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grabbing schemes in the interest of
capitalists, and propose blacklisting
congressman who favor them.
Of the several bills before congress
one is to cede to the several states all
of the public domain in each state.
Intending settlers oppose this, on the
alleged grounds that the syndicates
could the better secure control of the
domain through local politics, and by
influencing the state officials. Why
they should presume that all state
officials could be corrupted is not
clear. Texas is an Illustration of a
state which controls its own public
lands. and is cited as an example why
the lands could be better controlled
in the interest of settlers than under
the present system. Texas is the only
state in the union, by the way, which
did not cede its public land to the gem
,eral government, as price for state
hood. The Texas system seems to
work well, argue those who favor ced-
ing government lands to the states.
The states would be enriched by a
large revenue from the sale of the
lands, and thus relieve the general
land Office of a great deal of work.
Another scheme is for the general
government to lease the lands by
means of an appointed commission in
each state and territory, at from one
to three cents an acre, for a period
of from 20 to 30 years. This would,
it is claimed, place the land under the
control of the large syndicates, as
ranchers would not care for large
tracts. Sill another project is to per-
NIT the states to control the lands
by a system Of taxation, thus bring
ing in a revenue. 1t is argued that
the lands are unproductive, and bur
den upon the government. This tax
alton, on the other hand, would nat
urally force the lands upon the mar
ket to be sold for taxes, and the large
tracts would consequently be sold for
a song, the syndicate purchaser pitch
ing the tune.
Thus it will be seen there are sew
eral sides to the public land question,
and our congressman are now called
upon to solve the problem to the best
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land grabbers, but it is not likely that
his talk will be effective against the
marauding syndicates.
There are 4 number of these syndi-
Gates throughout the west. which are
acquiring immense tracts of land, not
and the white settler, but to the tax
payers and the general government.
Most of these are English, with Eng
lish representatives They do not pay
taxes. neither do they buy the lands,
as the government lands are free to
all for grazing purposes and mining
prospecting. They occupy immense
tracts of lands, and at the same time
send out experts to prospect for gold.
These desert lands generally are good
is found the syndicates locate the land
as grazing lands, thus acquiring 100
times the territory they could under
the law regulating mining locations.
Their mining experts are constantly
prospecting for gold on these lands,
hence the miners have also a just
cause for complaint. This abuse is
about as great as the other, and in
both cases-the grabbing of agricul-
tural or mining landslide govern
ment and the public are alike
swindled; and mining development
and the settlement of the country are
retarded. JIM sCANLAND.
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TANNING A BEAR CUB.
How an Alaska Indian Girl Accom-
pIiHhed n Feat Which Her Ed
ers Wouldn't Undertake.

On the return trip of the steamer
Pomona from the Alaska gold fields
a brief stop was made at Juneau, where
a polar bear cub was presented to the
captain of the ship. He at once named
it after the village whence it had come,
and chained it on the after deck for
the amusement of the passengers.
Every one took great interest in the
roly-poly stranger, as sundry scratched
hands and legs soon bore testimony;
but Juneau refused to be cultivated
by the human family. She was a Vi
cious little savage, snarling and snap
ping at every offer of peace and good
will, until finally the passengers were
glad to give her wide berth.
We had a bright little Indian girl
on board, however, who persisted in
thrusting her friendship on Juneau.
Her guardians, the missionaries, were
prepared to see the cub give her bad
scratch, but it was soon evident that
she was quite equal to caring for her
self.
Each evening little Olga saved her
dessert of fruit and cake, and fed it to
the cub. Although Juneau ate the
peace Offering greedily, she still threat
ened her admirer with her claws. But
Olga had plan.
One day she cut an apple into tiny
bits, and deliberately seated herself on
the deck within the circle allowed to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-31
ANCIENT AMERICAN PIPES.
The Varied Forms of Bowls Found
in Indian Mounds and
Elsewhere.

