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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11

A French medical review asserts
that the human skin possesses GER
tain odor which varies according to
the individual, the age and the race.
This was noted by Rider Haggard
in ALLAN Qyatermain." When UNI
slopogaes and Quatermain sat in the
tree together waiting to kill ele-
plants on dark night the Zulu
moved away from the lee OF the
white man, not relishing the white
mans personal essence. The nerv-
Gus system is said to exert much in
fuence over the odor of the cuta-
neous secretions. Hammond cites
the case OF woman who always
gave out the odor of pineapple when
she was in<emper, and that Of an
other who emitted a violet odor
when suffering from hysterical at
tack.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
PESTS OBJECT TO YELLOW.
mosquitoes VIII Avoid a Person who
Wears Clothing OF THAT
Color, 1t Is Said.

Mosquitoes have their prejudices
and one of these is repugnance to
yellow. For this reason residents in
mosquito-infested parts are strongly
recommended to wear as much yellow
and to have as much yellow about them
as possible. This advice comes from a
French scientist who has been investi-
eating the psychology OF the little
pest. One of the tests was as follows:
He took a certain number of boxes
and lined their interiors with cloth of
different color and different shades of
the same color. Then he liberated in
the room a large number of mosqui-
toes, believing that the colors in the
box would attract them.
At the end of a certain time he clos ed
his boxes and then began to count. He
found that the insects had a decided
liking for dark colors in preference
to white and that the most were found
in the box which had been lined with
dark blue. Not single one was found
in the box which contained yellow.
This test may not be conclusive, but it
SENS to prove that there is something
in the tradition that dark stockings
attract more mosquitoes to the ankles
than do light ones.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
FOUND IN A LETTUCE HEAD.
Fine Collection of Microbes Gathered
from Its Leaves by
Scientist,

There is really such a thing as get
ting too much for ones money, as, foI
instance, when one buys lettuce al
five cents bunch and has a menagerie
and flower garden thrown in.
Even the casua! consumer of salads
occasionally has temporary loss Of
appetite from the discovery of large
white scale or small green worm
among the crisp crinkles of his lettuce.
But these discoveries are Only a faint
suggestion of the glories Of animal life
which Turk undetected in those same
inviting leaves. a man by the name Of
Ceresole, having found more than the
usual number of insects pasturng
upon his plate of salad, went out into
the market place and bought samples
Of lettuce, andiye, radishes, celery and
the like.
The willy Ceresole washed his mar
keting in sterili2ed water and exam
ined the sediment. A simple micro
scopical survey revealed Il luxuriant,
IL not pleasing, fauna of 81 species,
comprising amoelae and anguillulae,
along with the eggs of the Toenia, Oxy-
urls axarides and Ankylostoma.
Not content with these pleasing
revelations, the csrious Ceresole un-
dertook meteorological investigation
and added to his previous discoveries
rich menagerie of microbes, includ-
ing micrococci, staphylococci, strep-
tococci, sarcinae.
There were others. But why enlarge
upon the matter. Enough is enough.
And the moral of this is you can't be
too careful abost washing your sal
ads
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT TIPS.
1t IL Not Alone the Walter In the
Restaurant That Receives
Little "Rem nhrances."

Sam l." said the waiter 1.-The only
man who takes tips? No, not at all.
you, for instance, tell your tobac-
conist that in a few days Smith, the
millionaire, will be in to see him
that Smith was looking for a good
dealer, and you recommended him to
go there. Well, Smith goes there and
leaves a heavy order. Hence you are
not surprised when you receive little
later box of fine cigars, with your
tobacconist's compliments but if
those cigars are not tip, what are
they?
Brown is buyer for big manu-
factory. The firm he patronizes is
sending him every week or two boxes
of toilet soaps, cases of perfunery,
dozens Of golf balls, and barrels Of
clans. Those are Browns eips-the
gratuities he gets for his patronage.
Robinson sends a rich friend to his
tailor with a note of introduction, and
the rich friend buys four suits. Isn't
Robinson being tipped when the tailor,
the week following, makes him "a
present of set of English fiannels?"
The waiter made a disdainful ges-
ture, says the Philadelphia Record, and
ejaculated:
"Pish! Tipping, they say, is I'M
American, and waiter of proper
pride and independence would scorn
to accept & quarter or half in re-
turn for the serving of meal. But
l say that tipping runs clean through
our social system, from top to bot
tom, and all of us, excepting only the
elevator man, are taking tips of one
sort or another ell our lives"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
PENGUIN PUGILISM.
The Birds Quarrel Over Pur1oined
Pebbles and show Science
in Fighting.

1t was curious, says Prof. C. E
3orchgrevink, writing of penguins
pa Leslie's Monthly, to see how some
Pf the lazy birds would quickly
make off with the pebbles with
which they build their nests, and
which through great care and work,
bad been accumulated by one of the
band, the moment the owner hap
Pened to turn his back. The osten.
|atious attempt of the culprit to look
innocent when caught in the act
amused us nightly. The rightful
Pwner of the pebble was sure to
pursue the thief and then the two
would fight desperately till blood
covered their fiippers. Sometimes
they stood up to each other like
giving and taking punish.
|ment like men, and they exhibited
surprising efficiency In the art OF
hitting. Sometimes they seemed TIC
remember the pebble, the cause OF
the quarrel, but l noticed that the
pne who first gave in generally
walked off with the pebble, while
the other, blinded by success, was
left with the honor. Meanwhile the
conqueror would return to his nes:
and fin1 that his kind neighbors had
used the opportunity to pebble their
nests from his possessions while he
had been away struggling SO valiant
ly to catch the thief of one single
pebble.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11

Partisan hostesses have invented
a new method of dealing with one
Of the principal difficulties incident
to dinner parties-.that of pairing OFT
the guests. On arriving in the draw
ing-room the guests find two baskets
Of flowers. Hidden in the blossoms
are numbered tickets. The men are
requested to shut their eyes, put n
hand into one basket, adorned with
forgetme-nots or some other blue
flower, and pull out card. The Ia
dies perform like ceremony, draw
ing their tickets from a bower Of
pink blossoms, generally roses. The
corresponding numbers then look for
each other, and, having sorted them
selves out, pair off and go in To din
ner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
Lived Down His Reputation.

