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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
THE WOMAN ON CRUTCHES.

The people rush madly in Washington
street
Past a woman who goes upon crutches.
And she hears the swift tramping of hun
dreds of feet,
And men who have triumphed and men
who are sad,
And lads who are eager and maids who
are clad,
Some going to honor and some o the bad,
Meet the brave little woman on crutches.
In days that are dismal, in days that are
fair,
meet the brave woman on crutches,
And a smile of contentment forever is
there.
In the face of the woman on crutches.
And oft when the fates have been cruel
to me,
And Doubt with her brood sits where Cour-
age should be,
And my pathway seems hard l am shamed
when | see
Her smiling away on her crutches.
"A thousand press past her and hurry away.
Nor notice her there on her crutches
Bound for some place where she tolls
through the day,
With always a smile on her crutches!
And many a man who has dreaded defeat
And looked in her face and gone bravely
to meet
What the future might yield of the bitter
and sweet
Owes debt to the woman on crutches!
s.. Z. kiser in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

Chocolate is still used as money in
certain parts of the interior of South
America, as are also cocoanuts and
eggs. According to Prescott the mon
ey of the Aztecs consisted OF quilts full
of gold dust and bags of chocolate
grains. Before the introduction of
coined money into Greece, skewers or
spikes Of iron and copper were used, six
being "A drachm or handful. The small,
hard shell known as the cowrie is still
used in parts of India and Africa in
place Of coin. Whales teeth are used
by the Fijians, red feathers by some OF
the South Sea islanders and salt in
parts Of Abyssina. In parts of India
cakes of tea and in China pieces of silk
pass ~ currency. Oxen still form the
circulating medium among many Of
the Xulus and kaiirs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
THE CUBAN ENGINEER CORPS
Red Lemonade 1t Came from and to
Red Lemonade 1t Had
to Return.

Il noticed in the papers the other
day" said an ex-volunteer soldier, that
an old street corner telescope man had
got into comical row with a lot of
newsboys. The item was of no special
Importance, but it recalled singular
character / met when | was with the
army down in Cuba. He was known as
Col. Todd, chief of the Cuban engineer
corps and, although he was engaged
in selling red lemonade on the plaza in
Havana when / first encountered him,
the title was bona fide. Possibly you
remember the once famous Florida OK
petition that sailed from Tampa with
men and supplies for the insurgents
shortly before we declared war. Well,
the junta agent who had the affair in
charge was especially anxious to secure
corps of engineers, but he was unable
to find anybody in that line who was
willing to GO. The night before the ex-
petition sailed he happened to notice
telescope man on a street corner sell
ing peeps at the moon for five cents a
squint.' Business seemed to be dull.
and the agent had an inspiration. Here
was an astronomer in hard luck. An
astronomer was necessarily something
of a mathematician, and mathemati-
clan was, or ought to be, more or less
of an engineer. BY that process of rea-
soning he arrived at the conclusion that
the telescope man was exactly the per-
son to fit the job of chief engineer of the
army of Cuba. In two minutes he had
made his proposition and it. was accept
ed on the spot. The telescope mans
name was Todd, and the agent immedi-
ately brevetted him colonel and chief
of corps. At first he was little nervous
and said he was afraid the engineers in
the corps would kick about being I'M
der his command. Rest easy, colonel,
said the agent, blandly; you are the
corps That settled it, and he went
over, his uniform consisting of cap he
got from trolley car conductor. After
that, when the war correspondents re-
ferred to 'the newly organized engineer
corps of the patriotic army they were
really referring to Col. Todd. Shameful
to relate, no provision was made for him
at the conclusion of hostiities, and he
was obliged TO fall back on red lemon
ade. Maybe ere now he has purchased
another telescope."-N. o. Times-Dem-
ocrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
Too ObIiginp,

