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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
OIL FOR TROUBLED WHISKY.
4 Simple Expedient by Means Of
Which a Hard Drinker Kept
Sober.

1t was after the fourth round of
Scotch and SODA and the little group
in the cafe seemed to be feeling what
they had taken all but one little man
with decided English accent. Excus-
ing himself for moment he walked
across the room and, pulling a small
vial from his waistcoat pocket, took
swallow Of yellowish fluid. But
the act had been noticed by his more
boisterous companions and they de-
manded to know what his game was,
says the Philadelphia Record.
mo, it's not poison" laughingly re-
piled the Englishman as he displayed
the vial. I'm not ready to go just yet.
1t is olive oil and when get mixed up
with a crowd like this | always have
recourse to it After have had about
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
what Little jack Wished.

Jack entered the barn with his
uncle, and, being a city boy his eyes
opened wide at the sight OF a great
pile of apples heaped upon the floor.
AS he wistfully gazed at the fruit, his
uncle, reading the desire in his glance.
said: Help yourself, Jack; take all
you wish" Jack sprang toward tho
enticing pippins, and after gathering
up all that his pockets, hat and blouse
could hold, Strengthened himself up
and then stood gazing at the appar-
emily undiminished pile. Observing
his looks, his uncle asked What's
the matter now, JACKIE Nothing
much" replied the boy, only l wish
| was twins"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
THE ORIGINAL BOAT.

only original method of transports.
ton by water. Accident certainly
contributed to this discovery.
A tired swimming savage found a
log floating near him; he grasped it.
and to his JOY found that it held him
above water. He mounted his log and
used a floating branch to propel it. IL
was but step from the log to the
more comfortable root of /. ..rr and
another step from the branch propel-
Ter to a shaped paddle.
We little think how much we owe
to the savages for preserving these
traces of primitive development and
thereby helping us to trace out tho
long line of human progress.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
LAMP-SIGNALING BY DAY.
Lantern Shattered in n Barrel with
black Canvas Can Be Seen
for Many Miles.

A suggestion was orce made to the
war Office that as flag signaling often
involved mems exposing themselves on
the sky line, thereby risking loss of
life and CHANGING the communication
of messages to foes as well as friends,
it would be well to encourage lamp
signaling in the daylight, says the Lon
don Telegraph. An ordinary signal
lamp at the back of barrel is in sut-
ficient darkness for its flashes to be
perfectly visible on an ordinary day,
and they are fairly well shattered from
the enemy. An acetylene lantern shut
tered-off and rooted with bls elk canvas
can be seen for miles on the brightest
day, and its messages can be kept abso-
lutely private. Maj. Ernest Rhodes, ID
S. o., Royal Berkshire regiment, has
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Her PRpa's stock In Trade.

Rev. Joseph Whyte, prominent
Methodist divine now stationed in
northern California, has an exception
ally bright little daughter. One day
himself and wife, with this little las
sic, aged four years, were riding in
the cars Two little boys, the sons
of commercial travellers, were talking
to the little girls about their respect
i've papas and what they did. One lit
tie lad said; "My papa sells shoes"
and the other said: mine sells paper,
and" turning to the little girl "what
does your papa sell?" For n moment
the child hesitatcd, but, not to be out
done by boys, she replied, with the air
of duchess: my papa sells talk"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
A PRODIGY.

