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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
HOW THE MISTLETOE COMES.
seeds stick to the Birds BiIIs, and
They Wine Them on on the
Tree branches

The story Of how the miStletoe gets
on the trees is most interesting one.
Covering the mistletoe twigs are
pearly white berries, These come in
the winter season, when food is COM
paratively scarce, and hence some Of
our birds eat them freely Now when
a robin eats a cherry he swallows sim
ply the meat and fips the stone away.
says Prof. S. c, Schmucker, In Ladies'
Home Journal The seed Of the mis-
tletoe the bird cannot flip. 1t is sticky
and holds to his bill, His only re
source is TO wipe il off, and be does so.
leaving it sticking to the branches Of
the tree on which he is sitting at the
time. This seed sprouts after time.
and not finding earth--which indeed
its ancestral habit has made It cease
wanting--it sinks its roots into the
bark Of the tree and hunts there for
The pipes that carry the sap Now the
sap in the bark is the very richest in
the tree, far richer than that In the
wood, and the mistletoe gets from its
host the choicest Of food With a
strange foresight II does not throw
its leaves away, as do most parasites.
but keeps them 10 use in winter when
he tree is leafess.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

The Electrical Review calls atten-
tion to an interesting explanation Of
the burning of coal. Coal. petroleum
and Illuminating gas are related to
one another much as are ice. water
and steam. For this reason, perfect
combustion Of liquid fuel is already
advanced long step toward yaporiza-
ton. just as ice is advanced toward
steam when turned into water. The
volatile elements Of coal are locked
up in the solid form. or virtually
frozen solid. Prof. Dewar has demon
strated how great an amount of heat
must be taken from the so-called per-
manent gases to make them liquid.
and how much more to make them
solid. Yet nature has solidified gas
into the form of coal. and solid coal.
like solid ice. will only dissolve into
vapor through the expenditure of
heat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
MAKES WAR ON COBWEBS.
DR.. Cordero Says They Spread
Disease

Cobwebs are considered signs of
good luck in Porto Rico and many
shopkeepers there refuse to brush
them out of corners or from ceilings.
Attention is called to the subject by
Dr. Cordero, of San Juan, who says
it is SUe for the superior board of
health t act
The b lard recently issued an order
prohibi ing splitting on the floors of
stores, and public buildings, and Dr.
Cordero heartily approves this order.
He adds that the board should CON
tinue its good work by declaring war
on cobwebs, says the New York Sun
These webs, says the doctor, con.
tain more germs to the square inch
than most people imagine. They hang,
in many instances, over counters and
cases where articles of food are dis.
played for sale, and pieces dropping
from the web reach this food. In
this. way disease is spread.
Dr. Cordero warns the board that it
will be difficult to enforce an ordi-
nance such as he suggests, for in
Porto Rico a good-sized cobweb over
the door is considered luckier than a
horseshoe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

GTATE OF WISCONSIN MA>Towoc COUNTY
- COURT In Probate
In he matter of the estate of Catherine Nogel
deceased intestate.
On reading and filing the petition of Nick
Steltzer of Mishicot in said county, represent
ing among other things that Catherine Vogel an
inhabitant of said county, on the 9Th day of Jan
uary, A. ID. 1899 at Manitowoc City died mites.
tate, leaving estate TO be administered. and that
the said petitioner is a brother of said deceased
and praying that administration of said estate
be to Casper Ploekelmann granted
1t is ordered. that said petition be heard at a
special term Of said county court TO be held on
Tuesday, the 3lst day of December \ ID 1901, at
10 o'clock A NJ, at the office OF the county
judge, in the city of Mantowoc, in said county
Ordered further, that notice Of the time and
plt c. SO appointed. be given TO all persons in
terested, by publication hereof for three weeks
successively, prior TO said day of hearing in tn,
Manitowoc Pilot. a weekly newspaper publish
ed at the city of ManitoW oc in said county.
Dated at Manitowoc the 18th day of Novemb
er, a. ID. 1901.
BY the Court,
!, :. ANDERSON, County Judge
Adolph 5. Chloupek, Attorney.
Publish Nov. p. y, Dec. )
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
THE PATRIOTIC BOY.
He Believed in sticking Up for His
Country Whether Right
Wrong.