Theameerof Afghanistan must sure
ly be very obliging man, if story told
Of him be true. Not many years ago
queens messenger, or some other Of
fetal, was on his way to Cabul, when
he had the misfortune to be robbed.
He was in no way injured by the rob-
bers, but the British government pre-
ferred complaint, which came duly
10 the knowledge Of the ameer. No
reply was received, and the months
passed, At last the ameer wrote, and
his letter showed the earnestness Of
his desire to oblige the queen. THE
matter You mention" said the letter
has been thoroughly Investigated, and
not only have the robbers of your mes
senger been put to death, but all their
children, as well as their fathers and
grandfathers. / hope this will give
satisfaction to her majesty the queen"
Nevertheless, it rs doubtful if it did,
Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
WAYS OF THE COYOTE.
He Is Cunning Midnight Marauder
and His Speed Exceeds Even
That of the Fox.

One of the interesting and typical
animals of the far west is the American
wild dog, lowland wolf or coyote, CAMS
latrans, it being known under these
and other titles. While a very common
animal, it is rarely well figured in The
books, and is made to look more fox
like than wolfish. A wolf the coyote
is, lowland form, and every traveller
through the west who has wandered
from the beaten paths or visited small
places knows it WELL
Don Coyote" is essentially a night
animal, and my observations of the
living animal were made chiefly in the
saddle in full chase after him in the
dull early morning, and l can commend
his speed, which is greater than that
of the fox. When the sun goes down
Don Coyote comes out of his haunts
in the foothills and wanders down
around or into the settlements. He
lies in the spurs of the hills and noun
tains in southern California, as in the
San Gabriel valley, in some safe and
inaccessible point, and surveys the
country, his vision perhaps directed
to some henroost or the home OF
some fat turkey. At such times l have
occasionally seen him, his fur an al
most perfect protection in its resem-
blance to the rocks that surrounded
him; and that he recognizes this was
shown in one instance when / rode
within 80 feet of one, pretending to
look directly ahead, but watching him
out of one corner of my eye. He
crouched as l approached and seemed
confident that | did not see him inn
perceptibly moving. ever keeping his
head pointed toward me; and few
would have recognized in the gray rock
coyote.
While the coyote hunts singly in
towns or villages, he runs in packs in
the open, and ii is here that he demon
strates his skill and cunning. a friend
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
BEAR CAUGHT HIMSELF.
Climbed Into an Empty Dry Goods
Box and Was Nailed Down by
"a Michigan Farmer.

just outside our log barn, in the
woods of Michigan, we had "A big dry
goods box with hinged cover on il.
We used to keep corn for the horses
in this box. One winters evening, aft
er getting out the corn as usual, | for
got TO drop and fasten the cover. Per-
haps | had done so many times before
and nothing had come of it, but at
about midnight on this night the fam
lily were awakened by n great row at
the barn. The horse was snorting and
stamping, the pig in the pen was
squealing, and the hens in the shed
were cackling in alright. Father
lighted the lantern and took his gun
and went out, but for some time ne
could not make out what all the row
was about. Then certain queer noises
attracted his attention to the corn
box, and he very soon discovered that
some wild beast was inside. The cover
was down, and as he lifted il he found
n full-grown black bear inside. Be-
fore the bear could get out the cover
was slammed down and made fast.
1t had been an easy matter for the
bear to get into The box, and it would
have been just as easy for him to get
out again if he hadn't got scared
When the cover fell down and shut
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
Power of n ChiId's Words,

Deliver me from the unfavorable
criticism of child" said an old actor.
at hits the hardest. A year or two
ago." he continued, 1--WE were playing
in a Cincinnati theater. was cast for
the part of doctor. The business of
one of the scenes required that
should come on the stage deeply alb
sorbed in thought and smoking a cigar
cite. had noticed family party in
one of the boxes nearest the stage. The
youngest member of the party, little
boy, was completely wrapped up in
the play. 1t was all real TO him. As l
came from the wings during the scene
in question l passed within a few
feet of the box in which he sat. He
turned to lady who sat behind him,
and distinctly heard him say, with
a gasp: Mamma, he's no doctor! He
smokes cigarettes / have never
smoked cigarette in that scene since"
Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

