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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-16

You don't have to take q day Off to
do your dyeing if you use Putnam
FAdelsss Dyes. These dyes are so
simple to use that you can do your
dyeing and have every thing cleaned
up and put away in from half to one
hour. Sold by Campbell n BurTell.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

In the Chicago high schools there are
three girls to one boy.
Birmingham, Ala, prohibited street
preaching by Mormons.
Coeducation, says the Puritan, tends
TO discourage sentiment.
There are IA Roman Catholic convent
schools in the city of Toronto.
The Advent conference at Westbrook,
Me-, decided that women may preach,
but cannot be ordained.
At the commencement of Berea col
lege, in the eastern Tennessee noun
tains, 1900 saddle horses were picketed
on the grounds.
DR.. j. G. Culbertson, a member of the
Cincinnati school board, believes the
schools should be moved into the coun-
try and the pupils supplied with car
rides and lunches by the municipality
In celebrating the fiftieth anniversary
of his professorship Prof. Virchow, of
Berlin, said he owed his scientific repu-
tation almost entirely to his American
and japanese pupils, who continued his
researches.
In Ponce there is an American free
school, partly supported by the military
government and partly by the citizens
of the city. 1t has about $50 pupils and
is doing excellent work, being a thor
oughgoing school according to Ameri-
can ideas.
Harvard may not hold the football
championship, but she has more stu
dents than any other American univer-
sity. The figures are: Harvard, $3.50;
Michigan, 3,346; Pennsylvania, 1896;
Columbia, 1888; Yale, 2,6sS; Cornell,
2,645; Wisconsin, 2,025; Chicago, 1850;
Princeton, 1874, and Johns Hopkins,
632.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
POWER OF IMAGINATION.
An Instance Which illustrates It's In
nuence Upon the Average
Person.

The influence Of imagination is
factor with which physicians have to
reckon very largely, and in the minor
ailments of life, at any rate, the most
successful practitioner is he who pos
sesses the faculty of inspiring conf
dence in himself to begin with, and
then in the treatment he advises. A re.
cent number of the Psychological Re-
view relates an interesting experiment
made by Mr.. Slosson with the view of
demonstrating how easily this faculty
can be called into play. In the course
of popular lecture he presented to his
audience bottle containing distilled
water which he upcorked with elabor-
ate precautions, and then, watch IT.
hand, he asked those present to indi-
cate the exact moment at which the Pc
culiar odor was perceived by them.
Within Is seconds those Immediately
in front Of him held up their hands,
and within 40 seconds those at the other
end of the room declared that they dis
tinct!y perceived the odor. There was
an obstinate minority, largely com.
posed of men, who stoutly declared
their inability to detect any odor, but
Mr.. Slosson believes that many more
would have give n in had he not been
compelled to bring the experiment TO
close within a minute Of opening the
bottle, several persons in the front rank
finding the odor so powerful that they
hastily quilted the lecture room. 1t
would have been interesting to know
the attitude of the audience on learning
the liberty that had been taken with
their imaginations, but on this point,
unfortunately, the report is silent
Medical Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

As rule human beings are the only
animals that require the assistance OF
mechanical appliances to improve their
sight, but there have been few cases
in our country of horses having been
provided with spectacles to assist their
failing vision. In Russia, however, it
is customary to put spectacles on the
cows that roam the great steppes, where
the snow lies white for six months at
time The cattle feed upon the grass
that pokes through or lies under the
light snow, and they have to be sup
piled with smoked glasses TO keep from
becoming blinded by the dazzling
whiteness of the plains. Ii is said that
10000 old grandmother cows wear spec
tacles half of the year in Russia.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