A certain boy know of
Who's a most peculiar child;
He's never rude and noisy
He's never rough and wild.
He's always staidly quiet;
He never shouts nor squeals;
He never tears nor tumbles;
The clatter of his heels
Never drives his grandma crazy,
Nor spoils the baby's nap;
He never leaves his muller,
Nor his mittens, nor his cap
In The pantry or the parlor;
He never slams door;
He doesn't chase the Kitten;
The gayest candy-store,
biggest toy-shop, never tempts him.
And there's never been time
That he's leased to spend penny,
Or whimpered for a dime.
He never carves the table
With his mischievous jack-knife;
He never tears his trousers;
Well. he never in his life
Did a thing that he ought not to,
This surprising prodigy!
Would have you such a wonder?
Never! never! for, you see,
He's n little wooden image
In clothing store downtown,
In blue suit. with gilt buttons,
Price, six-fifty-just marked down.
Emma A. Upper. In Golden Days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

four or five drinks coming rather rap
idly on top of each other take a swal-
low of oil. 1t seems to have a most
remarkable effect upon the liquor, the
upon troubled waters. When l adopt
this treatment l am sure never to be-
come befuddled, and l can truthfully
say that / have never been drunk in
my life, although l have often taken
more than enough to make me So"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

spend New Years day. Arriving by
train they Immediately made their
way to the terminus of the electric
tramway circuit, where, after looking
at the new creation with much wonder
they decided upon having ride. Get
ting on the top of the car and after
getting well along George street,
"Wull, said man Jock, this is graun'
invention. In Edinburgh | saw them
drive the cars wi an iron rape aneth
street, in Dundee the pu' them wi an
engine, but, MIGHTY man, wha wad a
THOUGHT they could ca them wi fish
ing rod!'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
THE HARD-WORK PLAN.

From the lowest depths Of poverty
To the highest heights of fame,
From obscureness of position
To bright and shining name,
From the mass of human beings
Who compose the common clan,
You can earn your way to greatness
By the hard-work plan.
Twas the key to Lincolns progress,
Twas the route to Webster's fame;
And Garfield by this method
To distinction laid his claim;
And all earth's noblest heroes,
Since this old world first began,
Have earned their way to honor
BY the hard-work plan.
1 knew a rich old bankers son
Who had no aim in view
But Just to sit around and loaf;
Twas all he had to do.
1.-the old man." he said, will keep me-"
And II don't have to pay"
lie earns his bread and butter now
At fifty cents day.
And then knew another lad;
His folks had money, too;
He didn't sit around and loaf"
But found some work to do.
The neighbors all were proud of him;
Said they: Hell make a man.
He earned his way to greatness
BY the hard work plan.
Go read the lives of men of note,
Consider their success;
What gave them wealth and eminence?
Did luck or genius bless?
Biography will tell us that
The race through which he ran
Was the contest known to history
AS the hard work plan.
Don't worry over genius;
Don't say you have no brain:
Don't sit and watch the stars of hope
Till the clouds bring up rain,
But up and toll alons the road,
And travel with the van,
And earn your way to greatness
By the hardwork plan.
Jonathan Jones, In Success.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
THE ORIGINAL BOAT.
Savage Nations of the south
Sen Isles. I

Only lately has the original boat
been found in use, and it is among tho
savages of the South Sea islands.
There the natives take the stump Of
tree whose roots offer a good seat,
and, launching this primitive craft,
they paddle around as contentedly as
if there were no such thing as q Eu-
ropean steamer, and, to tell the truth.
they do cot suspect its existence.
There can be no doubt whatever
that in this stump boat we have tho
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
BOER LAAGERS.
Camp Defenses Formed from Wagons
Placed Axle to Axle with Poles
Outward.

In South Africa, whenever travellers
"outspan' for the night, they inva-
riably form the wagons into defens-
i've work called a lager. Provided
there are enough wagons, this is either
square or oblong, the latter shape be-
ing preferred. When each OK is al
lowed 36 square feet the smallest
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Relics Made fp Order.

A Kansas blacksmith makes toma-
hawks and sells them to the Indians
on the western agencies. The latter
sell them to eastern tourists as curl
usities.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Quality and Quantity.

Quality has much to do with the
value of some things, but the man with
plenty Of common sense has no reason
TO complain. Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

A Scottish paper tells US an anecdote
in connection with the new electric
system just opened in Aberdeen. Two
farm servants came to Aberdeen to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
NafurnY InRffncf.