The death roll in the Congregational
ministry of Great Britain was unusual
ly heavy during the year 1899.
The London county council is making
efforts to restrict the operations of Sun
day concert halls on the ground that
they disturb the peace of the Sabbath.
Rt. Rev. Louis de Goesbriand, bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese of Yer
mont. during his life possessed large
wealth, but avowed his wish to give it
away and die poor man. He left only
S2.12.
NJ. Melville Hanna, brother to Sem
ator Mark A. Hanna, who has been one
of the best friends of Weston Reserve
university, has given $4,000 to found a
chair of medical jurisprudence in the
medical college. His father was a ply
stefan.
Some one has been investigating the
religious beliefs of the Irish bar. Out
of 400 barristers he found 253 Protes-
tants, $50 Catholics and only one Jew;
the rest were noncommittal. Only 16
out of Sc queens counsel were Catholics
and only three of the IS judges.
A school for backward children will
be established in Chicago in affiliation
with the department of pedagogy of
the University of Chicago. There is
only one school of the kind in the coun-
try. 1t is located in New York, and is
known as the Physiological school
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

him in he lost his wits and never tried
to push it up. He tried to get out py
tearing the box to pieces, but he did
not succeed. When we knew just what
we had caught we tied a rope to the
cover and ran it over a log in the barn,
aud as | stood there and pulled at the
rope the bear popped his head out of
the box. Father was ready with his
rife, and as the head came up n bull
let was sent into it, and Bruin sank
down dead. lie was so big and fat
that we had to tip the box over to get
him out, and from his pelt mother had
a fur cape made which she wore for
many years after. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

of mine observed a pack of coyotes on
the edge of the desert manipulating n
jack rabbit. They swept across the
country in line, soon starting hare,
then formed in two parallel lines about
200 feet apart There was regular
plan of action, and none of the coyotes
seemed ovcreNcited, but when the hare
was started Lhcy wheeled into columns
like soldiers, The leading coyote run"
ming at the top of his speed. After \
few moments he dropped to the rear
and fresh coyote took the lead; and
this was kept up until the hare was
run down. The chase was a silent one.
This method recalls the wild dogs of
Australia or dingo.
While the coyote is invariably writ
ten down as "A coward, and il is true that
either singly or in packs he will not
attack man or beast larger than him
self, when cornered he is a vicious
fighter. | have seen one fight off
pack Of grayhounds, wounding them
so that to save the dogs the hunter was
obliged to finish the animal. The coy
otc in this case had run at least two
miles at race horse speed, and when
reached by the hunters was backed up
against a rock, swapping his jaws at
his crazed antagonist, his teeth sound
ing like steel trap MS they came to.
gether, and taking a piece of flesh
whenever they hit the mark.
Don Coyote can be tanned, and ! knew
of one instance where herder kept one
that was apparently as tame as dog.
The near allies of the coyote are the
maikongs or crab-eating dogs OF South
America, that hunt in packs and re-
semble the coyote in appearance.
There are several species in South
America that call to mind the coyote,
as the Guara CAMS jubatus, large,
powerful, ferocious dogwolf five feet
in length. Like the coyote, ii frequents
the lowland countries, especially in
Paraguay.-Prof. c. f. Holder, in Sci
entifc American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
INSECT CALCULATOR.
lie Is Found In New Caledonia and
Can Count Correctly Up to
the Number Six.

There is little insect found in New
Caledonia called the ''insect which
counts" and which seems capable of
counting to at least six. II is "uund
on the leaves of the banana tree, and
when the moment is favorable it may
be seen to turn around, with its head
as a center, in describing rapid cir
cles. Al first it executes six of them,
nor one more nor one less, then II
roverscs the movement and makes the
same number in an opposite direction.
1t stops n moment and begins again,
hut only makes five this time, always
alternately in opposite directions. Au-
other stop, then double rotation in al
tentative ways, the turns this time
only being four, and so on, diminish
ing constantly in such "A way as sue
cessively three, then two and at last
enc single turn.
After these gymnastic exercises,
which are at the same time mathemat-
zeal, the insect remains absolutely mo-
t!onlcss until its agitation again take.
possession OF it and il gives itself ul
to its complicated calculations with N
exactitude which many people might
! envy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
MY LITTLE NEIGHBOR.

