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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-01
THE REAL CONVENTION FIGHT.

Now that the Constitutional conven-
ton is ordered by the people at the
polls, and that event being Il certainty,
the next most important thing will DE
the personnel OF the convention.
The selection of delegates will DE diff
ferent from the ordinary Legislative
canvass. TIE best material in the State
should and will offer and DE elected as
delegates. The people should see to 1t
that this Is done; for. from n subser-
Went and time-serving convention, no
original and honest work can be expect
ed.
1t Is well, therefore, to consider the
factors in the selection Of the delegates
They VIII be first, the rank and file of
the people; that is to say. the average
citizen who works to live and pays taxes
upon what he holds in a moderately
fair way; for be il known. that no one
but estates and orphans pay full taxes
in Virginia. Secondly, comes n class
who by enterprise and influence mana sc
to etadc taxes in the same proportion
and in the proportion contemplated by
statute.
The latter being the richer, and more
in touch with money. and the history of
the world shows it. they control legisla-
ton.
These conditions are so well known
and recognized that the two great par
ties of the country are divided upon
them almost alone. In dignifed but
determined manner, they wage war
every four years in the National cleo
ton.
The same fight is predicted in vir-
ginia. The object OF this discussion is
30 bring 1t once again 10 the attention
of Democrats, with the earnest hope
that wise counsel may prevail and that
there may be no extreme measures.
The monied power cannot live without
the support OF the hand of toll. The
aborer. the farmer. the machinist, the
engineer and the man without capital.
cannot live without the support of capt.
tai. Drive capital from Virginia and
YOU close the factories, her shops, her
stores. her railroads. and her business.
Inns N"-''t''i iiit" thc '7tttc' Hiu she
Will fuorish like q green bay tree. Who
ever heard Of greater prosperity in Nor
folk than Is now with us. Capital had
to come here before it was felt. and but
for capital Norfolk would be what she
was in 1870.
Let there be conservative action. Let
there be no unsecmly rivalry between
factions ;butlet wise counsel prevail. Let
the people see that good. true. conserva-
tive, representative and honest men are
sent to the convention. Let business
men 'he elected. men who have succeed
cd In their own affairs. for they alone
are prepared to draw the nice dlstinc-
ton between n just change and oppres-
sion
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-01

To-day $1,000 census cnume,ators be-
gin operations. which will include the
gathering of fund of most novel ex-
periences. Whatever else they learn.
the enumerators viii be able to sup
ply accurate data as TO the number of
bulldogs in The country.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-01

The local correspondent OF the Patti
more American calls our attention to
the fact that it was the Herald. not
the American. that had the Norfolk
darkie.s cXhorting and praying all nisht
before the eclipse. This gem is affixed
in its proper setting with pleasure.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-01

class. and to each member unfortunate
enough to meet detection should be
meted out the most drastic and relent-
less penalties in the code We are glad
to observe. however, that the pernlcious
hip-pocket is gradually becoming ex-
tinct. and 1t is the duty of the courts
and public sentiment to hasten the day
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-01

The Senate Committee did the usual
thing to that House bill providing for
the election of Senators by a popular
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD
Called the Hurricane Tree fn the
Capital of the Bahama
Islands.

In Nassau, the capital city OF the
Bahama islands, they say 1.-The tree in
the public square"-not the trees.
Now, the public square of Nassau is
quite as large as that of most cities OF
the size, but there is only one tree in
it, and that tree literally fills the
square and spreads its shade over all
the public buildings in the neighbor-
hood. For it is the largest tree in the
world at its base, although it is hardly
taller than three-story house. 1t Is
variously known as ceiba, or silk
cotton tree, but the people of the low
islands of the West Indies call it the
hurricane tree. For no matter how
hard the wind blows it cannot disturb
the mighty buttressed trunk of the
ceiba. In the hurricane of last spring
all the palms and many of the other
trees of Nassau were overturned, but
the great hurricane tree, although it
lost all its leaves, did not lose so much
as a branch. Its trunk throws out
grea: curving. wing-like branches,
some of them 20 feet wide and nearly
as high These extend into the ground
on all sides and brace the tree against
all attack, while the great branches
spread a thick shade overhead. In the
tropic sunshine of midsummer, hun
dreds, even thousands, of people may
gather in the cool of its shadow No
one knows how old the great tree is,
but it must have been growing nun
dreds, if not thousands, of years. A
very old picture in the library at Mas
sau shows the tree as big as it is a;
present, and even the oldest negro in
the island cannot remember when i
was bit smaller.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
ENGLAND'S BLACK ALLIES
sOnth African Basutos Have Adopted
Civilized Customs and
Manners.