Kentucky Father - Wifey, WHEY,
come here and see baby!
Kentucky Mother-What is it?
Watch him hold his rattle iast
like a acknowledgements Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

B~echer's Advice as to His Successor.
One evening three months before
his death Mr.. Beecher turned to a
leading member of his congregation
and began talking about his sue.
cessor. when I'm gone-and, Of
course, / soon shall CO." he said, 81
want you to be careful as to the
choice of my successor. Don't get a
man like me, physically or mentally,
or one who expresses himself as l do.
Don't have any man who could be
compared with me. If you do, some
will say he is better than Beecher;
others, that he IS not SO good. In
short, ge' my antipodes." - Ladies'
Home Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

So, when the "some one" came, the
under manager left. Van Berg said
it was lucky that he did not go with
policeman! And Eva watched the
mailboat till it had faded into d
breath of smoke. Then she crept
homewards. And her husband cursed
her white face and macveled he had
ever found her fair.
Kepler's mother still prays. Her
faith is great. And she needs it.
Pail Mall Magazine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-02
TOM GOT OFF EASY.
Consideration Shown Thoughtless
Motorman by a Trolley President

Consideration Shown Thoughtless
Motorman by a Trolley President
Tom was the motorman of trolley
car. He was young and enthusiastic
Two or three workmen, with their tin
pals, stood on the platform with him,
which was against rules. But Tom
liked to talk of the ideas seething in
his brain-very generous, manly ideas
they usually were, too. A quiet old
gentleman sat one day just inside the
door, reading his morning paper, says
the Youths Companion. What do you
think of this Dreyfus case?' demanded
Tom. The man thought it was scan
dalous," and Tom explained how scan
dalous it was at length. IF l had
those fellows at Rennes to deal with
-" he cried, hotly not needing, in
his excitement, the conductors bell. A
woman with a child in. her arms, run
ming, breathless, to catch the car,
stumbled and fell. By the time she
was picked up and quoted Tom had
forgotten Rennes and was in the Phil
ippine islands. Did you see that arti-
Gle ON the Philippines this morning."
he asked Il read it and it made my
blood boil. | wish l was editor of
paper. I'd tell few truths that would
set this country thinking, sir" Again
the bell struck. Tom drove on, his
mind set upon the salvation of the ma
ton. A young woman on a bicycle,
hearing the summons to the car to
stop, tried to cross in front of it and
was pushed from her seat to the
ground. Tom, terrified, stopped the
car suddenly, and felt intensely re-
lieved when he found she was unhurt.
The quiet old man, paper in hand,
waited for him at the end Of his route.
IF am the superintendent of this road"
he said. Il will give you one more
trial. If l am told that you fail to give
your mind wholly to your duties, you
will be discharged. Your feelings on
the war and the Dreyfus case may be
very noble and may do you great hon
or, but your duty is with that bar in
your hand. That is your share in the
worlds work. Don't neglect it, even to
help God govern the universe"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-02
AFTERNOON TEA.
Accompanied by Bread and Butter,
Plum Cake or Scenes.

AuDh Saho VI SNoAoe'
Our English cousins, who under
stand some things better than we do,
never fail to have their cup of after
noon tea, with it's accompaniment OF
thin bread and butter, or plum cake,
or scenes, at o'clock, says Golfers
Weekly. This is an everyday func-
ton, prepared for and enjoyed by the
family as a matter of course, and
shared with friends who happen in,
people knowing that 5 o'clock is a con-
venient hour for finding their intimate
acquaintance at home and at leisure.
Over the teacups friends may enjoy
the latest gossip, chat about play or
a program, discuss whatever is upper
most in popular regard, and, having
touched hands in the game, separate
and go on, the better for the contact.
Nothing can be imagined more infor-
NAL, less exacting, than the ideal aft
ernoon tea. 1t may be poured by the
mistress of the hour or by her
daughter, and handed about by a child,
or a man who has dropped in, or, If
preferred, by a white-capped and
white-aproned maid, whose black frock
is set off by linen cuffs and collar. The
tea in every case must be always
freshly made, with water freshly
boiled, poured over the tea leaves and
allowed to steep two minutes and no
more. "A tea cozy to keep the pot hot,
spirit lamp under the copper kettle,
sugar in even Jumps, cream or sliced
lemon, as preferred, pretty girl or
two, a gracious matron, and friends
who know one another-these. are the
requisites for afternoon tea.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-02
MUSHROOMS AS FOOD.
Chemists and Doctors Differ Greatly as
to Their Value.