He's as jolly a fellow and merry
AS any small boy in the town;
He's gay and good-spirited, very
You never catch him with a frown.
He's out when the weather is muddy,
And he's out when the weather is fine;
And he's strong and he's plump and he's
rudy,
Is this little neighbor of mine.
At tag there's nobody can match him,
So swift does he scamper and fit;
But he isn't put out when they catch him,
Nor cross when he has to be ''it;"
And If he's called in, why, he never
Hangs back with pout or a whine
He trots away cheerful as ever,
Does this little neighbor of mine.
He'll run on an errand as gayly
AS he'll join in a game of hi-spy;
He totes his wee brother out daily,
To crow at the folks that pass by;
He makes all the people about him
CThough hes only eight. going on nine'')
Wonder how they could get on without
Does this little neighbor OF mine.
l wonder-if | could this minute
Just empty the county straight through
OF all the small boys that are in It,
And bring them right out in plain view,
And look them all carefully over
l wonder in all that long line,
How many small boys I'd discover
Like this little neighbor of mine
Emma A. Opper, in Golden Days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
The Pole Stur

Prof. Campbell, of the Lick observa
tory, says the north pole star is APP.
preaching our solar system at the rate
of seven miles per second. This We
locity he calculated by means Of the
spectroscope. The professor further
announces that the star is not single,
but double. The companion star is not
visible to the naked eye, but can be
MADE out with powerful telescope.
The two stars reyolve around their
common center Of gravity in a period
of fur days, their orbit being com
parable in size to that of our own
moon. 1t is also further believed that
third body. is attracting the two-star
system thus causing a periodical yari-
alton in the velocity Of the pole star
Chicago Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

A curious instance of maternal in
stinct was exhibited the other day by
cat. Some of the officials of the Nor
folk county asylum caught n young
rabbit, which they gave to the cat.
thinking that she would kill and eat it.
TO their establishment puss did moth.
ing of the kind; she adopted it and
sucked it with her own offspring. Both
| the rabbit and its foster mother seemed
! to be perfectly happy together.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

Harlem Housewife (bursting into the
caterers shop in a rage)-Sir the cakes
you sent me yesterday were shocking,
simply unfit TO eat; | wouldn't throw
such food to the pigs.
Caterer am very sorry, madam !
will take the cakes back and send you
Some others.
lob, you won't have TO do that. We
ate them all up yesterday for dessert"
IN. Y. World,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

Prof. II. A. Hazen records that on one
occasion he walked down to the edge
of Lake Michigan in the face of q
strong wind. Although he was in per-
feet physical condition, within five
minutes he had every symptom of a
very hard cold. This severe influenza
continued until, on walking away from
the lake, it disappeared as by magic
when he had gone less than 500 feet.
He then learned that hundreds of
residents had been compelled to move
back from the shore to escape influenza
He ascribes the effect to the abundance
of ozone in the air at the edge of the
lake. lie has accumulated many in
stances of persons of nervous tempera-
ment who cannot sleep during the pas.
sage of high pressure areas in the at
mosphere. The cause in this case is
obscure.-Iouth's Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
IMMUNITY FROM PLAGUE.
Certain Races That Have Strangely
Escaped the BubcnIc
Pestilence.