The South African Basutos would be
a difficult nation to suppress and
bring under control again If once
armed, says Golfers Weekly. They
are warlike and superior Kaffir tribe,
numbering over 100000, and have
adopted more of the civilized manners
and ways of the white settlers than
any other of the South African natives.
Fully $4,000 of them are said to be adj
herents of the different Christian mis-
sionaries who have labored among
them. They have never been disarmed.
and in an emergency they would prove
formidable foe in the field. The par
amount chief to-day is Lerthodi, a man
of great force and emergency, and
highly civilized. He is the direct sue
cessor of Moshesh, the famous chief
who built up the Basuto kingdom out
of the fugitive clans that were driven
southwark in the first decade of the
present century.
The English had clash with the
Basutos in 1s4S after victory over the
Beers. The Basutos were severely de-
lCutSu III 'hS oPChihS duu
before larger reinforcement of Eng
lish could be dispatched to the scene
Moshesh prudently sued for terms of
peace. This willy move saved the Basu-
tos from an DISCRIMINATING war with
the English and made the two nations
live peaceably together for upward Of
half century. The English, in fact,
became their protectors and advisers.
When the war between the Basutos and
the Beers of the Orange Free State
broke out, ten years later, the para
mount chief, Moshesh, appealed to the
governor of Cape Colony, who inter-
fered and settled the disputed boun-
Diary question. This was repeated again
in 1868, when the Beers made SUI
preme effort to annihilste the Basutos,
whom they accused of stealing their
cattle. This time the English declared
the Basutos English subjects, and the
Free State had to settle the matter
with the British high commissioner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
TOBACCO HEART.
1t IL Not Alone Users of the Weed
who Become Victims of
This Affection.

"You have" said the physician, "the
tobacco heart" The patient made an
swer: Doctor, | never smoked but
once, and that was when | was boy"
This happened in Germantown, says
the Philadelphia Record. Both men
laughed, and the physician prepared
to examine the patient again, so as to
make another diagnosis. After half
hour of hard work the tobacco heart
still seemed to resemble the mans dis
ease, and the physician said: What
do you do for a living?" The man re-
Piled: Il am tobacconist." well,
then, of course, you've got the tobacco
heart, whether you're a smoker or
not" said the physician. 'All day
long you breathe in tobacco. The dust
of it fills your lungs, circulates with
your blood all over your body, and Is
digested with your food. l have had
a number of cases such as yours, and
| prescribe eight hours day in the
fresh air. You'll find it hard to follow
this prescription. Away from the to-
bacco-laden air of your shop you will
have the uneasy, restless longing to get
back to IL which the smoker, after a
few hours of abstinence, has for a CT
gar. That is strange, but you'll find
it true. You have unconsciously ac
quired the thing habit,
and it's habit harder, | believe, to
break than the smoking habit itself"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
SOCIETY AT WASHINGTON.
DIR, Bristol, Pastor of the President,
Says Social Atmosphere There
ssweet and wholesome.

Dr. F. NJ Bristol, President McKin-
ley's pastor, contributes to the New
York World paper on "Degeneracy
of American Society," in which he
says: 81 protest against the applica-
ton OF the term society to that little
set Of fools who contribute nothing
but scandal to the annals of d COM
munity. True society of America, com
posed of the brains and virtue of her
typical men and women, 10 be found In
Washington, New York, Baltimore.
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and in
every city and town and village of this
country, is worthy of all honor and re-
spect. Husbands never had more vir-
tuous wives nor wives truer husbands;
sons never had sweeter, purer mothers,
nor mothers nobler, cleaner sons
brothers never had more chaste, intelli-
gent sisters, nor sisters more heroic,
chivalrous, high-minded brothers than
they have to-day and in our own Amer
lea.
81 am bound to say that the highest
standard Of American society may be
found at the national capital. The social
atmosphere of Washington is sweet
and wholesome. 1t was never more so.
No social scandals tarnish the purity
Of our official or congressional life.
Finer specimens Of moral, intellectual
and patriotic wonanhood cannot be
found in this country or in the world
than are TO be met at the social func-
tions OF the beautiful capital, where
the best traditions of republican purity
and democratic simplicity are pre-
served and exemplfied in the domestic
virtue, affection and happiness OF the
first home Of the land.
"Surely the American people may
justly feicitate themselves on the high
and unsulled record of that first home
of the land from the glorious day Of
Martha Washington TO the good and
happy day of Ida Mckinley"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
ga FLOWER OF HE'LL.
strange blossom Recently sent from
Central America TO nm
Indiana Man.

