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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
CHRYSANTHEMUMS TOO GAY.
Pr0fuse Display of Big Red Flowers
at n Funeral Shocks
whole Town.

Chrysanthemums will no longer be
used as mourning flower al funerals
to be held at Mankato, Mimi, an
nounces a traveller from that commun-
ity. 1t appears that popular young
society man of that town recently died.
lie was a member of many social or
ganizations. Each strove with the
other in indicating at the ceremonies
of his burial how much his loss was felt.
The time of the year was the football
season, also the period when the chrys-
anthemum defies all laws of color and
| haunts its wanton shades in public
view. The Isis society, to which this
| young man belonged, in an unhappy
moment determined to attend the flu
neral ornamented with chrysanthe-
NUNS. The deceased had always ad-
mired the flower and it would be a strk-
| ing tribute to his extinct preferences.
An order was sent to a florist in ST.
Paul to forward by first express 60 pure
white chrysanthemums to the Isis
members. =.
The morning the funeral was to take
place they had not arrived, but there
was n train due from ST. Paul 90 min
utes before the services would com
mence. One of the Isis members vol
| unteered to meet that train. get the
flowers, hurry with them to the church
door and distribute them as the society
! marched in. This was agreed to and
/ the me mbers marched to the sacred
editice. The flowers arrived, were
taken to the church door and there un-
covered. The Isis was just coming in
and quick action was needed. The or
gan was playing "Nearer, My God, to
Thee" when the society marched up
the center aisle, each decorated with
tiaring red chrysanthemum. The for
ist, not having white, had forwarded
red with apologies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
LONDON BRIDGES.
An Estate which Wns Created seven
Centuries Ago Main
tains Them.

The history of the Bridge House es-
tates dates back to the twelfth century.
As is pointed out by Mr.. j. Il. Tut, NJ.
Inst, G. f., in his work descriptive of
the Tower bridge, contributions to-
ward the cost of the London bridge
were made about the year l17G by the
king and by generous citizens, and for
its maintenance lands were be-
queathed, certain monks being charged
with the services in the chapel erected
over the tenth pier. and the revenues
applied to keeping the bridge in repair.
"The money thus collected formed the
nucleus Of n fund that exists at the
present day. The lands with which the
bridge was endowed have become of
greatly increased value, and are now
known as the Bridge House estates"
To use the exact words employed in
some of the old city documents the
Bridge House estates consist of proper
ties granted "by kings Of England and
charitable and well disposed persons
for the maintenance and support of
London bridge" and some of the grants
and conveyances held by the corpora
ton. which for hundreds Of years have
administered the estates in trust, are
dated as far back as 1889 and 1888. So
successful have these lands been devel-
oped that in modem times they have
enabled the corporation to purchase
Southwark bridge after spending a
large sum in freeing it from the toll ex-
acted by the private company by which
il was constructed, to erect Blackfriars
bridge, and, finally, to build the Tower
this has been accomplished without
cost TO the ratepaye london Tele-
graph
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
WRONG SIDE OF THE COW.
An Artistic B1emish That Was over
looked by Many In a De-
trOit Painting.

ut has always seemed 10 me" says Il
writer in the Detroit Free Press, that
the pictorial artist should pay just a
little TO truth and nature. Now
there is a picture in a certain Detroit
art store before which for some time
past little crowd has fingered to ad-
mire. The subjecr matter is excellent.
There is a barnyard. with the usual ac-
compartment of hens and ducks. A
dog sits on the step of the corncrib,
and in the immediate foreground
stands pretty speckled bossy.
"A pictorial dairy maid Is milking
bossy. She is a charming creature. the
dairy maid. Her hands are not big and
coarse; her knuckles are not swollen,
and her fingers do not resemble dill
pickles. She Is just a daisy dairy maid
but, saints alive! she's on the wrong
side Of the COW.
"Nonchalantly she sits on the left OF
the animal and milks, milks, plilks
She looks, the while around the land.
scape and smiles al the hens. Now, II
the truth be known, that dairy maid
wouldn't be on the left side of that
meek-looking bossy longer than two
minutes. Her head would be kicked
off"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
BON APARTIST NOBILITY.
How n Number of Them Have Suc-
ceedcd in Gliding Their
CorOncts,