Apropos of the bubonic plague now
creeping into Portugal, has it ever been
noticed in what an erratic manner i'm
munity from this disease seems TO have
conferred upon certain races and sects?
Thus in 1884 it was noticed that the
Protestants of Lyons escaped almost to
a man. SO did the Jews in an outbreak
at Nimeguen in 1876. Something of the
same sort has been noticed with regard
to other diseases, for while in the out
break of typhus at Lnngoens in 1924 the
Jews remained immune, their coreli-
gionists in Poland have always been
the first to catch cholera. But the
strangest thing in connection with the
plague is that in most cases the seeds
of the disease seem to remain dormant
IN the systems of those exposed to the
risk of contagion until some new cpl
demic calls them into activity.
Procopius, who observed the plague
in Constantinople pretty closely during
Justinian's reign, declares that if per-
sons born in an infected town settled
in town hitherto free from il they
were sure to be the first attacked II
the plague again visited the country,
even after the lapse of several years.
A similar fact was noted during the
Nimeguen outbreak, where two chill
dren of one Van Dam were sent TO the
immune town of Gorcunen and re-
manned there in perfect health for three
months. At the end Of that time the
plague came 10 Gorcunen, and they died
there at the same time as the rest of
thait IN nj Dill MILL Ennntin
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
A Nan of Brceding,

She-Tou are the most exasperating
man on earth. Here ! scold you for half
an hour, and you won't answer. Why
don't you talk?
He--1 never use strong language in
the presence Of lady.-Ipdiapapolis
Press, &.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25

1t is the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph that suggests that automobil
drivers ought TO have horse sense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-09
GOOD FOR FLORIDA.
The Celery Crop Brings GIadness to
Sanford.

Orlando Fla. May 7,-Since the disas-
trous freeze of the winter of 1S94-95 Flor
ida has passed through a period of bust
ness depression which probably has not
been equalled in any other section of the
United States since the Fourth of July was
first invented. Up to thar time the orange
industry predominated throughout all of
the peninsular portion of the state. Mil
lions of collars were invested in orange
groves. and other millions of dollars were
brought into the state each year as the
direct result of orange produc ton Hardly
any other branch Of agriculture or horti-
culture was seriously considered. AT least
they In no way constituted the reliance of
the people of that section. This vast in
dustry was blighted in a single night. For
tunes were swept away. Work was undone
that was the result of years of toll. and
represented a vast outlay of money. Those
who had previously enjoyed good incomes
suddenly found themselves not only be-
reft of income, but without employment
or the means of earning livelihood.
The southern portion of the orange sec
ton suffered less than the northern There
the orange trees were not all killed. A
few groves escaped serious damage. But
the extent of the disaster can be compre-
hended, when It is stated that the orange
crop of Florida was reduced from upwards
of five millions of boxes per annum to
about one hundred thousand boxes In the
year following the freeze. These were
produced in the southern counties.
OF course IL became necessary for resi-
dents of The stricken district to iurn their
attention 10 something else. 1t was an
easy matter TO grow enough of ordinary
crops Tor food. But money was needed.
Vegetable growing for the northern mar
kets was tried. but lack of experience
stood in the way Of success.
Tho efOelr interests of OscPOla and some
of its neighboring counties helped to meet
the exigencies of the case. The pineap-
ole industry about Orlando, already well
established. came TO the front readily as
a way out OF the wilderness. Those who
we're in enlarged their pineries; those who
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-09
COTTON FUTURES.

New York, May S.-The cotton market
continues in very narrow rut with the
trade devoting It's attention to events in
the belt. After opening steady, with
prices ranging from 2 points higher TO 2
lower, the market showed no energy and
varied scarcely points further. Opinions
were mixed concerning the situa ion i'm the
belt and The course the market should
take. though scarcely a trader could he
found who cared to make vigorous move
either way. Liverpool was steady. but
inactive. Everything In the way Of crop
news was eagerly devoured by the room
contingent but as information bearing on
the plantation situation was far from har-
monious ideas were slow of form lion.
The weekly government crop and weat her
review was regarded as bearish but II
failed TO change the course of the mark
Europe was a buyer of July and August
deliveries around the opening; New Or
leans sold October and January and room
operators did a scattering business In the
general list, but with this trade dispo ed
Of the market lapsed into a torpid con1i-
ton from which IL did not recuperate IN
Ill the close. The market was finally quiet
with prices points higher 10 points
lower
New York, May s.-Cotton futures open
ed steady and closed quiet. Prices as fol-
lows: