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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

WHATS this l hear avout your
Wv arithmetic, PHILIP" said his ia
ther.
Phil looked ruefully at the note in
his fathers hand, knowing it to be
from his teacher.
II never could learn arithmetic" he
whimpered.
"And when do you expect to begin
70 learn it?"
II don't know, sir. 1 can learn every
thing else, and I'd like to get along
without it. 1t gets all mixed up in my
head. / can't remember where to put
my aughts. can't remember the hard
words"
"And what kind of man do you
think you'll maker" asked his father,
laughing.
'I'm going to do some kind of busi-
ness that doesn't have any arithmetic
In it,"
"Such business is rare"
eyes, sir. But I'm going to be one
of the rare Sort"
"It won't do, Phil. I'm ashamed to
see you put back again and again with
the same old story. You must do better
next year"
why, father, l was reading about
Frank Buckland the other day. He's
the man they made such fuss about
in England when he died-a fish and
bug and snake man, and all that. 1t
said that he never could get arithmetic
through his head-just az l can't-and
his friends used to have to fix up his
accounts for him."
"Just as you'd like your friends to
do for you, 1suppose. Never mind about
Mr.. Buckland, Phil. 1t would be like
sending boy into the world with only
one hand, to let you grow up without
fair knowledge of mathematics"
"But I'm sure" putt in Aunt Eleanor's
kindly voice, that a boy who has such
a taste for drawing and writing as Phil
has may be excused for little lack
in the common branches. Any boy
can learn arithmetic, you know, but I
Devr saw one of his age draw so well.
The two talents rarely go together,
so I've heard'
THAT'S 1t, Aunt Eleanor" said Phil,
eagerly. "You see, I'm going to be an
artist, and a writer, and what do they
have to do with accounts?"
That's all very well, so far as IT
goes" admitted his father; "but it does
not alter the fact that I shall expect
far better showing from you next year"
Il don't believe / can do it," replied
Phil, with doleful shake Of the head.
"It's the hardest thing I've ever tried"
eff II Is so hard, you will have
chance of learning several things at
once-patience, perseverance and arith-
metic. You'll never make man with
out all three"
s-~
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
CALF WITH TWO HEADS.
Planter Williams, of Arkansas, IL
the POssessOr of u Freak
of Nature.

A remarkable freak of nature was
brought TO Pine Bluff, Ark, the other
day by }. W. Williams. IA planter who
resides on the outskirts of that city
The freak was n portion of two
headed calf, which was found on VIII
liams' place. dead.
The heads were closely joined to-
gether, and had only one throat. al
though each had perfectly developed
mouth. Each had two eyes and one
ear. and all were fully developed
The freak OF nature Is considered
the greatest curiosity of its kind ever
seen in this sect ion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
WITH LcuE-FRoM MOTHER.

There's letter on the bottom of the pile,
It's envelope q faded, sallow brown,
1t has Travelled to the ,!ty many mile.
And the postmark names a little un-
known town.
But the hurried man Of business pushes
all the others by,
And on the scrawly characters he turns
gistening eye.
He forgets the cares of commerce and his
anxious schemes for gain,
The while he reads what mother writes
from up in Maine.
There are q,t,rks and scratchy quavers of
the pen
Where it struggled in the fingers old and
bent.
There are places that he has to read again
And ponder on to find what mother
meant.
There are letters on his table that inclose
some bouncing checks;
There are letters giving promises of profits
on his specs
But he tosses all the litter by, forgets the
golden rain,
Until he reads what mother writes from up
In Maine.
At last he finds with love-we all are WE'LL"
And softly lays the home letter down
And dashesNat his headlong task pelmeH
Once more the busy anxious man of
town.
But whenever IN his duties as the rushing
moments ny
That faded little envelope smiles up to meet
his eye,
He turns again to labor with a stronger,
truer brain,
From thinking on what mother wrote from
up in Maine.
Through all the day he dictates brisk re-
plies,
no his amanuensis at his side
Tie curt and stern demand and business
lies
-7'he doubling man cajoled. and threat
defed.
And shen at dusk when all are gone he
drops his worldly mask
And takes his pen and lovingly performs a
welcome task;
For never shall the clicking type or short
hand scrawl profane
The message to the dear old home up there
In Maine.
The penmanship is rounded scnoolboy
For mothers eyes are getting d,,l. she
wrote;
And, as he sits and writes there. all the
while
bit Of homesick feeling grips his throat
For all the city friendships here with Tom
and Dick and Jim
And all the ties of later years grow very.
very dim;
While boyhood's loves in manhood's heart
rise deep and pure and plain,
Called forth by mothers homely words
from up in Maine.
Holman II. Day. in Lewiston (Me) Jour
nal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Natural Icehouse on n Farm.

Water constantly freezes in summer
in rocky creyice on the farm of John
Dood, in Sweden Valley. Pe. Aside cf
this fact, and with the intention OF
forming a natural icehouse, the owner
tried TO have shaft sunk IN the rocks.
When the men had gone down II feet
tie atmosphere became so densely cold
that they had to cease work. Dripping
water freezes there in Il few minutes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
TrAfnlnG HlRh Sfenne

A great deal of trouble is expended
In educating the snowy, high stepping
horse. He is trained to step nigh and
act showily by being driven along
path whereon rails are set crosswise.
He steps high to avoid stumbling, and
In time always steps high.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

San Francisco girls have new fad
They think boxing makes them beauti-
ful, and all The fashionable maidens ont
there are learning how TO use "the
mitts." The Chicago Times.Herald
warns slender young men who are look
ing for life partners to keep away from
San Francisco.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Practice M.arxperfeet.

Gen. Butler will soon have so much
practice. says The Chicago Record. that
he will be nble 10 cross the TugeA
in both directions ut once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

Has the man who proposes 10 put
dining cars on the Chicago cable i,ces,
asks the Chicago Times-Herald, taken
into consideration the difficulty Of eat.
ing and hanging TO strap al the same
time?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

A French court has just declared q
man to be mad because he wrote poetry.
Possibly. suggests the Chicago Times.
Herald. the judge has himself tried to
make a living that way.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
MuufeipaI Lodging Houses.

Manchester, England, has opened
lodging houses under the control OF the
city to accommodate 360 men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
An Unusal Combination.

The greatest poet in Italy is IA,
man. The Chicago Times Herald thinks
he must have an income from some
other source.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
THE BOY WHO COULDN'T
LEARN ARITHMETIC.
by sydney Dayre.

WHATS this l hear avout your
Wv arithmetic, Phil?" said his IA
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

whats this? a funeral?" said Aunt
Maria Jane, looking in amazement from
the window. Must be funeral from
the station, but ! hadn't heard of any
body dead and being brought home.
Looks like all boys, but | suppose the
carriages are coming after"
Phil looked out. 1t was long train
of boys coming around the curve of
the pretty country road.
'Why, it's our school boys!" he ex-
claimed. II wonder what's up?"
They were fling in at the gate as he
went out, and greeted him with shouts
of merriment.
On they came. boys and boys and
boys. The front yard was full and run
ming over into the meadow, and still
they came, those behind pressing the
forward ones on too rapidly for any to
take heed of Pills amazement.
"Can it be Phil's boys?" asked Aunt
Maria Jane of her husband, as he joined
her at the window.
Perhaps so. Some mistake, maybe" 7"
"But what a mistake!"
Uncle Reuben went to the front door,
and was politely met by one OF the
older boys.
''Dr. Trueman's compliments TO Mrs.
Cherris,one and yourself, sir, and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Japan, driven from the Siberian
fishing waters, now turns to the
Pacific coast for supply of salmon.
M. Coda, of Yokohama, who repre-
sents several of the largest fish import
ers of Japan, has arrived at the Hotel
Seattle. 'F'or the past four or FIVE
years." he said in an interview, "ish
have been growing scarce in Japan.
Prior to year ago the japanese
secured their supply of salmon off
Siberia. Then the Russians passed n
law which practically expels us from
their salmon waters, and our supply
of this variety is thus cut off. We
must now look to the United States
for our supply, aud in the hope OF
buying from 800, 900 to 400, 900 salmon
lies the object OF my visit to Seattle.
The order is small as compared with
the market demands of Japan. We
need and will use, ii trade is estab-
lished, many times this number, but
at this time we are only experiment.
ing. Seattle Post-Intellig encer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
Anybody who heard Senator Allen

Anybody who heard Senator Allen
OF Nebraska, deliver his famous lf-
teen-hour speech against the bill for
the repeal Of the Sherman silver ftll
would hardly believe that anything
coud stump him. Yet there Is an ex-
perience in the senator's life which
shows that, after all. he Is like unto
other mortals. saya the Washington
Post. Il was campaigning In my
state once" said the senator, when !
had occasion to speak at a fair
grounds. The grand stand was full,
and the occasion seemed to be full OF
promise for an orator OVERCOMING as
] was with political gospel Just rs ]
had commenced a man brought out an
ostrich hitched to a sulky. I don't
know whether you ever saw the trot-
ting ostrich In the east, but out west
he was a great attraction. Well, az
soon as that bird began to run around
the track I wasn't in it. The ostrich
monopolized the attention Of every
man, woman and child. When tho
bird stopped the people listened to me,
but when he threw out his long legs
again there was roar Of laughter and
applause which drowned every word I
uttered. Finally, gave Il up. let
the trotting ostrich have everything
his own way"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
DON'T KICK.


This n an Awful Climate. But [hsrs
Are Others Much wa~
II you are not satisfied with this
snappy weather Just pocket your
clothes and 60 to some neighborins
planet You can choose from the fol-
lowing kinds of weather: You will be
scorched on Mercury by burning sun
seven times hotter than the tropics.
Won will not freeze on Neptune. with
900 times our winters cold. You Will
he shrivelsd with everlasting drought
ON the moon, and drenched. perhaps.
with storms something like our own
an Mars. You would find on Jupiter a
scorching soil and terrific storms OF
scalding rama rain perhaps OF liquid
metals instead of water. Nowhere
would you and green hills. II you
wanted holly you would have to put up
with red leaves! On Jupiter the shrink
ing that makes mountains and valleys
has hardly commenced. and you would
find vast hot level plains and scalding
lakes and seas. On Mars. II you weigh
on earth 14o pounds, you would weigh
only 10, and could skip lightly and
merrily on its surface; on Jupiter your
weight would have increased to $50
and on the sun your legs
would be crushed under your own
weight of two tons.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

From the San Francisco Argonaut:
e. A. Sothern of "Dundreary" fame
was once dining at Portsmouth at a
regimental mess. After dinner one OF
the officers asked Sothern to give them
recitation. Now Sothern would not
tolerate being treated as an entertain
er when he was by way Of being treat
ed as gentleman. He coldly declined.
They pressed him. He holly declined.
Still they would take no denial. At
last he said, In a manner which show
ed that he was nettled, but yet yield
ing, well, If you won't let me off, l
must. I'll give you the dinner scene
from David Garrick.' He did. He
had never acted it better. They were
delighted until. springing to his feet,
he made his wild tipsy exit, just as he
did on the stage, and dragged the cloth
off the table and with 1t all the regi-
ment's priced dessert china and de-
canters and glasses, etc. Thereupon
he calmly resumed hts seat. but there
after Sothern dined no more with that
regiment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
ECZEMA, ITCHING HUMoRS. PlMPLES-
CURED BY 8. 3. B.