A. great deal has been said concern
ing the immense amount of valuable
food which was daily going to waste
in the shape of edible fungi, says the
London Family Doctor. We are told
that in many parts of the world these
articles form the staple articles OF diet
of the inhabitants. Our attention has
been called to the natives of Patagonia
and Terra del Fuego, who are said 10
be of gigantic stature, and to exist
principally on vegetable fungi, and TO
certain African tribes who value
mushrooms so highly that one OF them,
the polyporus sacer, is worshiped as
god. Chemists have assured us that
mushrooms belong to the animal rather
than the vegetable kingdom, seeing
that they possess a larger percentage
of nitrogen than any other class OF
vegetable life. They are, we are told,
essentially protein in composition, as
much so, pound for pound, as butchers
meat. Two German scientists, Roll
brausch and Ziegel, stated some years
ago, as a result of chemical investiga-
ton, that mushrooms deserve to be
placed with meat as sources of nitrog-
enous nutriment. One man in Thur
ingia is said to have lived upon moth
ing but mushrooms for thirty years,
and to have died centenarian. Com
parison has even been made between
mushrooms and other articles of food
to the detriment of the latter. Thus
chemical analysis has shown mush-
rooms to contain from 20 to 20 per
cent of protein, while bread only con-
tains per cent, potatoes per cent,
and barley meal per cent of protein.
Against this however, we have the
opinion of a DR.. Kitchener, who in
1924 stated in a publication called
Cooks Oracle" that he did not be-
lieve that mushrooms were nutritious.
Dr. Jonathan Pereira, in his Treatise
on Food and Diet" published in 1S43,
said: Mushrooms are difficult of di-
gestion, and on certain constitutions
act injuriously." Invalids, dyspeptics
and those with delicate stomachs will
act prudently in avoiding the use Of
this doubtful order of foods. Other
writer's have expressed similar opin-'
ions, not, however, based on expert
mental work, and therefore they are
not absolutely reliable.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-02
COST OF THE ARCH.
Points of Construction Which Make
S1,OOO,OOO n Conservative Figure.

Points or Construction winch mako
S1,OOO,OOO a Conservative Figure.
The National Sculpture society has
been giving the citizens committee in
New York, which has in charge the
plan to recreate the dewey arch" in
marble and bronze, as a naval arch
Of triumph, some reasons why mini
mum estimate of 81 100000 Is fixed as
the cost of the work, says the Buffalo
Commercial. The society, through its
secretary, calls attention to the fact
that the mass and importance of the
sculpture involved exceeds that on any
similar monument of modern times:
There are almost eighty statues or fig
ures of colossal scale, the greater num-
Der of which at least are double life
size, and many of them still larger, be-
sides the historical portrait medallions
and other sculpture enrichment-all In
addition to the architectural details.
THE heroic scale of architecture; the
size of the columns and capitals, of
each of which there are forty; the di-
mansions of the monoliths necessary
for bases and pier groups; the mas
sive foundations required, all involve
expense, for the calculation of which
there is no precedent in any similar
monument" 1t is believed that a fur
Their inquiry will show, when all the
details are taken into consideration,
that the estimate of $1,000,000 is fair,
though conservative. This is the larg-
est sum ever called for by public sub
scription for such a purpose. But the
committee is by no means dismayed.
On the other hand, it is confident of
success.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-02
PENCILS ANDHIS WIFE

