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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
BROOKS HOUSE.
A CENTRE or HARvAHDs RELIGIOUS
LIFE TO BE OPENED THIS FALL

The +. ii.iOus organizations or HaiNaiu 'H'-
vorsi;y have in previous years been coinpe''u
10 meet in scattered ard sundry places In le'l-
ure rooms IN the DID Holden Chapel. ana III
students rooms about the college yard. Ihey
have thus been secluded and unootrusiYe ana
thc.r existence has not been marked by any
him, TANGIBLE which could be pointed out to
The stranger AZ evidence ~ the student religious
yfc Narrower. there has been a lack Of con
pcntration Of these organizations. rms want
has been III, impetus for the building Of the new
Brooks House. which has been completed TINS
surnrncr. and will be ready for occupancy when
colce.. rconcns in fortnight It stands in the
college yard.
Thu lower floor Of the building consists or
Offices for the societies which are organized
and conducted by undergraduates Of Harvard
for special and general religious purposes The
Christian Association and the ST. Pauls so
cetv both of which aim to iufuse principles OF
religious duty into the student body at large
will hay. rooms her. by the sid, Of The Catholic
cluh rb. student Volunteer Aid Society. which
gathers old clothes from the dormitories and
boar3in, houses for distribution among the poor
VIII hereafter work from Brooks House. The
managinl; committees of the Prospect Mission, a
night school for workngmcn in Camhrdgeport
and of the reading room for sailors ON T Wharf
In Boston. viii use thc nov building If at any
time they can held meetings away from their
bases Of operation Rooms VIII he assigned To
p limited number Of other ORGANIZATIONS OF
similar RELIGIOUS and benevolent purposes whi' j
exist among the students and which are OF
suNiD .nt Importance
The religious $50 i.li-s are aocust"m TO ac-
qurc The greater part " their influence among
tho students by 81 system of FREE. lectures. talks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17

town. with n letter II instruction IAl VIII
mount the birds and the fish just as they were
when / shot thcul rad the work iS io acorn
my paIlor t. witness # lie.'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
Couldn't XIII This Indian.

\ Wisconsin Indian was one of a
driving crew that broke big jam
above Sturgeon falls. He made the
desperate attempt of trying to cross
the river on a log and, to the horror
of the spectators, was carried over the
falls. They ars 40 feet high and con-
sist of two pitches and the rapids. or
course, he was given up for dead, AND
the driving crew thought ii useless to
search the river for his body, as the
logs were piiing over the falls at a
rapid rate. The next morning the In
dian walked into camp for breakfast.
He had been swept down the river ard
up against the bank, where he managed
to crawl out. Finding only few
scratches and bruises. but being, as
he remarked, rather tired he lay
down and slept until daylight, and was
aone the worse for his adventure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
Between six and Seven.

In Milwaukee a case was being tried,
and the particular question at issue
was the number of persons present
when certain event occurred. An
honest but supplemented German was
in the witness box, and was evidently
in much trepidation. The lawyer on
the other side saw his opportunity.
How many did you say there were
PRESENT." he shouted, bringing his fist
down upon the table tiercely. well, .
meekly answered the witness, 'of
course l could not chust' say, but /
drinks der vas between six and seven
Tell the jury what you mean by that!"
roared the lawyer. How could there
be between six and seven?" "Vell,''
said the witness, slowly, maybe l vas
wrong. Dere vas more as six, but dere
vas not so much as seven. One vas a
fery leetle bow"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
PLANNING A DEPARTURE.
An Author Who Would Get Ont of the
Beaten Track and Give
the Real Thing.