The Bonapartist nobility have a tai
ent for gliding their coronets through
marriage, says London Truth A Ney
in 1890 secured the heiress of Laftte,
the banker. His nephew married the
adopted daughter of Nine. Heine. Due
de Rivoli married the latter when she
was Dowager Duchesse d'ElcLingen.
He and she are now prince and priHcess
Of Essling. Most of the Murats have
married great heiresses. Prince de
Wagram is husband of a Frankfort
Rothschild. Fouche, Due d'Otrante, is
settled in Sweden, and has had matri-
monial fortune there. Due de Tarentc
has just married the widow of NJ.
Camescasse, who was an eminent bar
rister, prefect of police. deputy and one
of the most amiable Frenchmen ever
knew. The new Duchesse de Tarente
is boss of the General Company of
Omnibuses and has fortune from other
sources. She has two daughters nearly
grown up who attended the wedding.
They give promise Of beauty. The we'd
ding took place at Douai Marshal
Macdonald, first Due de Tarente. was
not Scotch by birth. but the grandson
Of Scotchman who was driven by the
defeat of the second pretender to take
"efuCe in France. He settled at Aux
ere. The marshal was not Bonapariisl
n feeling. But he was so cold-shoul-
Tered by restored royalty as 10 be glad
Of its Disappearance In 1890.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
THE HINDU'S RELIGION.
1t Seems TO FIJI All His Requirements n is
and Is Indeed a Part of
Himself.

Why, the Hindu asks himself, should
he accept this western religion? He
has one of his own, ancient, potent, elias
tic; ii embodies his instructive genius,
suits his special needs, is older than the
Christian, rests on thought he has
elaborated, and many western men
have learned to admire, says the Con-
temporary Review. To surrender his
religion would be to make a sonplete
surrender of himself, his past, his sep
arate mind and being. and TO become
a mere echo of the civilization he de-
spises.
The Hindu reaction is thus a very
real force, moved by reasons we
cannot but respect. Patriotism
lives behind and within it; in
it the orient stands up against the
occident, defies it, challenges its right
to come east and impose itself on
what is older, more congenial to the
oriental nature and too deeply rooted
to be plucked up by alien hands. And
so we need not be surprised to find
the refcrmer succeeded by the reac-
ticnary, though behind the veil of his
reaction the spirit that would reform
still lives.
For the Hinduism he defends is not
the Hinduism of the multitude, the
religion of the street and the temple
of Kali Chat and the Durga puia, of
the sacred river or caste; it is an ideal
lied system, eclectic. clothed in gar
ments which are heirlooms from the
past, but quckened by spirit which
belongs to the present. Not all il
ends in Hinduism is Indian. but some
Of it is very occidental indeed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
PAS CALENDAR.

1t came by post-addressed to Pa
A gorgeous work OF art.
Where painters brush and poets pen
Contributed part.
I'm all the stores" wrote Arabelle,
mo finer could be found;
'And now, dear Pa, you need not have
Old almanacs around
And Pa just held 1t gingerly
And gazed with timid awe,
Then placed it in the envelope
And tucked it in a drawer;
But when the rest had gone to bed,
He stole out by himself
And took the musty almanacS
From off the kitchen shelf.
They covered all the stretch of years.
Back to Loves sweet springtide,
When to his humble home he brought
An angel to preside.
And each one chronicled date
Which Time had not effaced;
A register of joy and pain
Upon the margin traced.
The births, the marriages, the deaths,
They followed, one by one
Dear little lives whose light went out
Ere they had scarce begun.
And on the last-ail grief seemed Small
This greater grief beside
Oh, saddest, loneliest day Of all,
The day that Mother died!
They found him in the morning there,
Beside the chimney-place.
Still holding fast the almanac,
A smile upon his face.
He had no need TO measure time
In that Century far away,
Where day is as thousand years.
A thousand years a day.
Anna B. Patten in Minneapolis House
keeper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
MINIMUM OF SLEEP.
University Students Experimenting
to Find Out the Least Amount
Necessary.

