under.
stand how she vhas?'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
THE "RABBIT WOMAN"
4 Familiar and Most Interesting Fig-
ure In broadway, New York's
Greatest Street.

A writer in ST. Nicholas, Mr.. George
A. Williams, tells the readers of that
popular magazine good deal about the
rabbit Woman" whose shop is part
of the sidewalk in Broadway, near
Twenty-third street. Frau Zehner, bet
ter known in New York city as the
rabbit Woman" is native of Saxony.
She is of good family, her father hav-
ing been a physician in Leipsic. She
came to this country in 1882, and hav-
ing met with reverses in fortune, was
obliged to earn her living. Renting q
place on Twenty-third street, she sold,
for number of years, small trinkets
and toys for the children. Frau Zehner
has a happy disposition, and readily
makes friends among the children, al
ways having bright smile and pleas
ant word for her little customers.
But she was not destined always to
deal in toys. One of her street neigh
bors, an aged woman who sold small live
rabbits. one morning did not come as
usual to her stand. The farmer that
supplied her with Dummies was on hand
with a basketful. When he saw the old
woman was not there, he looked around
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
OF HUMBLE BIRTH.
InsigniRcnnt Origin of some OF
Those who Have Won the Adj
mirntion of the World.

Columbus, the discoverer of America
was the son of weaver.
The eminent French humorist, Fran
co.'s Rabelais, was the son of an apoth-
ecary.
Cervantes, the illustrious Spanish au-
thor, was born of an ancient but re-
duced family. He early entered mill
tary service and served as a common
soldier.
The great French dramatist, MOliere,
was the son of a tapestry-maker.
Terence, the celebrated Roman dra-
matist, was at one time a slave.
Homer, most illustrious of poets, was
at one time beggar.
The Greek poet, Hesiod, was farm.
cr's son.
Demosthenes. the most celebrated or
ator of antiquity, was cutters son.
The great English preacher, George
Whitfield, was the son of an innkeeper
at Gloucester.
Thomas Wolsey, the English cardi"
nal and statesman, was butchers
son.
Edmund HALEY, the English astron-
omer and mathematician, was the son
of soap manufacturer.
Dr. Thomas, bishop of Worcester, was
inen-draper's son.
DR.. Mountain, bishop of Durham, was
the son of beggar.
Joseph Hall, bishop of Norwich and
theological writer, was farmers son.
Virgil, the great Latin epic poet, was
the son of potter.
Horace was a shopkecper's son.
Plautus, one of the greatest Roman
comic poets, was the son of baker.
The English photographer, DR.. Sam
uel Johnson, was the son of a book
dealer.
Oliver Cromwell was brewers son.
Robert Burns, the Scotch poet, was a
plowman in Ayrshire.
William Shakespeare, "the chief lit
erary glory of England" was yeo-
mans son.
The celebrated American engineer,
Robert Fulton, was at one time a jew
eler's apprentice.
Daniel Webster was the son of a small
farmer.
From the must humble origin, Thur
low Weed became one of the leading
journalists of the United States, and a
great political leader.
William Cullen Bryant was the son
of a physician.
Andrew Jackson was born at Waxaw
settlement, South Carolina. While the
future president was still erechild
his father died, and the family was
left in reduced circumstances, on "a half
cleared farm in a new settlement.
Abraham Lincoln was the son of q
poor farmer.
Thomas jefferson, the writer of the
Declaration of Independence, was a
planters son.
William L. Gladstone, ''the grand old
man." was merchants son.-Phila-
delphia Times.
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to find some one to sell the load for him,
not wishing to take them back home
again. At last he asked Frau Zahner to
sell the rabbits. At first she hesitated,
but finally consented to try; and when
noon-hour came she found that the bun
MES were indeed salablc articles, for she
had disposed of all the farmer had
brought. He went home promising to
bring her more the next day, and was
on hand early in the morning with an
other supply, which, like the first, Frau
Ichner sold very quickly. From the
time Of taking up the business she has
| been known as the rabbit Woman"
| She finally drew such crowd with her
strange but attractive wares that the
| authorities ordered her to move her
stand to n less conspicuous place than
| Twenty third street.
For n time she sold her rabbits in
| front of one Of the best-known candy
stores of New York; but upon making
a second move, she found new place
between Twentieth and Twenty-frst
streets on the west side of Broadway,
where she has been on every pleasant
day for the past few years.
The busiest season of the year for the
Rabbit Woman is at time, when
her sales are doubled. The idea of the
hare in connection with Easter, says
Frau Iehncr, first found expression in
Germany. The children are up early
Easter morning to hunt for the "hare's
nest" 1t may be either inside or out
side the house. When the hare is found
it may be either of sugar or papier-
mache, but usually it is real live
bunny--it is in the nest surrounded
with eggs, which the old people tell
the children were left there for them
during the night.
The apron she wears while carrying
on her trade has rabbits embroidered
along the bottom of it, and one on each
of the pockets; when eats are her
wares, the pattern of her apron also
shows n change, and long row of
graceful and decorative kittens take
the place of the embroidered rabbits.
Frau Zehner does not raise the rabbits,
but obtains her supply from the farm
ers of the surrounding country. She
will try to find bunny of almost any
color for you, if you wish it. She is a
great favorite with the artists who
wish to paint or draw from rabbits
about the time of the holidays or Easter.
When the weather is stormy, SO that
it is impossible for her to be as her
usual stand, she receives at her home
many distinguished customers who
I. IL, e.. ~ IL.
She lives in coy little tenement on
the east side. Her parlor is very taste
fully arranged, and although the furni-
ture is not of the most expensive and
the carpet is not of the latest design,
her apartment has a very cheerful and
homelike look
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11