1ne custom OF smoking IODdCcO,
which Columbus and other European
pioneers in the invasion of America
found we'll established here, imparts n
peculiarly American interest to the
pipes which antiquarians have collect
ed. A special report on the smoking
customs and pipes of the aborigines of
this continent has been published by
the Smithsonian institution. 1t was
written by Joseph d. Mcclure, of Eli
colt City, Nd, and is copiously illus
trated.
The pictures, as one might expect, af-
ford a good idea Of the richest and
most curious fnis of sundry tribes,
partly of stone or wood, partly of ter
ra Gotta and clay, large number Of
them having been found in the mounds
of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
The shapes of the bowls are of all de-
scriptions; some represent birds, heads
of birds, mice and other rodents, toads,
frogs, lizards, men in recumbent, sit
ting or squatting posture, and human
hands and faces. The tubular shape
was widely in use in ancient America.
Mr.. Mcclure shows stone tubes with
bone mouthpieces, sandstone tubes,
pottery tube pipes, red pottery tube
and bowl pipes, steatite tubular pipes,
copper tubes, bone pipes and others
There are also stone urn shaped
bowls, stone bowls with thong holes,
antler pipes, fossil pipes, various kinds
Of trade pipes, brazed iron pipes, toma-
hawk and monitor pipes. The fcath-
cred calumet pipe of the west looks
artistic and attractive. and the vase
shaped Micmac pipe has at least the
merit of curiosity.
A contributor to Science, who sup
plies some of the foregoing informa-
ton, adds:
"The author has with consummate
industry collected passages referring
to pipes and smoking in the historians
of past centuries and given his ideas
about the formation of types in smok-
ing implements. There are but few
articles of Indian manufacture that
will give clearer idea of the artistic
sense or genius in fashioning ruder
material than pipes, although they all
manifest that they origin .ted in the
stage of barbarism. Prob bly, the old
est instance, historically traceable, is
the richly-dressed shaman or chief
represented upon the Palenque tablet
of Chiapas state, Guatemala, who
makes use Of a long tubular pipe to
produce huge clouds Of smoke issuing
at the wider end, and seems to enjoy
the smoking intensely, to Judge from
his very Characteristic grimace. This
bas-relief is reproduced in Mr.. Nc
Cures publication; he thinks that the
use Of tobacco for snuiIiug was peculiar
to South America. and the habit Of
chewing is but seldom and inlistinctly
referred to in any part of this western
world"
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crops improve he may want an addi-
tional tract to suit the needs of his
growing family, but the syndicate has
got control of everything in sight, and
there is no room for progress and de-
velopment.
The leasing system, it Sc thought,
will partly remedy this evil, as the
syndicates could not then grab such
large territories. Others, however,
think that it would be more favorable
to the syndicates. Under the system OF
ceding lands to the states, and taxing
them, it is thought that the wholesale
hnd-grabbing would be checked en-
tirely. Yet objection is made that the
land question would then be brought
into state politics, and be a matter Of
local favoritism. Of the several
schemes it seems difficult to decide
which is the better, and public opinion
seems to be divided upon it. The only
deduction that can be made is the
precedent furnished by Texas.
Statistics show that an astonishing
" large area of the public domain in
the west is unoccupied, and the facts
show that many people are landless,
while others possess or hold principali-
ties in extent, for which they have paid
nothing. Only about 40 per cent. of
the total land area of California is oc-
cupied, and that is the most populous
of all the western states. Colorado 10
not quite as populous. Of the other
sections, about 25 per cent. of the pub
lie lands in Montana and Arizona are
occupied; about 20 per cent. of Utah;
about Is per cent. of Wyoming, and
only about five per cent. of the sage
brush borough of Nevada, which has
two senators in congress- and polls only
10 900 votes. These sections have total
areas, as follows: California, 99,000,0 900
acres; Arizona, 72,OOO,000; Montana,
95,000,00O; Idaho, 52,000,0o0; Utah, So
900, 900; Wyoming. 62,O00OOO; Colo
RADIO, $4,000 900; Nevada, 65,O0OO0O. A
very large area of this land is noun
famous and desert, but the mountains
are good for grazing purposes, and are
so used. The settlers object to the
grabbing of the lands available for ag-
riculture. Much of the mountain land
is rich in timber and this is also being
grabbed by the syndicates, denuded of
the timber, thus lessening the rainfall,
to the detriment of the farming lands
in the valleys.
The Indians also raise a howl
against the acquisition of the lands
by the syndicates. They claim that
the forests naturally belong to them
for hunting purposes. This lessons
their game supply and they must
move elsewhere. No sooner does the
noble red brother find another forest
reserve, where there is plenty Of
game, than the pale face land chief
claims everything, and soon there is
no more game for the Indian. He de-
sires to have big talk with the big
chief at Washington, to know if he is
continually to be disturbed by tho
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SOM DAY.