l.. {. Downey, an attorney OF Churu-
busco, Ind, who spent many months
In Central America, has just received
from friend in Guatemala one of the
most wonderful species of flowers
known to mankind. II is called the
rose Of hell" and grows only in the
vicinity Of Antigua, near the crater Of
the volcano Of Fucgo. 1t is looked up
on by the native Indians with n super
stitious dread, and is named the rose
of hell" because it thrives better near
the steaming Fuego than AWAY from it.
The Indians regard the crater Of
Fuego as the doorway Of the Internal
regions, and this flower as being pro-
duced by the evil spirits associated
with the demons Of the sulphurous
cline where the souls of the sinful
all GO
The flower is very deadly, md when
boiled into liquid and given to any
animal death rapidly follows without
pain, as quiet and peaceful as sleep.
Science does not record another in
stance where this wonderful flower il
found except in Guatemala, and the
only place IL Is found I'm that coun-
try Is near the doorway of the famous
Fuego volcano. Several universities OF
this country will send after specimens
OF the rare flower and use II for exper-
imcnts and demonstration to the
classes in botany.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
MAY BE STORY OF THE MAINE.
spanish Cipher CRbIegram Found
by American Soldier
In Manila.

"Blue tape" is the expression which
might properly be applied to Spanish
official circumlocution. G.. Leland, Il
young man from Bismarck, \. D., came
to Chicago few days ago TO join a
regiment which he had heard was be-
ing recruited there for service In
the Boer army. He carried a lit
tie bundle OF blue paper which might
reveal the secret of the Maine explo-
sion in Havana harbor if the writing
on ii could be read. 1t purports to be
n dispatch in cipher from Spanish Of
fetal in Havana to Gov. Gen. Augusti
at Manila 1t is dated February IS,
1898, and written in Spanish cipher
code on narrow ribbon of light blue
paper, about 100 feet long. The paper
is wound in circular coil and makes
bunch six inches in diameter There
is nothing on the paper to establish its
genuineness, says the Inter Ocean.
Young Leland got it from Charles
Jackson, a soldier in "A South Dakota
regiment that served In the Philip
pines. When the American army took
possession at Manila this paper, with
a great many other official documents,
II is said, was found in n safe in the
governor generals Office. Gen. Otis or
dered them all burned, but Jackson res
cued the cipher cablegram from the
pile as a souvenir. lie was killed soon
nftcrward but previous TO that had
mailed the paper to Leland.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
First Publication, April IL. 1909 No. 2,

First Publication, April IL, 1909 No q
IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES County Court
In the matter of the estate of Elias Abra-
hanson Hoen, deceased
On reading and filing the petition of John
Gunderson administrator of the estate of said
deceased for the adjustment and allowance of
his administration account land the assignment
of the residue of said estate to such other per-
sons as are by law entitled 10 the same):
Ii is ordered, that said account be examined,
adjusted and allowed at n special term of said
court to be held at the Office of the County Judge
in the city of Nantowoc. in said county. on
Tuesday the 18th day of Nay, A. ID. 1900
1t Is further ordered, that Upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
court as aforesaid, the residue of said estate be.
by the further order and Judgment of this court,
assigned to such persons as are by law entitled
to the same.
1t is further ordered, that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance OF such
account, and of the assignment of the residue
of said estate be given to all persons interested
by publication of this order for three successive
weeks. before said day, in the Manitowoc Pilot
a weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Manitowoc and state OF Wisconsin,
Dated. April 10th, 1900
BY the Court,
mas J. 8. ANDERSON County Judge
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
INDIANS AT PARIS.
American Redmen VIII Be an In
teresting Feature of the
Exposition.

The Indian village at Paris will occu-
Ply a space of 200by 100 feet, writes Fred
erick Boyd Stevenson in Woman's
Home Companion. 1t will represent
the Indian at home on his reservatio
There will be seen the wigwams of
skin and cat-tai rushes. The squaws
will prepare the meals in the crude
utensils. They will pound the corn in
the wooden mortars and cook the stews
in the big kettles. The women of rank
will be distinguished from the others
by their earrings their jewelry, their
fine feathers and the paint upon their
faces. The ghost dance and the mar
rage dance will be performed. There
will be the exhibitions of skill with
the rife and tests of Craftsmanship.
The keeper of the wampum, of the Sc
cret lodge-the chief of the medicine
men-will sit in his wigwam in Paris
as he sits in Black River Falls, making
medicine for the safe return of his
people to the prairies and forests of the
west that they love so well. Fifty of
the finest specimens of men, women
and children from the eight leading
tribes will be selected for the trip
They will comprise members of the
royal families and personages of high
rank in several Indian nations--the
chiefs, the princesses, the head coun-
cilmen and the great medicine men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
A DIPLOMATS PUG.
Marquis of Salisbury and Other
Personnges Wrought Up
About 1t.