SMOKES Why don't he laugh? / shall
damage dot man if he comes some
more. Ivhas gone home der other day
because | don't feel Well, und l vhas
sitting by der door When man comes
along und says:
"'How about dot money"
"'Vhat money"
dot $4,000 you found in der alley?
"'But | don't find him.
Don't you? Well, belief you
9has a hustler, but l guess vhas mis-
took.
Il like him to come in und explain,
but he won't. He says he yhas in a
big hurry and can't stop. Sergeant,
don't find no $4,000 in der alley"
''No?"
lind Why does he come und ask
me-"
II presume he wanted to know"
"Vhell, / don't make him oudt. No
body loses SEQ 600, and nobody finds
SEC, 900, und yet dot man asks me about
it. / vhas SO excited 1 don't lleep all
dot night. Und how about Diet man
und a brick? / vhas in my place When
he comes in nit parcel. He looks all
around und says he will lock der door
ind be secret He walks on tip-toe und
speaks in whispers. He puts dot par
Gel on table und takes off ten papers
und saJh:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
By NJ. QUAD

Sergeant" began Mr.. Dunder as he
entered the police station the other aft
ernoon with an anxious look. Il wash in
America for 12 years, but mebbe
don't catch on yet. 1t wash great
country for business, but dere wash
some queer peoples around"
What has happened?" asked the SER
geant.
.yhell, vhas in bed. She wash after
midnight. und l wash asleep. Some
body rings my doorbell ten times, und
] wake oop und put my head out of der
window und say who you are und what
you want? 1t vhas man und he looks
oop und says:
"'Nhas your name Johnson"
"'No, sir. my name vhas Dunder.'
'Dunder, eh!'
"'Yes, sir
but it ought to be johnson. If !
walk mile und ring dot bell to find
johnson, don't like to find Dunder. II
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
THE PIllOW-FAiRlES.

I've just found out the queerest thing!
Sometimes, when | am good,
And go to bed without word
When mamma says / should,
The fairies come there in the night
They fly in with their wings
And underneath my pillows white
They leave Il lot of things.
One day il was penny new,
One day dolly sweet,
And once II was picture-book,
And once a cake to eat
They do not always come-oh, no.
They have too much to do.
But when you are not thinking so.
They bring a gift to you.
And now it's fun to go to bed;
Sometimes / lie and walt
To catch the fairies flying in
They must come very late.
never seem to see them quite.
Although l hear their wings;
But-just then IL Is morning light,
And time to find my things
Annie w. McCulloch. in St Nicholas
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
A Dollar Easily Earned.

In a Massachusetts town lives an &C.
centric old pork butcher, remarkable
for his shrewdness. Some young col
legians one day entered the shop, and,
for a joke, asked how much pork was
a yard. ''One dollar promptly re-
piled the old fellow. Then" said one
of the smart youths, I'll take yard .
"Where's your money! asked the
butcher. The dollar was laid down.
The old man pocketed the coin, and
then produced three pigs feet, with
the quiet remark: Three feet make
one yard" The students marched out
In silence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11

"Und 1 must be. mixed oop all der
time?"
81 don't know about that"
"But knows! Look at me, sergeant!
America vhas a great place, und / like
to live here. / shall be mixed oop no
more. l shall protect myself. When
go home l shall find man in my place.
he Will look all around und say:
"'Do you know my name is Brown
"He liks me to say no, so he can say
because it amt Black, but don't do it
-ha! ha! ha! | smile leetle and
reach for my club, und smile some
more und move along, und in shust one
minute more-pop! bang"
"And-and what"' asked the SER
geant.
"IIe vhas lying on dot floor, und der
coroner says he vhan so dead he don't
know What hit him! Yes, sir-dot vhas
it, und nobody won't bother me no
more, ind l vhas all X. o. Sergeant,
good day!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
NUMEROUS ELEPHANT.
Dan Rice. the Old Circus Man. Tells
How He Found n Boy Keeper
for the Vicious Romeo.