The shabby little crippled seams'reSS
who lived on the top floor of the back
tenement at - East Seventeenth
street did not look like heroine OF
a romance, but for all that she was
one.
When Pencils" the blind man who
stood patiently through heat and
snow and rain at the foot OF the
Third avenue az" steps, thought OF her
goodness and kindness to him the
heart under his old faded, patched coat
beat like a trip-hammer.
pencils" was wont to beguile the
time between trains by thinking OF
his romance. 1t helped him to bear
the broiling heat, the nipping cold,
or the pelting rain. The people who
hurried past him never so much as
dreamed that the blind pauper stand
ing there, timidly proffering his wares,
knew what the word meant.
But pencils" never wearied OF
thinking of the little woman who had
made for him the only CLEAN OF sun
shine he had ever known.
pencils" was at one time an inmate
of a blind asylum. There were mil
lions back of it, and stewed prunes
for supper
When Pencils" weary and sick OF
stewed prunes. asked for fresh apple
sauce, there was chaos and consterna-
ton in the institution. No such re-
volt has been on record since Oliver
Twist asked for more.
The end of it was that pencils" TGs
cast forth and told to shift for himself.
There was a little crippled seam
stress sewing in the linen-room-a
homely shabby, little creature, indus
trious and reticent. The story drifted
up to the linen-room, and when Pen
ellis" was slowly tapping his way down
the steps of the asylum for the last
time and vaguely wondering what was
to become of him some one pulled his
sleeve, slipped bill in his hand, and
whispered an address and name to
him.
GO there" said the voice. They
are friends of mine and they will be
kind to you."
1t was the little seamstress. "Pen-
ellis" obeyed her instructions, and the
wretched tenement to which he was
directed opened it's doors to him with
that beautiful hospitality only to be
found among the poor.
When folks who could hardly scrape
pennies together to buy food heard
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-02-02
LOST ART OF ARCHITECTURE
The Greeks Avoided Ruierliks
Straightness of Lines.

straightness OF LineA
If a visitor to Athens places his hal
or other small object at the corner oil
one of the steps of the Parthenon and
tries to sight 1t from the other end
he will find 1t has sunk beneath the
delicate curve in the middle which the
designers saw would appear pleasanter
and softer to the eye than If each step
was shaped to a line of rulerlike
straightness from beginning to end,
says the Fortnightly. All parts of the
great building-the floors, architraye,
and even the layers of stone that con,
stitute the main walls-have been
shown to conform to like principle,
and some portions to be curved both In
a vertical and in horizontal manner
Important as was this discovery, II
does not stand alone. Mr.. Ruskin has
found that deliberate Emergencies OF
a somewhat similar kind exist In the
old Gothic buildings of Venice, and he
considers that they were introduced SC
as to avoid too obvious precision, as
does nature, even in her most SYM
metrical creations-the two sides OF
the human face, for example. Unfor'
tunately, Mr.. Ruskin wrote in ignor'
ance of Mr.. Penrose's precise measure
ments and surveys and only uses the
facts, he otherwise marshals so well
to show that Gothic architecture, be-
ing almost susceptible to such refine
ments, is superior to classical archi-
lecture. He seems to be in no way
aware that such principles could be
and were applied to classical buildings
long before pointed architecture was
heard of, though they are now applied
to neither of these, nor to any other.
Mr.. Penrose being as was intended by
his employers more of a scientist and
mathematician than poet or the
orist, wanders no further into the
tempting labyrinths of theory than to
suggest that these irregularities
were perhaps" introduced because the
designers fancied a curved line would
look more straight at distance than
would really straight one. As the
straight lines in our English buildings
look quite straight. 1t seems hard to
suppose that the old Greek artists
formed for themselves so strange an
illusion.