"What We want" said the publisher, SIS
q good, realistic story of army life. Some
thing that will show just how events move
among the soldiers"
II see," said the author; II was in the
army myself. | know exactly how things
are conducted"
Something that will thrill the reader to
the marrow and make his hair stand ON
end"
Il thought you said you wanted some
thing out of the ordinary"
That's what / am after"
well, in that case, we won't have any
thrill in it. OF course, it's there, but it
comes SO suddenly and is SO soon over that
you hardly have time to know what thrilled
you. If you want to get right down 10
hard-pan realism and sound the keynote
of the soldiers general experience, you
want to leave out most of this description
of hero rushing headlong through strug-
Cling men and over fallen horses, waving
gun with one hand and the star spangled
banner with the other. while singing My
Country, IT'S of Thee, at the top, OF his
voice. Well get out of the beaten track of
fiction and relate how many hours day he
spend currying his horse and polishing his
weapons, and how many miles day he
travelled and how often he wanted to talk
back and didn't dare, and how he would
have been willing to give four dollars a
SQUARE inch for beefsteak, and all the
rest of the little details which play so inn
portant part and which writers of fiction
have hitherto so strangely neglected. -
Wnshington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
/, THE AMERICAN BITTERN.

to have escaped the notice of many nat
uralists. In May last, with compan.
ion, was walking along a road at the
edge of a swamp not many miles north
of Chicago. A bittern rose from point
far to our left and tapped its way lazily
over the marsh to damp place in pas
ture covered with stumps, with few
standing trees scattered here and there.
Through powerful glasses we watched
the birds progress and marked down
the spot where he had pitched. We
made directly for the place and then
began search for the bird with our
glasses. Every spot of ground within
so yards was examined carefully, but
not feather could we see. Finally my
steadily through his glass at one spot
for what seemed fully five minutes, said,
suddenly: There he is. Look at the
fifth stump" At the fifth stump l
looked. 1t was no stump at all, but
Master Bittern himself posed and max
ing an almost perfect representation OF
one of the small blasted tree relics by
which he was surrounded. He was only
Is yards away. His body was perpen-
dicular, his neck and head were drawn
well dc n into his shoulders and his
beak was pointed straight upward,
forming a prolongation OF the line of
his back 1--WE will test his patience"
was our decision, and we sat down
quietly, noted the time and stared at
that devoted bird for exactly one hour.
During all that time he moved not at
all. No neighboring stump was more
firmly fixed than he. 1t seemed as
though he had control of his feathers
as well, for the passing breezes that
stirred the lush swamp grass beyond
failed to ruffie any part of his brown
plumage. Finally, half ashamed OF
keeping the bird longer under such
strain, we walked toward him. Not till
we were within a few feet did he move.
Then he took four comically dignified
steps away from us, and, rising, flew
far down the little stream which in
spring makes its way through the heart
of the swampland.-Ed B. Clark,
in Chicago Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
BULLION IN MEXICO.
How Some Robbers Who Attacked -
Pack Train Were Unplens-
nntly Surprised.

This story was told by mining man
who has had good deal of experience
in Old Mexico: In the foothills of the
Sierra Madres, about 60 miles west of
chihuahua" he said, sis the Santa Rosa
gold mine. which was worked very prof
itably in the early sos. The only
trouble was in getting the bullion to
chihuahua, for the country was in
tested with all manner of thieves and
did place for a hold-up. On one occa-
sion just before a regular shipment of
a couple of bricks worth about $4,000
the superintendent got straight tip
that the pack would be attacked, and
took the precaution of sending along
an extra guard, consisting of six men
heavily armed with Winchesters and re-
volvers. A prospector named Dixon
was at the mine at the time and had in
tended going in with the party, but
when he heard the rumor of trouble he
sensibly concluded that he would be
safer alone and set off on the old south
trail, driving wretched burro loaded
WIN MS camping outilt. his SdSdNitS
was applauded when the news came
back that the pack train had been am
buscaded in rocky pass by a large
party of Mexican brigands. One of the
escort was wounded at the first volley,
and seeing themselves hopelessly out
numbered the guards abandoned the
treasure mule and fled for their lives.
"Dixon reached Chihuhua all right.
and chuckled greatly when he heard
the story, for he had been chaffed
great deal at the mine for refusing
perfectly safe escort. l met him several
months later and complimented him on
his nerve in taking chances. The
chances were considerably bigger than
you suppose he replied, with a grin.
That pack mule was loaded with saw
dust. The gold bricks were on my
burro under the camp truck IN. o
Times-Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
HAS PECULIAR WAYS.
The American Bittern, Better KEcwp
as the stake Driver, Is a Com
icaIIy Digni6ed Bird.

Nearly everybody who has been be
yond the limits of stone walks and
brick walls has seen flying over the
fields at some time or another the bird
known as the American bittern, locally
called in places the swamp pump and
stake driver on account of it's call. How
many, 1 wonder, who are familiar with
this marsh resident when in full flight
have ever seen it at res? Not many,
/ venture to say. The bird will stand on
the ground in its damp retreat without
as much cover as has the ostrich when
it pokes its head in the sand and i'm.
agines itself unseen, and one may pass
within ten yards of the silent figure and
even see it and yet never guess of a
birds presence. Scientists have writ
ten reams about the protective color
ing of the whip-poor-will,w which enables
it to become fairly part of some lichen-
covered limb. The white of the ptar-
migan on the snowy heights and the
brown of the partridge among the dead
leaves of the forest have been COM
mented upon time and time again as in
stances of what nature does to make her
bird children to become part of their
surroundings, that they may escape the
eye of the destroyer. The way in which
the stake driver of the swampy wood
land stretches keeps his presence there
secret when prowler is about seems
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
FISH WITH LUNGS.
They Form the Connecting Link In
the Evolution of Fishes to the
Next Higher Order.

In ordinary fish gills take the place
of lungs, and are adapted to breathing
in water but two species of fishes have
been lately discovered in Africa and
Australia which are possessed of lungs.
They form the connecting link In the
evolution from fishes to the next order
of creatures. The reason that these fish
are provided with lungs is that they are
found in streams which dry up entirely
in the hot summer season. leaving the
fish in the empty beds of the streams.
This period OF drought often lasts for
six months of the year, and during all
this period the fish lie quiescent in
kind of sack formed out of the clay of
the river bed The fish are asleep in
their queer earthen houses all this time,
but they breathe and are kept alive
through their lungs.
A specimen of the African lung fish"
(Protoptcrus) has been brought to the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
THE FISHES AND THEIR SUMMER
HOUSE.

geological gardens in London, as well
as a specimen of the Australian Ger
atodus), with their clay summer homes.
They are now arousing much interest
in scientific circles, as well as among
those interested in the strange meth
DDS which nature finds for protecting
her creatures in all kinds of queer cir
cumstancns. When placed in warm wa
ter the clay shell opens, as ii would nat
urally at The first heavy rainfall in its
native haunts, and the eel-like fish
energies and becomes active at once.
The royal society of Queensland,
fearing the extirpation of these queer
fish, as so many have been killed by ex-
ploding dynamite in their native
streams hsye planted a number of them
in various places, so that they are now
to be found N many Australian streams.
They are certainly the queerest fish in
the world
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
NERVOUS WOMEN.
Those Whose Fears Are Wrought UE
During the Ozark Scenes
at the Play.