My elephant, Romeo, was murderous
brute. Before coming to this country
he had killed three men, and after his
arrival he killed four more.
l bought Romeo in Berlin in the late
forties. On the journey to this country
he killed his keeper on shipboard.
Later he killed Joe Mobiles in Pitts
burgh, Frank Gray in Louisville, Calvin
Porter near Indianapolis, and little Ed
die Smith near Yonkers, n. y. The
great creature either killed or fright
ened away every person who had the
care of him but one, and that was a
keeper of his own selection. The story
of how the selection was made is inter-
csting.
1t was at little town in Duchess
county, n. Y. A throng of idlers sur
rounded the notorious elephant one
morning. Among them was 12-year-
old boy, named Arthur Searles, the son
of local mechanic. He unconsciously
stood dangerously close to Romeo, who
suddenly put out his trunk, grasped the
lad around the body, and raised him to
his back
When he had securely seated the boy,
Romeo lowered his trunk and left him
there, more surprised than frightened.
The keeper, believing that another
tragedy was imminent, called to the
boy to slide down the creatures side
while Romeo was eating some peanuts,
of which he was very fond. This the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
An UnwelcOme Filipino.

One of the delights of life in the Phil
ippines is recorded by the American
Soldier. Some days ago, party of sol
diers who were about relieving the
guard at Manila, came suddenly upon Il
great boa constructor. He was shot and
found to measure nine feet seven inches
long and ten inches around in the
largest part.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
The Worst on Record.

What is the most ungrammatical sen.
tence ever spoken? The following
would be hard to beat. 1t was enun-
ciated by little girl who was driving
along country road with her father.
Seeing flock of sheep in neighboring
meadow, she asked: rs them Sleeps
yourn?" Four words, and all wrongi
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-05-11
Baked Apples with Honey.

Wipe as many apples as desired and
remove the core at one end without run
ming the knife clear through. Into this
hollow put bit of butter and tea
spoonful of honey and place in pan
and bake. For cooking purposes it is
well to buy the bottled honey, which is
free from wax and will keep for an in
definite time.-St. Louis Globe. Demo-
crat.
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A London lady, who mourns the losa
of a pet poodle, has deemed it neces.
sary TO have special I'm Memoriam'.
cards printed in memory of the dog
virtues.
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Her Inference.

Mrs. Capt. Braggington-My hus-
band won renown on the tented field
Sally Gay-Why, / didn't know you
had ever travelled with a circus. Puck
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Idle People.

It is surprising what an amount OF
nothing some people can accomplish
Chicago Daily News.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25

deduction and piecing together the details
collected by the different agents placed
along the railway routes. the etat major
arrives with the greatest precision at
these facts-that such q station win en-
train the garrison Of such town. such
another the reserves and the territorial
troops, and such another the horses, artii-
iery and guns. BY such a series of de-
ducttons II will be found out. for instance.
that 10000 men will be concentrated at q
given frontier post, 2o0afD at another,
10000 twenty leagues TO the north. etc.
while at the same time the bases OF OPP
Grafton and the reprovisionius Of the diff
fcrent armies will be known. With this
knenvfedge and that obtained at the last
NOM INT by the 'seciaireurs" OF the legions
OF cavalry of cover. whose duty II In TO
seek out the earliest contact with the
enemy when once war Is declared. and
10 discover where and how he r. mass
ing--the commander In chief will make
his battle arrangements as II he were SOW
ing an aIgebraic problem. and the victory
Ii his II he Is the best informed az to the
weak points of the enemy.
The most important part CT the spy ser
vice Is effected by regular officials and
offers every guarantee OF Renuinenexs.
The other. the system OF traitorx-which
consists In obtaining the same informa-
ton through tndisrretions. the theft OF
documents and subtsrfagex, with the OBJ
ject Of checking the reliability Of the de-
tails collected by the first. and II need be
20 throw further light on them-this In.
for the most part. huge network Of
roguery. AZ the histories Of cspionages
show. 1t has. however. its highly pictur-
esQue side. The agents, to show their
zeal. or 10 get rewarded In proportion TO
the real or fictitious importance Of the tn
formation they furnish. make nee Of the
most astonishing tricks. In order to sur
prise the foreigner Of hts secrets. which.
told here would not annasuraIIy meet
with general increduifty.
An illustration ok this point u furnished
h. IN tnc1Aent enoDeess1 with tn 0ers
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25