hot air as it rises can get purchase
on the blades.
When you have gone that far make
the hub and other parts of the little
machine. The hub should be a round
piece Of wood an inch in diameter and
half an inch high Mount it on piece
of wire, as shown in Fig. 2. Next cut
the cardboard disc, inside the one-inch
circle, along the solid lines marked ID,
in Fig. 1, so as to make an opening for
the hub. You will then have eight lit
tie flaps. Bend them back, so as to
make an aperture for the hub. Fit the
cardboard wheel on to the hub and
glue the flaps firmly to the sides there
of. Next mount a spool, in which you
have cut deep groove to make it serve
rs band wheel on the wire shaft, and
the motor proper is complete. The
style Of stand or mount to be made will
vary according to circumstances. If
you purpose operating a motor with
hot air from n lamp, the form shown
in Fig. 3 will be satisfactory. 1t con-
sists of crosspece supported by four
legs, the whole being made like saw
horse. The wire shaft passes through
the crosspiece, the spool band
wheel or driving pulley on the shaft
is above the crosspece and the motor
wheel is suspended below. The length
of the legs will depend, of course, on
the height of the lamp. They should
be long enough to lift the motor wheel
sufficiently to prevent its charring and
taking fire from the heat. The stand
shown in the drawing is Of wire and the
lower end of the shaft is supported by
triangular piece of tin held up by
three short pieces of wire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Making Him Whole.

st takes the glorious old west to do
business" said the man with the alli-
gator grip, as he boarded the train at
st. Paul. 1--WE of the east are not in it
little Bit"
Anything to relate?" queried one Of
the passengers, as he woke up
"Just few words. l travelled from
New York to Chicago with a staving-
looking girl. At Buffalo was gone on
her. At Detroit we were engaged. AS
we reached Chicago she had set the
date. / returned home, wrote her 800
love letters and came out here to get
married.
''She decided that she would marry
another She estimated the value of
my time at $500, the worth Of my let
tiers at $500 and my broken heart a $780,
and drew me check for 81 900, and here
1t is. Gave her a receipt in full to date,
kissed her good-by, and there you are
and here | am. There's but one way to
do business, and the west knows all
about it. Yes, check for a thousand,
and how many of you gentlemen will
smoke a good cigar at my expense?"-
Chicago Evening News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
STARS AS TIMEKEEPERS.
According to This Authority They Are
Much More Reliable Than
the SUM-

Probably the majority of people sup
pose that the observatories obtain the
correct time from the sun. When the
average man wishes to give his watch
the highest praise he says: 1T regu-
lates the sum-" not being aware that
watch which would keep with the sun
around the year would have to be near
IL as bad as Cap'n Cuttle's. The farm
er may safely decide when to go in to
dinner by the sun, but if the mariner
was as confident that the sun marked
always the correct time as the farmer
is he would be sure to be at times 200 or
300 miles from where he thought he
was. In other words, the sun-that is,
sundial-is only correct on few days
in each year, and during the intervening
times gets as far as a whole quarter
hour fast or slow.
These variations of the sun from uni
form time caused no end of trouble be-
tween the astronomers and the fine
elockmakers before it was discovered
that sun time is subject to such irreg-
ularities. The better the clock the
worse it often seemed to GO.
But as the variations in sun time are
now accurately known, correct time
might be obtained from thes by maxi
ing proper allowance, were it not for the
difficulty of observing its position with
sufficient exactness. The large disc Of
the sun cannot be located so perfectly
as can the single point which star
makes. For this reason astronomers
depend almost wholly upon the stars
for obtaining accurate time. 1t is the
method of doing this which we propose
to describe.
There are several hundred stars whose
positions have been established with
the greatest accuracy by the most care
full observations at a number of the
principal observatories of the world.
If a stars exact position is known, it
can readily be calculated when it will
pass the meridian of any given place
that is, the instant it will cross north
and south line through the place. The
data regarding these stars are all pub
lished in the nautical almanacs, which
are got out by several different observa-
tories for the use of navigators and all
others who have uses for them. These
stars are known as o'clock stars. Pop
ular Science Mon thly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

arrived, took on passengers and
freight, and was off again in a few
hours.
The merchant was sadly disap-
pointed, and the monkey would surely
have had its ears cuffed, if no more
when startling news arrived. Within
six hours after the steamer had put
10 sea she struck a rock and went
down with all hands. Not one sin
gle person out of the hundred or more
on board were saved. Had the mer-
chant taken passage on her he would
have been lost with the rest. 1t did
not take him long to figure out that
the monkey had saved his life and
fortune by eating that telegram up,
and instead of being punished Jocko
was forgiven and made hero. They
even had his pictures in the papers,
and when finally taken to Batavia
crowds called TO see him, and he was
hailed as the telegraph monkey"
He went to Germany with his master,
and / am sorry TO say that the
change Of climate brought about his
death within u year.-Chicago Inter
Ocean,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
JOCKO WAS FORGIVEN.
How n Monkeys Playfulness Saved
His Masters Life and Made
Him Great Hero.