He sat on the steps with a tear in his eye.
AS he watched the swift bicycles whiz-
Zing by
With their doubled-up riders, and thus
murmured he:
"Oh, when will bicycle come for me?
II watch them by day, and by night in my
bed
Professions of bicycles fit through my
head;
I'm only in kits, but I'm almost three.
oh, when will a bicycle come for me?
d" Mamma, / am sure l could ride just like
Ned
Then she smiles at father, and he shakes
his head.
When you're five, when you're five. Wait
awhile answers he.
Now, isn't that hard when I'm not quite
three?
But it's OH for that beautiful. glorious
day
When ! shall go whirling and flying away
Through town and through country so fast
and so free!
Oh, when will a bicycle come for me?"
Louise Edgar, in Youths Companion.
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ANOTHER DOG MASCOT.
How "Maine" Won Impcrishnblc
Glory on the Firing Line in the
Philippine Country.

One of the pet war dogs that made n
record for itself is called Maine" and
belongs to battery d, First California
artillery, L. S. V. She was with the
battery from the beginning of its trip
until its return year later.
She is a Great Dane of good pedigree,
is mouse-colored, three feet high and
weighs about 200 pounds. Her age is
two years, and she undoubtedly has
had one of the most eventful careers in
dogdom.
Maine" was presented to the bat
terry just before it sailed. She was
struggled aboard the transport, her
soldier companions little thinking that
she would be seasick, but she was, and
almost died. At Honolulu she was TAX
en- ashore and tenderly cared for by a
trusted officer, Lieut.. Morse, now dead,
until the next transport touched,
when she was taken on to LuZon.
Long and dreary were the days of the
soldiers at Cavite. but maine" was al
ways on hand and happy with the
boys, cheering them up. She had an
abnormal appetite for candy, and the
little Filipino children who sold sweet
meats to the American soldiers came
TO know maine" as well as anybody
did. They would feed her candy and
then go to the battery boys for their
money.
The marked intelligence possessed
nv the dog was shown by the fact tn {
che knew the bugle calls perfectly and
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Eight hundred people live on one Of
the West India islands, whern there IN
no water nor food, nor towns nor vii
lagos. Anguilla is the name Of the is
land, and the government has TO send
food to the inhabitants every year TO
keep them from starving. The only
water they have is tainted by the sea
and not fl TO drink.
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Her Snap Gone.

Her next-door neighbours packed her
trunks,
And softly moved away,
And, oh, the house that rang with mlrth
Is vacant now to-day.
The housewife frets and worries much,
And hastens to the store,
For, oh, her teas and flour she cam
Not borrow from next door.
N, Y. World,
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The velocity of light is 1872 600 miles
in second OF time. From the sun
rght comes TO the earth in eight min
utcs. From some Of the fixed stars
OF the twelfth magnitude it takes
1000 years for the light to reach US
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-05-31
She WINS N Dream.

Tom-Do you believe in dreams?
Dick-I used to, but don't any more.
"Not as supcrstitious as you were,
eh?"
20! 1t wasn't question OF super
stition. / was in love with one once,
and she Tilted me" - Philadelphia
Press.
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THE LAND QUESTION.
A Subject That Will Be Agitated
for Some Time to Come.
Bona Eide Settlers Protest Against
the Hoggish Methods OF Foreign
Syndicates and Mining Adj
yenturers.
Especial Cripple Creek (Col) letter.

Especial Cripple Creek tCol.) Letter.
THE public land question prom
Uses to be lively issue for the
next few years. The issue is
between the intending settlers and
the land grabbing syndicates. Several
bills are before congress for the leas-
ing of the public domain at a NOM
inal rental for period of years. Set
tiers throughout the west oppose
some of these measures, and have held
meetings and deluged congress with
petitions of protest. In some sections
their mass meetings have been little
short of vigilance committees in tone.
They have passed resolutions denounc-
ing such leasing measures as land
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The Family Growers

Mrs. Westside-Will that dog Of
yours fetch?
Mrs. Eastside-Oh, yes.
"Will he fetch coal upstairs?"
ooh, no; my husband brings up the
coal"
"Oh, the other GROWER does that!"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Pretoria IL nor, as is generally sup,
posed, the capital of the Trausvaal
Potshefstroom is the capital of tho
state, and Pretoria the seat Of govern
ment. NV IRE about les miles apart
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JOHNNY wish l could skip fractions
and 20 on to the next thing!
Uncle Ned-But you can't, Johnny.
You can't execute any flank movements
in ithmetic.-Puck.
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Tho IIrnI Victim.