very strange experiment is being
students in Madison, Wis, to lengthen
working hours. Upon the theory that
sleep is, to large extent, matter
of habit and can be lessened by prop
er care of thc system, the members
are trying tt reduce sleeping hours
tc q min,nu,n consistent with con-
tinued health.
The organization. says the Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune, is not in the
nature of secret society, but it has
been working quietly in order to get
the best representatives among the
students from the various courses of
college work The experiment was at
first begun in the Iowa university. and
while it does not appear to take on
the character of an intercollegiate or
ganization, the Wisconsin members
have organized along the lines of the
Iowa university club. The theory
upon which the members are working
is TO get such control over the body
as to keep part of the system at rest
while the other part works; in other
words, avoiding unnecessary waste of
vital energies. Thomas A. Edison the
great inventor, is the eXpositor of this
theory.
The method, as given out, is to less
en- the sleeping hours gradually and
so accustom the system to it by de-
prccS The extreme LIMIT fiyes rest
at not more than four hours night,
thus lergthening the working day
some three or four hours.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

Our Dumb Animals gives touching
story of the wonderful heroism OF a
dog last winter in the icy waters Of
Alaska. Two men and the dog start
ed out from camp to find trail lead
ing away from the terrible Valdes gla-
cicr. For days they wandered in the
snow till their provisions were we'll
nigh exhausted and the men could go
no further Then one of them wrote
message on a scrap of paper. tied ii
20 the dogs neck. and told him to go
hack TO camp. The dog disappeared
in the snow and storm. Two days and
nights passed: when. just as they
were giving up in despair. "out from
The binding snow bounded the faith
ful dog. and close behind him came
ready hands to minister TO their
wants"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
WHERE ICE WAS SCARCE.
Amusing Experience of a Prima
Donna In "a 0ne-Horse South-
ern Hotel.

Miss Dorothy Morton, prima donna,
tells of an amusing experience which
befell her several years ago when she
was playing zone night stands
through the south. 1t was in small
town of Virginia, noted, even in that
state, for its wretched hotels. Return
ing to the hotel after the nights per-
formance Miss Morton desired some ice
water. and after repeated calls an old
darky struggled upstairs to take her
order. The darky went as he came,
and it seemed to Miss Morton that he
never would come back.
Another call was made. Up he came
again, saying: "Yas, missus, I'll bring
it directly" Directly might have
meant tomorrow or the next day as far
as the waiter was concerned, for he
didn't come back until summoned. His
answer was always the same. Finally
Miss Morton became thoroughly
aroused, and asked him il there wasn't
some way that the order could be com
piled with.
The old darky moved over to her wi h
an air of secrecy, and in the greatest
confidence said: you see, missus,
we've run out of ice tonight on account
of you theatrical people. Der's only
one piece left, and de man in de next
room has that. Jest as soon as he goes
to sleep III get his piece for you"
Whereupon the thirsty opera star col
lapsed and said she'd have her water
Wi hput frappa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

81 want some more chicken" said
Bobbie at the dinner table. ~ think
you have had as much as is good for
you, dear" said Bobbie's mother. II
want more said Bobbie. "You can't
have more now; but here is wish
bone that you and mamma can pull
That will be fun. You pull one side,
and I'll pull the other, and whoever
gets the longer end will have their
wish come true. Why, Bobbie, you've
got it! What was your wish?" 81
wished for some more chicken" said
Bobbie, promptly, He got it this time.
london Answers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
what Was killing Him.

Beggar--"Will you please give me
siS-pence, sir? I'm on my way home
TO die" Gentleman (handing him the
money)--"l don't mind giving you six
pence for so worthy n purpose as that,
but your breath smells horribly of
whisky" III know 1t does. sir; whis-
kv's what's killing me."--Londou Top-
i"nl Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
Her Winning ways.

Detroit woman after 33 years Of
married life has gone for her husband
with an AK and a revolver. Girls should
take a lesson from this, says the New
York Press: II they went for husband
with an enthusiasm like this they would
probably get one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
Doycott vs.. Roxcoff.

English business men in Paris are he
ing boycotted because OF England's
talk Of boycotiing the exposition.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06
AMERICAN LIBRARY OF MANILA.
One to He Founded in Honor ana
for Benefit of American Military.

In November 1890. a number of the rep
resentative people of California formed an
association for the establishment or a IL
brary in Manila, Philippine Islands, to be
called The American Library Mrs {.
r. Greenleaf, then about to sail for Ma
nia was appointed the director of this
library. After her arrival in Manila sew
eral Informal meetings were held of all
interested in this proposed institution. and
in due time the following officers were
elected
Mrs. C. r. Greenleaf, director; Mrs. E.
II. Llscum, first vice director; Mrs. j. IL.
Page, second vice director; Mrs f. X.
Day, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Eg-
bert, associate corresponding secretary;
DIR. T.. w. Pinkham, recording secretary;
the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation, treasurer. and Mrs. Egbert
widow of Col EgberD, librarian.
The founders contemplated library es-
tablished upon the broadcast lines and OPP
Grated by such methods as shall be con-
sistent with its paramount American pur-
pose. While primarily in honor and for
the benefit of men connected with the
American military and naval forces In
these islands, its doors will be flung not
less widely open TO all citizens and So
journers In this city who cheerfully con-
form to its rational regulations. The CO.
operation of the best business and pro-
fessional men of Manila and other cities
of the Philippines is not only admissible.
but highly desirable, and Is accordingly
solicited. The organizing patrons will
gladly accept proffers of assistance or sup
port from the civil public. and men of rec
ognized commercial or professional stand
ing will be chosen among the directors
and trustees.
1t is further proposed that no church or
denomination shall ever secure control of
this library, dictate its policy or prescribe
its literature. Thought gathered from
every domain of research and experience
viii find here medium of expression.
Questions Of morals and expediency shall
be referable to its board of directors. and
politics shall not enter into its manage
ment.
Societies and newspapers are invited TO
open popular subscriptions to this fund.
Address American Library of Manila. p.
!. Checks and drafts may be sent to
Honskong and Shanghai Banking Corpora
ton, treasurer.
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Lzlll.I]|77I1a3

kingdoms" is understood to be laid partly
in the Black Country, England, and part
~ in London, and the contrasts of types
are said to be most wildly expressed.
No American resident in Paris is better
or more widely known that Miss kathar-
inc DeForest, who has long been corre-
spondent there, chiefly of Harper's Ba-
Ear. Miss DeForest recently made visit
to the United States. and while here she
consented to write the results of long
study of the French capital--the people,
the city and its institutions. There are
more facts, more good stories, more an
ecdotes about famous people and historic
cal places, and a clearer insight into
French life in this book" said we'll
informed man who has read the advance
sheets. that has ever before been packed
within the same compass" The volume
will be profusely illustrated with new pic
lures. The contents of Paris as 1t Is
are divided into three great sections. The
Life, the People," THE Rulers of Paris"
and 1.-THE Art Life and Its Institutions"
The book will appear forthwith from the
press of Doubleday. Page a. Co.
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A. all drurgis g. $50. q vial Guide TO Health
and medical adv -. Tree l5na Arch st. Ph.ia
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Suggested
Drummond's

Suggested by reading Drummond' =
Ascent OF Man,
When the first man and woman had left
the sccluslon of the Garden. crossed the
river of Possibility. and stood upon the
shore of Time. ready for their onward
Journey towards Posterlty, the Angel of
Opportunity appeared to them and said.
Man, make prayer to Nature and
Life. Petition wisely. for whatsoever you
ask shall be the heritage of your sex for
ever
And the man thought and thought. then.
looking up at the glowing sun, exclaimed;
80 Nature. do not thrust your greatest
throes upon me. nor persist In making
me rs member pain"
The Angel said 10 the woman, Pray
thou also with wisdom.
AS the woman bent low her head she
softly said 90 Nature. do not allow me
to grow ealloas nor empty. Hold me close
TO the joys. so few. the sorrows so many,
that ] may gain strength from each"
Again the Angel babe the man pray,
and once more he stood and looked to-
wards the glowing sun. saying; 20 Life,
give me joy and pleasure. Do not unload
upon roe the sorrows of others. do not
open my eyes 10 pangs cannot Rssusge.
Give me sweets and the power to cast
aside regret
Sister" said the Angel. pray"
The woman bent stlli lower and in a
softer voice uttered her petition; 20 Life,
do not take away from me the memory OF
sorruv the shcil holding the kernel OF
foy. do not allow me TO become blind to
the debt I owe others, Make me tender:
give mo n woman's portion. pain-ihat I
MAY attain my fun stature.
And that the Angels promise might be
redeemed. from tina hour there was i'm
planted in man the overmestering love OF
pleasure. and engrafted In the heart OF
woman the undying instincts OF mother
hood.--Ge0rge Denton Garfield in the
Apiu New Lippincott.
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BECKY do you forgive me, Ameliasr