Does your Skin Itch and Burn2 Distress
ing Eruptions on the face so you feel
ashamed to be seen In company Do scabs
and Scales form on the Skin, Hair or Scalp
Have you Eczema2 Skin Sore and Oracked2
Rash form on the Skin2 Prickling Pain In
the Skin2 Boils2 Pimples2 Bone Pains
Swollen Joints? Falling Hair? All Run
Down? Skin Pale? Old Sores2 Eating
Sores2 Ulcers2 To cure to stay cured take
one to six large bottles Of B. B. B. (Botanic
Blood Balm) which makes the blood pure
and rich. B. D. B. will cause the sores to
heal, itching of eczema to stop forever,
the skin to become clear and the breath
sweet B. B. B. is just tho remedy you have
been looking for. Thoroughly tested for SO
years. For sale by druggists at 81 per large
bottle. Complete directions with each bottle.
So sufferers may test D. B. B., trial bottle
given away. Write for It. Address, BLOOD
BALM CO., 4 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga
Describe your trouble and Free persona
medical advice eiven.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
Cleanse
Your Blood

The thing most desired of Spring
Medicine is thorough publication
of the blood. With this work OF
cleansing going on there is COM
plete renovation of every part of
your system. Not only is the cor
rupt blood made fresh, bright and
lively, but the stomach also re-
spends in better digestion, its
readiness for food at proper times
gives sharp appetite, the kidneys
and liver properly perform their
allotted functions, aud there is, in
short, new brain, nerve, mental
and digestive strength.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
run on theater enrches it but a run on
a bank is somewhat different.
CatarrI, Cannot be Cured

With local applications. Ms they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood Of
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
1t you must take internal remedies. Halt
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di
rectly on tho blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is not n quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by ono of the best physicians in
this country for years, and is q regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in cur
Ing catarrh. Sond for testimonials, free.
F; j. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price, roc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
WINTER SPORTS
In Zurich when the Lake II Frozen
Over.

Over
Zurich (Switxerland) Cor. Chicago
Record: Switzerland is usually con-
In general. Chicago residents may be
surprised to learn that their city is
colder than any city in this country.
The thermometer rarely touches zero
(Fahrenheit) here. In most winters
II does not reach that temperature at
all, and when 1t gets below that tho
oldest inhabitants" begin to tell
stories of the past. For four winters
no ice has been seen on the beautiful
Lake Zurich. The lake Is supposed to
freeze every 80 years, and then King
Carnival holds reign. Cabins are built
forming streets like the Midway Plat
sance, and restaurants, oarousels, mu-
seums and bazaars are erected upon
the slittering ice, while skating is to
DO had on smooth ice for miles. Places
OF business are closed In the afternoon
and all the city moves to the lake.
This century the lake was frozen in
1929. 1875 ard partly in 1890. Indica-
lions are that 1t may partially freeze
again thi- year. Famous winter re-
sorts in Grison. like st. NORTH. have a
long winter. There Is much snow, but
the atmosphere Is 60 dry that 1t is
customary to wear straw hats through
out the winter on sunny days. The
climate, otherwise. at the latter places
is similar t. that e. Denver. and they
are, like this city, the last hope of
many poor mortals suffering Of con-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Some curious secrets as to matri-
mony are seen in the following stats.
tics: May and November are the most
marrying months. Fewer people are
married in March than in any other
month. When bachelors marry widows
the widow is generally the older; but
when widowers marry maids the maid
is usually the younger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
Nothing
i'm the
Wide
World

mas such n record for alb
s0ilsfeiy curing female ills
ana kidney troubles as
has Lydia E. Psnkhans's
Vegetable Compound
Medicines that are ad-
verfis0d to 0ur0 every
fksang cannot DO specifics
for anyfisfng-
Lydia e. PEnkhans's
Vegetable Compound will
mot cure every klna of H.
ness that may afflfof men,
women and ckss9ssron, but
grOof Is monumental that
IL will asH does cure all
the ills peculiar to women
This Is a fact xnalxspuf-
ahlo and can be verified
by more than a million
women
If you are aEok don't ox-
pertinent, take Tire s,seasx-
cine zksaf has the roc04'd
of tire largest number of
cures.
lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c. Soc.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Doctor-"Your wife is very sick
woman, and l have my doubts as to
her recovery" Husband-"Oh, she'll
pull through all right. Her dressmak-
er sent home new gown yesterday
and she hasn't tried 1t on."-Chicago
NnwS
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