He was at school in Canada, and it
was his first day in class. The geog-
raphy lesson was called, and it was his
turn to answer, says the New York
Tribune.
(Which is the largest city in the
world?" asked the teacher.
New York" unLesitatingly came
the answer.
II mean the largest city in the
world" said the teacher
As promptly came the reply: New
York"
But" expostulated the teacher, 81
did not say the largest city in the Unit
ed States, but the largest city in the
world. You surely know which is the
largest city in the world"
New York, persisted the boy.
London has a larger population
than New York" said the teacher, IF
l do not have the correct answer this
time shall have to punish you. Come,
now" coaxingly, tell me the name of
the largest city in the world"
New York"
Stay in during recess and write me
so lines"
He wrote the so lines, and every line
read The biggest city in the world
is New York"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
WAR MADE BY RULE.
How q Martinez in the English Army
Made His Troops March
without Food.

An officersnow in England sends the
following story from South Africa, for
the accuracy of which he vouches, says
the Chicago Daily News:
"a brigade had been marching with
scarcely any food fer nearly "a hours
continuously When it halted and
ratlons were served out and the cook
ing had commenced one regiment was
asked by the brigade major to extin-
guish its fires, as they were not in
line with those of the regiment on
it's right The C. o. of the regiment
in question demonstrated as strongly
as possible, pointing out that if the
fires were put out there would be
neither time nor fuel (the latter was
very scarce and limited in quantity
to get the cooking finished before the
troops had to march off. But in spite
of all he could say the brigade major
insisted, the fires were put out and
before the tea could be boiled and the
meat cooked the regiment had to
march, the men having had no food"
1t would appear from this, says the
London Truth, as if the process of edu-
eating our officers in he feld-staff Of
ficers a. any rate-was still proceed
ing only slowly. The incident is of
the more interest since the brigade
major concerned is a professor in one
of our military schools. If the war
office would like his name we shall be
pleased to give it to them-of course.
in confidence
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
RAN A RACE WITH A TRAIN.
When Gen. Miles and James J. Hill
Proved Themselves Good
Sprfnters.

Maj Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Presi-
dent James j. Hill, of the Great North
ern Railroad company, INDUCED in an
exciting impromptu foot race at Bill
lings, Mont, the other day, and the
army officer won easily, states the
New York Times.
In company with Senator w. A.
Clark, they were on their way to Can
ton, o., to attend the late President
McKinley's funeral, in Mr.. Hills pri-
vate car. They were standing on the
platform at the extreme rear end of
their car talking to some friends. The
engine crew ahead was busy fixing
a hot box on one of the tanks wheels.
Suddenly and without warning the
train began to move and the two men
thought ii was starting out of town
The train was short and the engine
powerful one, and in a half-coach
length would be moving at ten-mile
rate. To get on board they must eth
er climb over the high iron railing
that surrounded the observation plat
form or make a run of 60 feet to the
front platform of the car. In an in
slant and without consultation both
decided to run for it, and they start
ed even. 1t was hot race while it
lasted and Gen. Miles distanced the
railway man, winning by seven feet.
Just as they had mounted the plat
form the train came to a standstill.
The engineer was simply pulling down
TO where the station platform was
lower in order that he might work
on the hot box to better advantage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

The WHY pnacher.

One of the latest wrinkles of the
poacher who goes after quail before
the season opens consists in taking the
forearm off his gun and leaving it at
home. This permits the barrel to
come free from the stock whenever he
gun is "broken down" The poacher
hides the two pieces under his coat I'M
til he is out Of sigh of spectators, says
a London paper. Then he puts he two
pieces together again, which is the
work of only a second or two, and is
ready for shooting. If game warden
or other suspicious person heaves in
sight the gun is instantly apart and
tucked away under the coat and the
poacher is busi!y engaged in hunting
ginseng.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
MISAPPLIED WORDS.
GrfeVous Fault In the Use of Several
That Are Quite Commonly
Heard.

Extra" is an abused word. People
say extra good" or extra cheap in
order to intensity good" and Cheap"
But extra" has no such force. So
far from intensifying a given condi-
ton, says the Academy, it denies it by
indicating that the thing so described
lies outside the sphere or quality
named. Thus extra judicial" does
not mean more than ordinarily Judi
cial, as though judge had dredged
ms conscience in giving an opinion,
but outside of judicial, and, therefore,
incapable of being judicial at all in the
prescribed way.
n grievous fault is the use of "iHenti-
fy'' in a phrase like this: 'He is
identified with the characterization
movement" A man can only identify
himself with another man or set of
men. He can identify himself with
the opponents of vaccination-and
even here the word carries shade of
meaning of its own, distinguishing
the phrase from such one as ''he
joined the opponents of vaccination. -
one should not speak of high" or
low caliber; but, remembering the
meaning of "caliber," one should ap-
ply to it only such adiectives as
great" or small"
1t is wrong to speak of Consensus
of opinion" The word Consensus"
ltself, means an agreement Of
thought, and should stand alone.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN PROBATE -MANITowoC CoCNry Court,
In the matter of the estate of Dennis Maggie
deceased
To All Whom 1t May Concern: Letters test
amentary said estate having been issued 70
Annie Maggie on the 9TH day of November A. d.
1901 aud six months from and after said day
being allowed and limited for creditors TO pre-
sent their claims for examination and allow
ance, notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, IN the first Tuesdays of December
A. ID, 1901, and January and March A. ID. 1902
and on the last day of the time so limited al
the Probate Office in the city of Manitowoc, IL
said County, receive examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against said
deceased.
Dated November 18th 1901.
J. s. ANDERSON County Judge
Nash & Nash Attorneys.
Pub Nov. 1-ll2l-2S
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
Killing Disease Germs by Heat.

Erroneous ideas are often enter
tanned concerning the efficiency of
heat in destroying Bacteria the i'm
portance of time in the operation be-
ing overlooked. Recent experiments
reported at the Aberdeen congress on
public health showed hat tempera-
ture of 40 degrees Fahrenheit applied
to nonvirulent tubercle bacilli, pro-
duced by laboratory culture killed
the germs if continued for ten min
utes. \ temperature of $40 degrees
applied for a quarter of an hour killed
the bacteria in tulercular sputum in
Ave eases out of six. Tubercu.ous milk
heated 10 the same temperature for
20 minutes lost It's power of affection
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
WHERE DUMONT GOT IDEA.
The Automobile Motor Gave the Bra
Gillian Inventor Plan for His
Airship.

To the automobile is due the dirigible
balloon, which has won fame, if not
fortune, for its inventor and plucky
exploiter, Santos-Dumont. The daring
little Brazilian thus tells how he first
became possessed with the idea of
equipping balloon with motor, says
the Motor World:
II got my first idea by putting an au.
tomo bile motor under a cigar shaped
balloon filled With hydrogen gas while
returning from the Paris-Ams terdam
automobile race in 1897. From the be-
ginning everybody was against the
idea. | was warned that an explosive
gas engine would ignite the hydrogen
gas above it, and that the resulting ex-
plosion would end the experiment with
my life. My balloon maker went to
work without enthusiasm, and / met
with nothing but encouragement"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
g M#v>~
This signature is on every box OF the genuine
Laxative Br0mO-Qninine Tablets
the remedy that cures n coid i'm one day
TRAGEDY OF A LOCOMOTIVE.
IngIOriOus Ending of the Proud Ca
reer OF u Chicago Worlds
Fair Wonder.

Engine No. 999, so the types have
told, draws a daily milk train on the
New York Central railroad. Therein
lies the tragedy of locomotive.
Eight years ago this same 900 was
a pet exhibit in the machinery depart
meut of the worlds fair at Chicago. 1t
was the monarch of the rails, the
holder of worlds record, the subject
of great newspaper headlines and the
inspiration of editorials on attainable
speed. In May, 1898, without breath
ing hard, No. 900 did a ninemile squirt
on a level track at the rate of l02 miles
an hour. On the same trip and many
times afterward the great locomotive
drew the Empire State express dur
ing "A long run at sustained speed OF
more than a mile minute. 1t was
photographed in its great feat by the
biograph process, and to this day on
countless moving picture screens,
GREATNESS music hall crowds may see
its counterfeit presentment approach
and vanish in a calcium glare, says
the New York World.
And now 999 draws a milk train!
Having travelled 1.-THE pace that kills,
it has gone to the rest cure. Over
trained, like a human athlete, the ex-
champion of the steel highway mus
henceforth live softly" all its days
But what a churning it would give
the fresh Orange county cream if
some day old 500 should suddenly
awake, as did the old deacon's famous
trotter, to revived sense Of it's for
mer proves
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

India is the land of reports. There
is monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, an
nual plague of them. There is coun-
try, probably. in which SO many USE
less reports are written and so few
read, says the Fortnightly Review. In
one province the chief business of the
local government consists in dunning
its officers for statistics and reports,
and in compiling from them volumes
for the delusion of the supreme gov
line and energy Of every civil officer
10 taken up in writing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
Between Chicago and Davenport.

Arrangements have been made with
the Davenport, Rock island d North
western railroad, whereby standard first
class coaches are now run between Chi
eago and Davenport and Rock Island,
leaving Chicago at 1000 IL. m, arriving
in Davenport at 2:30 D. m, Rock Island
at 2:45 p. M. and, returning, leaving
Rock Island at 1915 p. m, davenport
3.45 p. m, arriving in Chicago at $50
d. IN.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
A TITLED LONGSHOREMAN.
The sad story of u New York Lnborcr
Who Has Interviewed Half
of Europc's Kings.

There is no city in the world with SO
many foreigners as New York" writes
Rev. David NJ Steele in an article on
The Other Side of the Town." in
Ladies' Home journal Nor is there
any class of persons in the city among
whom there are so many queer eases.
met a man in the Bowery one cold,
wet, winter night selling shoe laces
He looked so hungry that | took him
to restaurant, where, after / had
given him something to eat, he gave
me his confidence. He talked five Lam
guages--ltaian Spanish, German,
French and Arabic-with equal fuency.
but did not know word of English.
But who was he? A man of 80, well
educated we'll connected and well bred
For five years after graduating he
taught Sanskrit in great university.
and for the five years following acted
as the foreign diplomatic spoud-
ent of a Berlin daily. He had in per-
son interviewed half The crowned
monauchs of Europe, and when this
work grew commonplace, he enlisted
in the secret information selvice Of he
German army Sent on a mission into
Russia, he committed a most serious
bunder, and he suddenly found him
self wanted by two armies at one time
to be shot as spy. His father cursed
him, his patrons deserted and his
friends derided him. lie escaped with
his life in time to flee the country. To
day this son Of Russian count is roll
ing salt barrels on a New York dock. -
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

Faith in your own ab rty IS two
thirds of the battle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

Every spinster knows al least a. Dozen
men who might hare married her if =
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

When inan is beaten he adm - III
but it's different with wona.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

1T ii WOMAN has IL ni.tn 10 iu\e she has
no use for cat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05
g. GA L.

Once upon time man said
that all coal was good, but
that some was better than
others. If that man had been
accustomed to using Scott
Co. S celebrated anthracite
he would have said, 1T is GER
tainly better than any other
coal. Fox SALE BY
The J. 6. Johnson CO
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-12-05

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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01

a tug Ivy ha,d by. and the captain
added Ills bit % ny sociological noe
turzc. a. / "a III The pilot house ana
pcrrrd out on II" water where rec
liglns aud green lights. with many Of
yellow and white. dF.Pped zigzag fash.
lon down from the wharfs and ships.
Where do you Sleep questioned 1.
why. here he replied. "In this very
pilot house on that nice fuzzy bunk
you're n-settln' on; nm sometimes l
sleep at that wheel. a-steerin' this boat,
sir. Cant be helped. sir. The hours we
work would staYe In a trained nurse
an send a sentinel to be shot. Why,
man. I've seed the time when I've stuck
by that wheel twenty grim hours at a
stretch Once II was forty-two hours.
And when you read In the paper about
TOWN. a big propeller clean through a
dock or Jammln her into her next door
neiehbor fer keeps don't you say US tug
folks are Johnnie Raws. Just say we're
worked and. worked till we sleep at the
wheel. For that's Gods truth, sir
Atlantic.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01
The sIIstake Of thn Polar Bear.

The Mistake Of thn Polar Bear
Nordrusk; Oh found that tie white
Hears generally went through a long
performance OF Striking LIS sailors,
clearly on the mistaken conclusion that
they were seals. As the men were
clothed partly In scalskln, It was n very
natural mistake. But the interest Of
the story lies In the generalization
made by the bear. The bear said:
There are two or three seals, one
standing up on Its clippers in a very
unusual way. l will therefore stalk
them unseen as long as l can and
when they see me pretend to be doing
something else"
SO the men. with their guns and
Ianccs. who wanted TO shoot the bear
had the pleasure OF seeing him careful
ly crawling behind rocks and Ice hum
mocks, making long dctours this way
and that and every now and then
clambcring up a rock and peeplng eau
tiousIy over to see II the seals hnd
gone. On the open snow the bear
would sauntcr on in another direction
and then. failing fiat. push himself
along on his belly, with his great front
paws covering his black muzzle, the
only thing not matching the snow
about him. Just MS the bear thought
he had got his seal the latter nred
and shot him. victim OF false analogy.
Spectator.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01

1t has remained for little girl to
nearly. II not quite. equal fnmous
wirticism Of Leigh Hunt. or course
sue spoke in childish innocence, where
the English c,snyist and wit used his
ripcncd intellect.
Hunt. in describing an exceedingly
warm day. II will he remembered.
spoke ~ il ns one which tempted him
10 strip of his flesh and sit in his
hcurs.
The little sirl had been romping and
running all day. Toward nightfall her
father met her. Are you not very
tired. little onc:" he asked.
"Oh, not 50 very tired. papa" she re-
piled. Then in n burst OF confidence
she whispered. only / do feel rs
though Id like to take my legs OF and
carry them awhile"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01

att is commonly supposed that tho
men who work IN the u.n,s ~ thosn
Whose occupations necessiiatr the
breathing Of poisonous fumes aud gases
are the shortest lived" said promi-
ncnt physician. This is mistake.
and It win surprise many To learn that
the highest death rate is found among
a class who breathe in the sweetest
odors-fIorists.
THE reason is n simple one. The flor
ist lives at once in the torrid and the
frigid zone. From a greenhouse atmos-
phere OF nearly 100 degrees in the Win
ter months he must step out into one
that Is nearly always below freezing
point and often below zero. In sum
mer liz has change to encounter. too as
in the spring and fnll by force OF hab-
1t lie grows careless and often works
without his coat in the hot. Artificial at
mosphere. and this Increases the dan
gers to which lie Is exposed. Lungs
and throat and stomach diseases, as
well Ms rheumatism. find In the florist
the least resistance. News.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01

NOrWeEimn Hotel FIRE EacaprH'
Nor do Norwegian hotels themselves
console you. Built " wood. their chief
merit lies in the fire escape, which Is to
be found In the chief room upon every
landing. At visncs spent n happy
night answering the questions Of nerv-
GUS travellers who came from hour TO
hour TO see II the fire escape in my
room was working properly. Angry
assurances were powerlcss to convince
tImId II ancient ladies'. Did really
think the rope would work? Was there
any danger? HadSI tried the cOntriv-
ance myself Excellent souls! As II
the printed notice were not enough!
All. that printed notice. have
copy OF it by me as write. II is the
complete instruction in English to the
traveller threatened by fire In wooden
hotel in Norway. Let me give 1t y"u AS
found II:
Fire escape to throw OFT the win
dow.
"The plated suo'icr shall lie found
In every room,
ITO Increase the hurry let down tie
body one by one una ~ >M.ll h. IN.
~. R.-Thc corG >hr'l pgt rut lie
ground from The shoulder theron ,.rt."
London Mail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-01

In n certain Lanarkshire village n
meeting was called TO consider the adj
visibility Of erecting a bridge over a
creek which had been heretofore cross
ed by means OF stepping stones.
The schoolmaster who presided over
the meeting. warmly advocated the
erection OF bridge In an eloquent
speech. when local worthy, who was
something OF a character and noted for
his outspokcnness. got up and inter-
rupted:
''Hoot. foot. schulcmnIster, you're fair
hnlyerfn, mon! VIVA wad gang an
put brig over sIccan wee bit creek
rs yon? Losh. mon, cud cross 1t WI
a stannin jump
Order. order"' exclaimed the chair
man angrlly. You are clearly out OF
order"
Il ken I'm cot o. order" rejoIned the
mtrrruptcr amid the laughter of the
audience. III ! was In order, l cud
jump as faur again" - London An
Swers.