A German merchant, who had long
done business in the island of Java,
at length made up his mind to wind
up his business affairs and return to
his old home in Hamburg 1t took
him a whole year to get ready, but
the time finally came when he was
free. He intended to go home by a
certain steamer and to take with him
large amount of money and to ship
quantity of valuable goods.
The merchant telegraphed to Ba-
tavia to find just what day the steam
er would arrive at his port, and his
telegram WAS replied to, but when
it was delivered at his Office he was
out, and it was laid on his desk. He
had for years owned n pet monkey,
and though the animal had never de-
stroyed paper before on this occa
sion he actually ate the telegram up.
He was chained up and promised a
whipping, and the merchant sent off
another telegram. A storm had
broken the wires, however, and it did
not get through for day or two.
1t was then too late. The steamer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
A HAPPY PHILOSOPHER,

{ like the weather rainy an like the
weather dry,
like the world an like the plan the Ruler
runs 1t by!
There's mebby droughty seasons In some
fair and farmin' spot
While streak of too wet weather blightS
another, like as not.
But do so love earth's roses that the little
thorHs don't hurt,
An life to me is somethin more than
drudgery an dirt;
God tuned my taste TO sweetness, so l shun
the bitter lees
An find so much of honey I'm a-robbin' of
the bees.
I've found that cornfields stunted till they
wouldn't pay to shock
Will yield in huskin' seasons lots O. nub-
bins for the stock,
An the shirveled wheat that rusted, one o.
Natures weather tricks.
Will do a sight toward feedin' all the hum
cry hens and chicks.
So what's the use O. whinin' IL the run O.
things don't suit,
You get to smell the blossoms though some
insect takes the fruit
reckon kfe's so happy l can wander where
An find SO much of honey I'm a-robbin of
the bees
A happy life's dependent not on gumption
or on grit
But jes' the plain philosophy of make the
best of it!
OF course I amt denyin Sorrows stalkin'
through the land,
But her sister, Joy, is with her, an a-hold-
in of her hand
so write me down as happy, in the summer,
spring or fall,
An even storms o. winter doesn't fee the
blossoms ali,
SO jes' keep on a-huntn' in the fragrance
or the freeze,
An find so much of honey I'm a-robbin of
the bees.
Roy Farrell Greene in Youths Compan-
ion,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Natural Hot water Clock.

One OF the most curious clocks in the
world, says the Boston Traveller, is that
which Amos Lane, of Amidee, New, con-
structed some time ago. The machin-
cry, which is nothing but face, hands
and lever, is connected with a geyser,
which shoots out an immense column of
hot water every 3S seconds. This spout
ing never varies to the tenth of Sec
ond, Every time the water spouts up
1t strikes the lever and moves the hands
forward 3s seconds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
A LITTLE GENTLEMAN.

She stood at the crowded crossing,
A woman crippled and old,
Whose thin and faded garments
A pitiful story told.
On her arm basket of apples
That no one cared to buy.
II must sell em or go hungry
She thought, with a weary sigh.
MAYBE If I'd cross over
I'd have better luck" she said:
But the crowded street before her
Filled her with thought of dread.
'Tain't safe for poor old cripple"
She said, with another sigh,
but I've got to take my apples
Where somebody wants to buy"
She passed by the curbstone, fearing
To trust herself in the tide
Of life that was coming and going.
"Deary me, 1t seems so wide,
An so many horses an wagons,
I know I'd get scart!'' she said,
can if l got hurt"-with a shiver-
I'D a good deal better be dead"
"See that apple woman, Tommy:
She's afraid TO cross the street"
Cried boy who was going schoolward
To a friend he CHANGED to meet
Shell get scared and drop her basket,
And there'll be no end Of fun.
AluiIy ny, hurry up, Ola woman,
Grab your applicant and rum
"Hush," said the other, sternly,
And went to the woman's side.
'If you want to cross, I'll help you,
If you'll trust me for guide.
Let me carry your basket for YOU
Don't fear, but keep close to me,
And you'll soon be over safely"
He told her cheerily.
With some one to guide her footsteps,
The crossing was quickly made.
Il knew / could trust YOU" she told him
so didn't get afraid.
God bless you for your kindness
To a poor old thing like me.
If l knew your mother. I'd tell her
How proud she ought to be-
/ fancy that this lads mother
Must know of his kindly deeds,
And is glad that the boy she loves so
Takes thought of others needs
Such boys are the ones to truss in
For the men that must be had,
For the father of the true man
Is the true and manly lad.
-Eben L. Rexford, in Golden Days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