One almost forgets how long ago
it is since the muzzling order was first
issued, but shortly after the inception
of that order a housemaid "attached'
to a foreign legation took a pug dog,
also attached" to the same legation,
out for a walk, says Chambers Jour.
nal. She was stopped by constable.
who asked her why the dog was not
wearing a muzzle.
The housemaid replied that the dog
did not possess a muzzle because it was
diplomatic dog. The constable re-
sponded that the dog was a pug, and
that he was not fool. The constable
took the name and address of the
housemaid.
a few days later summons arrived
at the legation. The housemaid did
not present herself at the court, and
the magistrate imposed fine on her.
At last the foreign minister went to
the marquis of Salisbury about the
matter, The result was that all the of
fcials connected with the case were
reprimanded, and mote" was adj
dressed from Lord Salisbury to all the
legations in London, in which note
Lord Salisbury said he had the honor
TO call attention to certain order en-
titled the "muzzlipg order" by which
it was enacted with all dogs. when
taken into public places, should wear
a muzzle over the head.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
RIFLES FOR sHARPSHOoTERs.
The Present Infantry Weapon In
Not Well Designed for
Long Range.

The Napoleonic maxim that Sire is
everything" is truer in these days of
smokeless powder and long-range
weapons than ever before, says Cas-
sier's. An expert shot is no longer
blinded by his comrades smoke; nor
is his position revealed by his own
smoke when firing from cove. Ten
sharpshooters nowadays are worth
more than so bunglers with the rife.
The present infantry weapon, how.
ever, is not well designed for sharp
shooters.
If the sharpshooter is required to
use regular infantry ammunition his
rifle should differ from common
inusket in the following particulars:
It's barrel should be thick through
out, tapering slowly toward the muz-
zle. On a telescope-sighted gun
it need not be over "a inches long.
This restricted length, together with
the amount of metal in the barrel,
would give it stiffness, would keep it
from excessive heating, would neu-
tralize recoil, and would enable the
man to hold steadily when shooting
from hip rest, which is the steadiest
of all offhand positions and as prac-
teal in the field as on the range.
1t is mistake to use high
powers in rifle telescope. They re-
strict the field vision, lessen the illu-
mination and magnify errors of hold
ing. So far as aiming is concerned,
a power of four diameters draws a
man 1000 yards distant to within $50
yards of the shooter, and this is close
enough for murderous accuracy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
WOMAN'S MOST WINSOME AGE.
Thirty Is Considered the Time of Her
Most Winsome and Cnpti-
waiting Beauty.

Why do women hesitate to tell their
age? BY common consent it is re-
garded as very rude and boorish to
ask woman a categorical question
regarding the number of her birth
days. Yet there shall be no diff
dence on the point, and reticence on
the subject is hard to explain. Except
for some reason connected with bust
ness which may find in accommodating
years handicap, man is usually
very open about his age and as ready
TO proclaim it as his wife and sisters
are to conceal theirs. Probably the
feeling in the matter had It's origin
in the long ago when matrimony was
the ordinary woman's only desirable
goal, and when as she grew older her
chances of finding a mate diminished
perceptibly, says Golfers Weekly.
The situation has SO entirely
changed, and spinsterhood has be-
come so inviting that we should ex-
pect to discover an alteration in the
manners of women on this point and
to find them quite candid as to their
claims to maturity or the reverse.
Fifty years to-day looks as 40 dld
score of years ago. Thirty-always
very winsome age, the age of wom-
ans most captivating beauty-is not
now to be distinguished in freshness
and bloom from 25, Outdoor life is
doing for women what nothing else
can do-making them beautiful and
keepipp them young.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
By the Court.
maya j. S. ANDERSON. County Judge
First Publication. April u, 1900 No 2,

First Publication, April IL, 1900 No 26
IN PROBATE-MA NITowoC COUNTY COURT
In the matter of the estate of Elizabeth
Hampton, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of J. A.
Rober Is administrator of the estate of said de-
ceased for the adjustment and allowance Of his
administration account (and the assignment of
the residue of said estate to such other persons
as are by law entitled to the same):
1t is ordered that said account be examined,
adjusted and allowed at special term of said
court to be held at the Office of the County
Judge in the city of Manitowoc in said county,
on Tuesday, the 9Th day of May, A. ID 1900.
1t is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
court as aforesaid the residue of said estate be,
by the further order and judgment of this
court, assigned to such persons as are by law
entitled to the same.
1t is further ordered that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance of such
account. and of the assignment of the residue of
said estate be given to all persons interested,
by publication of this order for three successive
weeks, before said day, in the Manitowoc Pilot
a weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Manitowoc and state of Wisconsin.
Dated. April 5, 1900.
BY the Court,
J. s. ANDERSON, County Judge
Nash & Nash, Attys mays
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-19
No iiocr spinster..

Old maids do not exist In the Trans
wal. There aren't enough women TO
go round, and every girl usually Is
lucky enough 20 come off with more
than one proposal Women school
teachers especially are fortunate
They teach one term-rarely more
Before the end OF II some rich young
bachelor among the Beers has pro-
posed and been accepted, for their
admiration for the woman gifted to
earn money with her brains Is un
bounded.