tie money. 10 obtain separate detached
pieces from different workmen In differ
ent manufacturing centers.
II Is very rarely that any effort Is made
10 get hold OF a complete rife. Not only
Is II too cumbersome. but II entails a risk
OF being discovered. as. every weapon be-
Ing checked ard bearing It's number, its
disappearance Is at once noticed. Entire
rides are usually supplied by deserters.
who seek protection In neighboring coun-
tries TO each Of which several hundred
throng every year with all their accouter-
ments. as well over the Franco-German
frontiers az over the Russo-Austrian.
Franco-I,alian or Russo-German. Desert
ers from posts on the far frontier. who are
thus only few steps from the positions
OF the netghboring power almost invari
ably take with them their rifles, bayonets
and pouches containing cartridges. which
they hand over 10 the soldiers who arrest
them. in order that they may be decently
received.
When Ii is question OF new fortresses
and fortifcations. strategic roads. the lay
ms OF railways for concentration or the
building Of barracks. then spies belonging
90 the regular army and often In active
service viii SO and obtain employment
for several weeks common workmen
and draw Zip plans at their ease. as they
can watch and understand the technical
portion OF the works which they are help
Ing 10 make.
Higher branches of Espionage.
All this Is only the subsidiary side OF
international espionage. The higher
branches are concerned with the au.s-
ton az the concentration of armies and
the hases OF food supply which they may
possess. Fer what an army In cam
psszn has above ali things need OF IS the
proper and regular repienishment OF the
eommissariat. the renewal OF ammurt.
ton fer rifles ard artillery. ard a sup
ply Of oats and hay for the horses, as
well as proper supply OF ambulance
wagons. an efficient surgical and hospital
corps and the maintenance of a line OF
retreat In case OF disaster and Of com
muntcstton with the TANKS and rear.
This last Is OF the utmost Importance.
for an army which should find Itself cut
OF from Its means Of communication and
the repientshnzent OF its stores would be
lost. In is for this reason that modern
tactics aim AZ getting possession Of those
points the Possession al. which would
tmrert the army IL II sought TO defeat
and with the enormous moving pcpuIa-
,tans which nowadays constitute the
srrniss. II Is futile Ia dream Of feeding
troops on the resources of the country
through which they pass. Such a method
could only be ifkenea 10 the locusts'
riEAs. covering and devastating coun-
try side. and yet doomed to die OK hunger
after = very few days.
The Germana hare axkAnizeA thaiS anx
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Eve II special haste Is reQuired-oe placed
en- the frontier. The army which is the
mos, speedtly mobilised and concentrated
will have the greatest chance from the gut
set Of hostilities OF making swift inc,i :
sion into the enemy's territory with al
the superiority Of numbers. and OF p-eser'-
ing trat enemy from completing Its IRE
rna; ems and functions. This start Is. In
deed almost tansam TO having the
victory.
The railway manager who receives fis
time table from the minister takes note OF
It's contents and returns II TO the rninlser
II In needless 10 gay that his comnunira-
ion Is absolutely confidential and secret.
The trafic manager now knows hoS many
trains he must start from Paris Est. Tor
instance, at how many minutes Of inscsvai.
ara the exact hour at which they stCuid
leave Paris. He advises the station mas
ters OF the say. Paris 10 fgney- Avri-nurt
Ene and all other lines on the branch that
on the first day OF mobilization there VIII
arrive at their stations 50 many trans. on
the second SO many. on the third - many
etc. the hour and the minute. and the hEnr
and minute also at which they are 10 eavs.
The station masters do nos know where
These trains come from or whittier they
arr going: al, they know is how ionr they
viii stop. either 10. embark troops or ~
R,~e the of1cisis n brief rest
the etats mAior know with ma themasics!
accuracy. by taking into count the size 81
the station. platforms. the time the trans
viii wait ana the composition OF the rains
A. regards carriages. wagons and artillery
trucks the number Of men. horses and
x,ns which each train VIII emS1-k. Maiti-
piv sfsss by the number OF trains and Ihe
result 10 the tosai Of the troops conveyed
20 .he frontier.
Infermasioa That Mast Ne Had.
Hence the work Of the above mentioned
AGENTS II to travel over the dsstrics and
20 measure the quay spacss and ma ont
- - to nn11n1n01DG. &nnQ. U