a regimental pigeon post hereafter
will form part of the regular equipment
of every Russian field force when
modified. During the last Russian
army maneuvers experiments 0ith the
birds were conducted on an extensive
scale, and their utility was demon
strated. In no case did the birds fail
to arrive with their message sooner
than a mounted messenger would have
done.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
PRACTICAL HEAT MOTOR.
When Set Over n Lamp 1t VIII De-
veIop Enough Power to Drive
Toy Machinery.

Here are instructions for making the
simplest form of heat motor that can
be devised. Set over lamp, or stove,
or furnace register, so as to get the
benefit of d strong upward current of
rising hot air, it will develop power
enough to run toy machinery, says the
New York Press. You might make a
motor of this sort that would run
small electric generator, but it would
have to be larger and stronger than the
one here shown. Stiff cardboard, wire
heavy enough not to bend too easily,
a spool, glue and some pieces of wood
are needed.
On the cardboard, with pair of com
passes, lay out four circles, seven
inches, s6% inches, 1R inches, and an
inch in diameter, making the centers
of ali the circles the same and inclosing
the circles. Cut the cardboard along
the outer circle, so that you will have
a disc seven inches in diameter. Lay
it off into eight equal parts, marked A,
in Fig. /, by drawing four lines across
the disc so that they will bisect one
another at equal angles in the center.
Next, with a sharp knife, cut through
the cardboard on the six inch and "
inch circles, as indicated by solid lines
in Fig. /. Also cut between the circles
on the solid division lines marked c.
You will then have made the blades
of the motor. Bend the blades along
the dotted lines marked b, or at an
angle of about As degrees from the re-
mainder of the cardboard, so that the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

DR.. j. b. Hubbell, representative of
the Red Cross society in Havana, has
found that former agent of the So
ciety, who had refused to give up GER
tain Red Cross stores, has been using
them to fatten his pigs with. The fat
tening food consisted of French peas
and dried apples and apricots.-Al-
bany Argus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

Minister-Good evening, Willie; is
your papa at home?
Willie (aged seven, to his father in the
lfbrary)-Say, paw, did you see him
first?
Mirister-Why do you ask your IA
tier such a strange question, my boy d?
Willie-Well, you see, paw and Mr..
Bilkins are plnyin' poker this evenin'
and heerd paw say he bet you wudn' I
see him If be saw you first.-ohio State
Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04

South America was discovered by the
Portuguese, who were searching for an
ocean road to India. Bartholomew
Dias was the commander of the two lit
tie ships that formed the expedition, in
1856. Eleven years later De CANA took
another Portuguese feet south. He
discovered Natal on Christmas day, and
thus named it in consequence.-N. Y.
Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
A Royal Snap shooter.

One of the amusements of the German
empress is to follow the emperor in his
hunting trips with camera and take
photographs of the game he kills. She
not only touches the button" but
does the rest" at home with her own
hands.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
for the Kipderrertep

After all the learned editors and COL
lege professors have debated over the
time whenthe nineteenth century ends.
1t will be safe, says the Chicago News,
to refer the entire matter to the kim
dergarten class.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
A Commercial People.

The Belgians are an eminently COM
mercial people. In Antwerp ten trav-
cling commercial scholarships Of three
years duration, with an annual income
OF $1,000, are given TO students who
most deserve such opportunities.-N. Y,
World.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
Not AIIlfernfIye.