"Dark changes" at the theater--when
stage and auditorium are suddenly
wrapped in black darkness, while
scene is cbanged-are greatly dreaded
by many women playgoers, who in
stantly become nervous till the lights
go up again. II never have an instant's
peace" said lady, speaking of her
dread of the incident, still the light is
turned on again. Sometimes | feel that
l shall scream aloud If the darkness
continues another second. i get 'suf-
locating feeling and sometimes feel
ms though j should faint if | didn't see
fight somewhere. For heavens sake,
whoever introduced the idea, and why
in the world do they have those hor-
rid, awful, terrifying dark changes?'
The dark change" is not of very re-
cent origin, and is introduced to height
en- the dramatic effect of the play-to
prevent the audiences attention wan
dering from the story as told in one
scene till the thread is taken up in the
next. What the dramatist and man
ager always aim at is to gain and hold
the auditors attention, not TO let il
wander, as it does during an entr' acte,
when the curtain goes down, the lights
go up and a buzz of conversation
springs up all over the house.
Try the theory on yourself. Begin
to tell story. Let no interruption oc-
cur, and see what sort of hit you
make when you have to begin again
with: ''As l was saying" It's apt to
be more like ''As | wasn't saying" for
you'll find that the attention of your
audience has to be gained over again,
and the restarted story does not seem
like the same thing.
The dark change" prevents this.
What a dim quiet there is in the audi
forum, with all eyes-though you can't
see them-riyeted on the darkness into
which the stage vanished.
This is the theatrical why" of it,
but for the benefit of nervously inclined
women who "get smotherng feeling"
when the lights go out and who repress
{, desire to scream some words of COM
fort may be said.
Don't get scared when with sudden
click.every one of the hundreds of cleo
trio lights goes out. Don't imagine that
the man who turned them off has gone
away and can't instantly relight the
house, With the turn OF single but
ton he has plunged the auditorium and
stage in darkness. but with another
turn of the button, on which he keeps
his hand, he can instantly fill the the
uter with a blaze of light.
He stands in the proscenium arch,
just off the stage-the first exit''-and
never leaves his post. He keeps his
hand on the button and the attention
of eye and ear upon the house. If you
were to utter that repressed cry or
faint in half u second the house would
be relighted whether the stage was
set or not.
It's the business of 'the man at the
electric switchboard' to watch the
house narrowly You needn't be ner-
vous,
But suppose | screamed and the but
ton didn't work ?" Miss Nervous says.
Don't scream. But if you did and the
button didn't work, shrouded gas jets,
lit are in the auditorium, and they are
ready to at once make the place light
and discover you looking exceedingly
foolish.
Don't be afraid of 1.-THE darl; change"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
Extreme Case.

II think my Uncle jerry" said Aunt
Mehitabel, was the contrariest man |
ever saw. remember of his pickin' up
hot p'tater once when we was eatin'
dinner, an there wasn't no company
at the house, nuther. An what do YOU
s'pose he done with it?''
'Threwit at somebody" conjectured
one of the listeners.
mo. He held it in his hand till it
bsistered him"
What did he do that for?'
"'Cause anybody else wouif "a
dropped it.'-Iouth's Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
GRANDfATHER'S PORTRAIT.

A picture hangs upon the wall.
Downstairs in our back-parlor hall;
Grandfather's portrait, and It's strange
How oft that pictures eyes will change.
Such knowing eyes that follow me.
And everywhere l go, they see.
Sometimes watch the open door,
And try to slip out quick. before
My mother sees, but that sharp eye
Stares at me so l can't pass by,
And looks so stern 1t seems to say:
mo, Harry. no,
You shall not go
Out In the storm and snow to-day"
wish some one would tell me why
can't escape that portraits eye.
For even when I'm out Of sight,
will whisper: That's not right
Play fair. my boy, or grandpa's eyes
Will gaze at you in sad surprise.
And you had better lose your game
Than feel those eyes reproach and blame"
And when I'm playing with my ball.
And do not heed my mothers call.
Those eyes, as plai- as words, will say:
go, Harry, go!
Boy, done you know,
When mother calls, you should obey?'
But those strange eyes are never stern
When | hard lessons try to learn,
Or read to grandma. while she sits
Close by the bright log-fire and knits.
Or If when little sister asks
Ny help / kindly share her tasks,
or bring from school a good report,
And act a manly part in sport,
And show in every way can
am an honest gentleman.
oh, then those dear eyes seem to say:
MY pride and joy
Is this brave boy.
He's worth his weight in gold to-day"
Mary Elizabth Binyon, in Youths Com
panon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
Latest In shower Baths.

A Scotch'Uap was once advised to
take shower baths. A friend explained
to him how to fit up one by the use
of a cisterr and colander, and Sandy
accordingly set to work and had the
thing done 1T once. Subsequently he
was met by the friend who had given
him the advice, and asked how he
enjoyed the bath. Man." said he,
lit was fine. / liked it rale weel. and
kept myself quite dry, too" Being
asked how he managed to take the
shower and yet remain quite dry, he
replied. "Gracious, We dinna, surely,
think was sac daft as stand ablow the
water withoot an umbrella?'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14

An old Scotch grave digger was REM
onstrated with one day at a funeral for
making a serious oyercharge for Dig
ging a grave.
We'll, We see, sir said the old man,
in explanation. with cotton of his
thumb toward the grave, him and me
had 5it Of tiff twa or three years
syne owre Draw watch self him, an
never been able TO get the money out
o him yet. Now says | to myself,
this is my last chance, and I'd better
tax it. Spare Moments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
Knockes out by n Fish.