gins. We find the hero and heroine. mar
ried artists, dwelling happily in st. John
Wood. There. doubtless, they would have
continued to dwell in peace and indus
try. If II had not occurred to the man
TO Invent shell which may be exploded
by winding up a spring any desired mum
Der OF seconds after It has been fired
The invention brings him money and the
desire 10 spend 1t in social display for the
iaudable purpose OF making his wife hap
Pier. As his wife happens to prefer q
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NOTES AND NEWS.

President Kruger of the Transvaal, is
the subject of highly picturesque char
acter study in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for May, entitled "Oom PAU;
Living Legend" The sketch includes
prepossessing account of "Auntie Kruger.
the presidents wife, and is illustrated with
some unique portraits. Ethel West also
gives some racy extracts From the Diary
of Tant' Annette, of Hoogte Kloof, Trans
wall"
The initial number of a new religious
periodical, The Pacific Catholic, an illus
trated monthly home magazine, published
in Seattle, has just made its appearance.
1t is very attractively gotten up and con-
tains, among other interesting matter. an
article by Seumas McManus entitled with
My Kin in America"
Hermann. the famous s,eight-of-hand
performer, was assisted in all his perform
ances by his wife. Madame Hermann, also
an adept in magic, who in the June Wo-
mans Home Companion is to explain a
number of interesting tricks which can
easily be used in parlor entertainments.
= =
oHe way 10 see tue EApOSillpff.
says Mrs. Pennel in the May New Lip
pincott, is on a bicycle" She includes
the lovely suburbs of Paris, and gives an
itinerary OF many famous cha,eaux and
artists retreats. The paper gives useful -
rections for entering France with a wheel.
Little Brown & Co. published, April o.
Empress Octavia.' a romance of the
rei.:n of Nero, by Wilhelm Walloth. au-
thor of 1.-The Kings Treasure House"
etc. The work is translated from the
German by Mary j. Stafford. Nero and
the various members of his court-Petro-
MUS. Seneca, Tigellinus. Poppaea Sabina,
and others-are introduced. and also the
Empress Octavia, whose love for a young
Greek sculptor forms the theme of the
story.
Ernest Seton-T Thompson, popularity
known as wolf" Thompson. the
friend of wild animals and author of
THE Biography of Grizzly, has be-
come a popular lecturer. Mr.. Thomp-
son says that his leaving Mani
toba for New York was due to
an order for over a thousand drawings of
birds and animals. to illustrate the Cen
fury dictionary. on finishing this task,
ten years ago, he went Immediately to
Paris, where his first lecture--a sleeping
wolf--was given n conspicuous place ION
the line at the Salon The writing of his
Grizzly book (Which appeared first in
the Century, is said to have been prompt
ed by Rudyard Kipling, who had listened
with breathless interest to it's relation at
the dinner table of mutual friend
q =
A series of true stories of travel by Har-
riet Prescott Spofford will appear In the
Youths Companion during the month of
May. They tell of some unexpected en-
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counters Of American travellers with Old
World royalties
O. y
''Thc Farriugdons" Is the title chosen
by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler for her
new novel. which IS TO be published i'm
mediately by J.. Appleton & Co. 1t Is
said by those who have seen the manu-
script that the new book represents a dis
tlnct advance in interest and force upon
even Concerning Isabel Carnaby" aud a
a2euple IhEead,% The scene OK 1.-THE Far
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c'The Princess Sophia" BY f. Ben
son. sl25. Harper &c Bros. For sale by
Lowman & Hanford.)
= =
Max O'Reil's first novel IL prefaced by
a little dissertation on French and Eng
fish homes, which Is good enough read
ing, but has absolutely nothing to do
with the book, except that st. Johns
Wood, London, is casually referred to in
1t as pleasant place TO live, and in the
second chapter, wherewith the tale be-