Flooding Willie-I wonder wot's dc
matter. Sunpin seems ter be wrong
wild rs.
Weary Pete-Dat fool printers got
our names mixed.--N. Y. journal.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-05-31

How HE WAS CURED.-0ld DIR.
Rush, Of Philadelphia, used to re-
late a singular case Of monomania
in q patient in the Philadelphia
hospital. He took it into bis head
that he was a painter, and resolutely
refused for q long time, though
possessing fine organs Of speech, TO
utter o word. The doctor one day
entered his apartment, and found
him sketching on slip of paper a
really beautiful rose, for he had by
long practice scquired much skill
in the art pictorial, and was very
proud of the accomplishment.
One day a thought struck DR..
Rush that he would surprise him
into voice by dispraising his labors,
and he resolved to try.
"You are painting q very hand
some cabbage there, my friend, "
he observed to the maniac.
cabbage good gracious, old
gentlemen does that look like q
cabbage? Why, sir, you are q fooll
That's rose. and it is q good one,
too."
Itwas not long before the patient
was well. His train Of silent
thought was broken, and he return.
ed home.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-05-31

We have determined By . series
OF experiments and observations
that the lice are actually roasted to
death, when they are knocked OF
IN the hot sun ia the middle Of the
day, where the temperature OF the
atmosphere ranges from 90 to og
degrees, or more.
We should be verY glad to have
any persons IN this State Who have
lad experience with this pest give
us report Of their obsefvations as
soon - possible. We ars very alaa
70 report u tbis sime. that tl,s
Chisholm-Scott Company Of Balti-
more have now practically demon
strated the feasibility OF the air ex-
haust or sucker for the distraction
Of these insects over large areas es-
pecially in pea fields where they are
planted in drills and not in .rows.
This same apparatus IL snccessfnl
will also be available for the de-
struction Of this insect in clover
fields. We are following mp pre-
liminary examinations in connection
With this Company and will report
at the earliest possible moment the
outcome Of results.
We do not have much confidence
in the system Of spraying at this
time for the destruction Of this in
sect either upon peas or clover.
The tobacco caustic potash whale
oil soap. together with kerosene.
has been given a thorough and
practical test over large areas, but
We cannot say that it has any es-
pecial advantage except as last re-
sort, when the vines are literally
covered with the insects and in that
event will destroy large quantity
where it reaches them.
On the whole We feel confident
that the brush cultivator and roast
ing method, can be used with the
best possible advantage to meet the
prevailing conditions at this time.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-05-31

ASNow STORM IN JULy.-Near
the city Of N. in Connecticut, there
lived and preached old Psrson B.,
who was excitable and near-sighted.
One day he had been in the city
With his horse, and among his pur-
chases was q barrel of -four, the head
Of which was partially out.
On the way home, the old man
was overtaken and passed by fact
young man driving fast horse and
putting on much airs. Now, the
parsons horse was usually quiet,
steady-going animal enough, bat
he couldn' I stand that sort Of thing,
30 he started after him on the fast
order, in good earnest.
The jolting Of the wagon at
length Jared the head completely
of the barrel, and the strong wind
that was blowing directly after the
parson, blew the -four all over him
and the horse. At last the fast
young man was left, and the village
reached but the speed Of his horse
was not checked.
In driving down street TO reach
his home, he came in contact with
one Of his deacons who was natur-
ally surprised to see his minister
driving at such psce, and signalled
him to stop.
"Why, Parson B." said he, "you
seem greatly excited"
Excited I" yelled the old man.
"excited ] who wouldn't be excited
at snow storm in July? Get up
Dexter"
Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-05-31

When q man comes home and
tries to bolt the door with o sweet
potato, pokes the FIRE with the spout
Of coffee pot, attempts to wind
up the clock with bis bootjsck, tries
to cut kindling for his mornings
fire with an ivory paper knife, takes
Q cold boiled potato in his hand to
light him to bed, and prefers to
sleep in his boots and hat, you may
reasonably infer that he has been
making the acquaintance Of some
very friendly people.