From the New York World.-Angei-
ine-Do you really think, then. that
Mr.. Softhead is interested in you!
Harbara-Yes, that is, he mentioned
fats the last time he called.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
Hoods
SarsaparilIa

Possesses the peculiar qualities
Peculiar to HseJ-which accom-
plish these good things for all
who take it. An unlimited list OF
wonderful cures proves its merit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Tho magnificent srmored trains used BY
England in her war with the Beers will trans
port her troops, protect bridges and tele-
graphic comm INDICATIONS in about the same
way that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters drives
dyspepsia from the human stomach and thcn
mounts guard that 1t does not return. The
Bitters has won in every case of indigestion,
hiliousncss, liver and kidney trouble for the
past fifty years. 1t is invaluable at all tim es.
Men delight in everything peculiar, wheth-
err an advantage or not.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

rnirty minutes is all the time required to
dye with PUTNAM FADELEss DIES. Sold by
all druggists.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reducing infama-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

II. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, are the
only successful Dropsy Specialists In tn
world: See tn ir liberal offer In advertise
ment In another column of this PAPER.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

There are not as good fish in tho sea as
some anglers claim to have caught
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

The Best Prescription for Chills
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsrELEss
CHILL TONIC. 1t is simply iron and Quinine In
a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price oOc.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Do not fail to read the advertisement OF
TEETHINA in this paper.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

1t Is very hard for wife to remember
sometimes that Adam was made first
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Vitality low, debilitated or exhausted cured by
DR.. Kline's InviEoratipg Tonic Free 81 trial bot
tie for two weeks treatment DR.. Kline, Ltd,
gu Arch Street. Philadelphia. Founded 1871.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

tender feeling for the wife of another
man isn't legal tender.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
BOYER, Trinity Springs Ind, Feb is, 1900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
m n..e69 "A The best remedy for
NH.0uEH - whooping cough. Give
the child DIR. Bulls
C0l1Of NVfll0 coughSyrup relief will
O"Sh - - come at once and the
sufferer will soon be cured. Price only az cts.

Time never hangs heavy on the hands of a
boy with his first watch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

A schoolboy's idea of a good teacher Is one
who isn't as mean as the other.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
HOME OF OEROME.

To most people Leon Gerome is bet
ter known as painter than a. a
sculptor, but Of late years he has
achieved some triumphs in marble.
His home is on the fashionable heights
Of Montmartre. Paris. Tho entrance
to the three-story edifioe is by = large
hall and staircase, on the walls OF
which are numerous pieces of sculp-
ture by Gerome himself, to say moth
ing of the bronzes and costly bric-a-
brac he has accumulated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

There is no vacation in the school Of ex-
perience.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

There is strong resemblance between the
onion and the leek.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

How Are Your Kidncyss
DR. Hobbs sparagus Pills cureal kidney ills. SAY,
ale free. Add Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or N.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Brazil has decided to burn $50, 900, 600 of 1t
new paper currency.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

A girl can't understand why all the othel
girls are not in love with her lover.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

Stop and count 900, 900 before beginning g
conversation in an opera box.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

To euro Constipation Forever
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic loc or Soc'
II G. G. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-04-13

The salon faces the landing on the
staircase. The dining room Is ar
ranged with a gallery for musicians
which gives access Is the bedrooms
on the floor above. 1t Is upholstered
in bright warm red.