"Your husband seems 10 be victim
Of the tobacco habit"
"No; I'm the victim He thoroughly
enjoys t."-What-to-Eat.
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AMERICANS TAKE a FORT.
Strongest Position in Luzon Capture
Under a Heavy Fire.

Strongest Position in Luzon Captured
Under q Heavy Fire.
Manila By Cable).-The fortress Of
the insurgent chief Geronimo, at Pima
urau, which the insurgents boosted
was impregnable, was taken and de-
stroyed by a picked force Of the Forty
second and Twenty-seventh Infantry
and Troop G Of the Fourth Cavalry,
under Colonel Thompson. Geronimo
and most Of the rebels escaped.
The position was considered the
strongest in Luzon. Ii was q stone
fortress, surmounting assteep hill sur
rounded by canyons. The Spanish
forces lost heavily in attempting to
take it.
Colonel Thompson modified 1000
men at Montalbon. The attack was
made upon four sides. The ascents
were steep, and the men climbed them
by grasping the shrubbery.
1t was impossible for the eastern col
M to reach the summit, but the 9TH
ers arrived after three hours climbing.
under fire from the fortress and the
hillside intrenchments. The enemy's
force. numbering several hundred, fed
before the attackers reached the top.
The Americans destroyed q thousand
lnsurgent uniforms, scores Of buildings
and large quantities of supplies, and
seized a barrel full Of documents.
Private Hart, Of the Twenty-sev-
enth, and Private Kuppner. of the
Forty-second, and two native scouts
were killed and twelve Of the attacking
forces were wounded. The insurgent
casualties could not be ascertained.
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j., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1900.
NEWS OF THE STATE
Boom Times in South jersey.


South Jersey is benefiting by an UNI
expected boom in the glass and shoe
business. The Vineland Window
Glass Company began operations with
over 200 workmen. It's payroll will
be about $4,000 per month. The Cap
ital Glass Manufacturing Company, a
new industry, at Vineland, has gone
into blast, with about $50 hands. The
Vineland Flint Glass Company is in
creasing its force of blowers and pre-
pairing to enlarge its plant. and at Min
otola, three miles from Vineland, the
Jonas Bottle Works is employing about
loo additional workmen. Keighley &
Sons, the shoe manufacturers. have
doubled their force Of workmen and
need more. Other factories are work
Ing overtime, and not an empty tene-
ment house can be found in the town.
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CORN UP TO FIFTY CENTS
A Chicago Speculator Manipulates
the Market at Will.
He Turns From Seller to Buyer ana
squeezes His Rivals For =
Small Fortune.

Chicago (SpeciaD.-November corn
touched fifty cents Monday. 1t made
an advance of five cents for the day.
of ten cents a bushel for the week
and of almost fifteen cents within four
weeks.
Young Mr.. Phillips sold what corr
changed hands at that point. Shorts
did the buying that advanced the mar
ket to the fifty-cent quotation.
The hve-cent advance over the close
OF the previous week made the day
the notable n SO far for the cam
palgn. A roar and a cheer gave notice
OF the half-d0llar achievement. and
there was a focking toward the MI
feaey overcroWded corn pit from all
over the floor. The tip-top figure was
made in the first hour, November
starting at forty-six, selling between
forty-six and fifty cents, and closing
at forty-nipe cents.
The man with d corner in the hollow
OF his hand was not ready to let it get
away from him. All the morning the
little corn king stood ON the edge Of
the pit and watched the ebb and flow
of the battle.
Some Of the dealers thought the ju-
venile looking SPECTATOR was in
straits and was running to wind I'D
his string. They jumped on the mar
ket, and tried to sell corr at 47k.
Phillips turned instantly from sell
er to buyer, from bear to bull. and
snapped up every mar who was offer
Ing to shade the price that he was
making.
The decline stopped at n Phil
lips showed to the corr pit that he was
its master; that he could regulate it
at will.
Phillips's conduct won him great
praise. Few men have been able to
keep a cool head under like circum-
stances. He parted with 100000 BUSH
els, about one-tenth of his holding.
He bought 100000 when the bears tried
to drag him off his pedestal. He made
$4,000.
Mondays price Of corn is the highest
since June. 1895. when a predicted
famine ran the price for corn up.
December corn felt the influence Of
the short grading in November, and
went up half a cent over Saturday.
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TWELVE MEN IN A BANK ROBBERY
Ten Held the Crowd at Bay. and FinalI
All Escaped In Stolen Buggfes.