While fishing for tarpon at Boca
Grande Pass. Fla, New York man me t
with peculiar and very serious acct
dent He had been playing huge tar
pom for some time, when The fish, in its
mad efforts to escape, made gigantic
leap in the air, and in its fall struck the
fisherman on the back of his neck with
its tail The fish leaped out again but
he man lay insensible, and there re-
manned for an hour until picked up BY
another boat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14

Maud Muller, on a summers day,
Raked the meadow sweet with hay.
The judge rode slowly down the lane,
Smoothing his horses chestnut name.
She stopped where the cool spring dubbed
up,
And fill'd for him her small tin cup.
And blush'd as she gave 1t, looking down
On her feet so bare and tatter'd gown.
At last, like one who for delay
Seeks vain excuse. be rode away
Maud Muller look'd and sgh'd: "Ah. me!
That l the judges bride might be-"
He welded wife of richest dover.
Who lived for fashion, as he for power.
God pity them both! and pity us all.
Who vainly the dreams Of youth recall.
FOR of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: at might have
beenv'
From Maud Muller by John Greenleaf
Whittier.
Imprimis--I think that the rustic maid
Too near the public highway strayed.
Who ever heard of raklng the grass
Near dusty road where travellers pass?
Her gown was tattered, her hat was torn
The poet says. by brer and thorn.
This sounds picturesque, but may inquire
How she walked with bare feet through
hramble and brier?
II may be she ran, quite regardless OF pain,
AS the judge in his majesty rode down the
lane.
But we let that pass! God forbid should
grudge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
SAYINGS FROM THE CHINESE.

The money that in charity you spend
You do not wholly lose-you merely lend;
Some day its echo will yourself befriend
The cargo of a small boat should be small.
Too much is worse than having none at all;
go on the child's mind put but little draft,
IL you would save, rather than sink, the
craft.
To rear indoors the tigers cub,
While 1t is young, is nothing new;
But by and by-ah! there's the rub
When grown, he'll make his meal Of you.
But what we write no power can wash
away.
TO one quite hungry every dish is good.
And relish waits on cen the plainest food;
The one who's thirsty does not stop to
think,
But finds nectar in the stalest drink.
Bring up good children, and when they
Homes they will find, and houses of their
own.
You do not cast away a stick of wood
For one small flaw, and say II is not good;
Then why not treat your fellow-man the
same?
One fault deserves not universal blame.
joel Benton. in Lippincotts.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
HAVING DONE MISCHIEF RODE
AWAY.

The poor child's chance to look at judge,
But no trouble at all would have come of
that day.
Had she staid in the meadow raking the
hay.
The judges steps were reluctant and slow,
He may have been thinking, for aught we
know.
Beforehand, Just the decision TO make
On points the counsel would forget to take.
1t was hard to leave the hooking birds
song
For the weary drone Of lawyers tongue,
And the clover scented air of the heath
For the stuffy court-room's fevered breath.
But, judges who take the peoples pay
Shouldn't trifie judicial time away.
Drawing their bride reins under the shade
When they chance to meet barefoot maid
However. we let that pass! Do you think
Had ne found some old beggar-clad in
ner worst
Do you think the judge would have suf-
fered from thirst?
And. doubtless, Maud was fully aware
That her Trilby feet were shapely, though
bare.
And very wen' the gypsy knew
If she looked down-the judge would, too,
1t appears that he gave-.quite away from
the books
An impromptu opinion upon her good
looks.
And DEPRESSING still further. he talked of
the weat her
And irrelevant matters--for delay as
gather
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
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