Ten Held the Crowd at Bay. and Finally
All Escaped In stolen Bugsies.
Marengo, Ohio tSpeciaD. Twelve
men had a part in blowing up the
vault of Sperry & Warristaf's bank
at Ashley, six miles from here, at 3
o'clock a. m. At that hour a terrific
explosion awakened the population Of
the place. The first report was fol
lowed by three more. All came from
the bank building which is in the cen
tire Of the village.
As citizens emerged from their resi-
dences to ascertain the cause Of the
explosions they were met by armed
men. Ten Of the men kept the crowd
at bay while two kept at work on the
inner safe. Four times they exploded
dynamite, but only succeeded In
wrecking the vault doors and outer
safe doors. Becoming frightened at
the size of the crowd that gathered,
more than one hundred and ifty per
sons having been aroused, the robbers
fed in three buggies they had stolen at
this place.
The bank building was completely
wrecked, by the force of the explosion.
The burglars failed to secure booty.
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Monument For a Pet Cat.

A neat marble headstone will mark
the last resting place in New Bruins
wick of the fayorite cat of Mahlon G.
Martin, a millionaire. It will bear the
following inscription: "Punch, loved
pet Of N. G. Martin and his household.
April, 1888. September. 1900" Mr..
Martin was the millionaire rubber
man, who died less than a year age.
The cat was one of his favorite pets.
and he made provision for its burial
before his death.
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All Through the State.

~HS e<NAC
A fire alarm system win be inaugu-
rated at Anglesea.
The telephone and telegraph Offices
at Woodbury. are to be moved to larger
quarters.
The lease Of the postoficc building
at Bridgeton has been renewed for five
years at $3.50 per annum.
In no township in Salem County has
there been more changes among the
residents than at Yorktown.
Gus Kelmyer. Of Williamstown, has
been committed to the county Jail on a
charge of receiveing stolen goods.
The rural free mail delivery service
in Camden County, established a
month ago. has proved q pronounced
success.
A rich vein Of glass sand has been
stnrck on the Tam farm, near Will
JAMESTOWN. It is said to be the finest
sand in South Jersey.
Sixteen thousand crates Of cranber-
ries have been gathered at. Belleplain.
Nearly every house in Cross Keys
has Teen repainted within the past
month.
The big livery stables Of Harry
Shaw at Bridgeton were destroyed by
fire. Fifteen horses were burned to
death. The loss is estimated at $500.
The new gravel road between Glass
boro and Clayton is pronounced one Of
the best In the State by Supervisor Of
Roads Budd. The gravel contains
eighty per cent. stone.
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PITH AND POINT.


Reuben-"Can you tell me something
to buy that is sure to go up?' Stox-
anbonds Yep. Thermometers.--
Baltimore American.
Mr.. Buggins-"What's the use Of
keeping that old umbrella around? It's
no good" Mrs. Ruggins-"AIl right.
I'll lend it to somebody"
This engine won't work" said a
fireman to the chief of the Fire De-
partment. mo wonder" was the re-
ply. TT was made to play."-Tit-Bit Its.
Financial reciprocity
Is built upon this plan:
A man first makes the money, then
The money makes the man.
Philadelphia Record.
Scribbles-"Why SO melancholy. old
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Close watch on IIleral snort.

Game Wardens Foulks and Stratton
arrested B. K. Stillwell. Of Mantalok-
ing. on the charge Of pursuing ducks
with a sailing vessel. Justice Allen,
Of Point Pleasant, imposed a fine of
$40 and costs. The same wardens
also seized ten Illegal nets found in
Kettle Creek. This makes fifty-four
Illegal nets seized by these wardens
within six weeks. .-esA