The king Of Italy was unpopular
at the time of his coming to the
throne, because of the stories of his
extreme economy, but has lately
shown that, though he is circumspect
in his expenditure, he is liberal and
benevolent. He gives largely to char
ity, both organized and individual,
and in his social life seems ready to
make an outlay that is necessitated
by his position. Among his recent
henefactions was a gift of 100000
lire to the town of Palermo, to be
distributed among the poor and three
charitable institutions. OF this sum
$4,000 lire is to go to the poor, 10000
lire to the town hospital, 10000 lire
to the marine hospital, and 1000 lire
to the Red Cross society.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
DE WET TO HIS MEN.
Tt Famous Boer Generals Remarks
to His Soldiers After the
Surrender.

An Englishman who. was present
when De Wet addressed the men ard
women in a concentration camp after
the signing of peace, sends a sum-
mary of his remarks, says the Man
chester Guardian. The speech was a
remarkable and strong mixture, dis
playing at once De Vets natural cha
grin and his determine ton grimly to
abide by The promise he had given.
knowing" he writes, 1.-THE Dutch as
well as l do, / could see De Wet still
had injured feelings, although he gave
them (the men and women) proper
talking to. He said. OF course you
win all like to ask me the question:
Have we lost" In a word l must
say Yes Our flag is fallen. 1t is
dead and buried, never to rise again,
and we are now under a new govern
ment whom we have to serve, not as
well as we served our own, but great
deal better. Hunger he went on,
compelled me to give in, butt stood
till the rife was taken out of my hand.
1 could point my finger to a good many
towards here who were going to shoot
the English in this way and that way,
but who never fired shot and simply
surrendered. l, indeed, thought more
Of you would remain loyal, as some of
US did and were true to the last. But
as it is, if ever hear of anything
wrong among you Chat is disloyal to
the new government), /. Christian De
Wet, will be the first to arrest you and
have you well punished. ''-Manches-
ter Guardian.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
LIGHT FOR THE FISHES.
ass Caught mt Dusk by the Aid Of
= PhOsph crescent Bob
Made of Cork.

For catching bass at dusk the fol-
wing plan is sometimes tried in
e upper part of the state. The
sherman anchors in comparatively
tep water outside the lily pads.
rigs an extra rod and attaches a
ne-foot leader to the end of the
ne. At the end of the leader he
les heavy sinker, and about five
let above the sinker large bob
piece of cork, which has previous
received heavy coat of phos-
horus, says the New York Sun.
Without hook or bait he casts this
ne well in toward the pads, the line
ling held in place at the surface by
second cork.
The line is reeled out, and the rod
id on the side of the boat. Then
.lecting lively minnow he bats
is casting rod and drops the min
ow within. foot or TWO of the
Their line. He then lights his pipe
nd awaits developments. From
me to time as the minnow swims
way from the lure a new cast is
iade.
The explanation of the success Of
MS plan of catching bass is that the
sh are attracted by the phosphor.
scent bob and in swimming around
find the oait. The plan has proved
uccessful when small frogs or craw.
sh were used instead of minnows.
An inventive genius, who first saw
he lure in use at Upper st. Regis
bike, sent to New York for bat
|ery, waterproof wire and ground
lass electric bulbs. For some rea.
on the elaborate apparatus was not
! success.
Those who made the experiment
|ay the lure is equally effective when
sed in trolling. For this purpose
he lure is made of cork or light
line. 1t is attached to the line about
EN- feet in front of the hooks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
Great britain In small.

Great Britain is only half as big
as Sumatra, and double the size of
Newfoundland. II stands fifth in
point of size In the List OF the worlds
islands. England, without Wales, Is
almost identical in point of size with
Rouman!a. 1t is less than one-quar-
ter az big as France or Germany. The
whole British isles occupy only one
sixteenth part of the surface of the
globe. -----
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
Writers who Refuse Titles.

The London academy is authority
for the news that Rudyard Kipling
might have been knighted along with
Gilbert Parker and Conan Doyle, but
that he declined the offer. The acad-
envy further states that Mr.. Lecky
refused peerage, contenting him
self with membership in the new Or
der of Merit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
is A FROG FISH OR GAME7
Problem with which Canadian Cow
eminent Officials and Ex-
perts Are WrestIing.

The dominion of Canada has anoth-
er and peculiar grievance against this
country. Canada is land in which
frogs multiply and grow fat because of
the immense stretches of waste places,
yet because of the enormous demand
for their legs in the United States the
Canucks are fearful that unless re-
strictions are placed upon the killing
of their native croakers there will be
none left in the country.
The dominion department of marine
and fisheries can do nothing prac-
teal, it appears, to stop this destruc-
tive export of frogs legs until they
determine whether the frog is fish or
game. If frog is fish the depart
ment at Ottawa has the power to in
stitute close season for it. If, how
ever, it shonld be decided that the
frog comes under the category of game
the question of IA close season must
be settled by the provincial authori-
ties.
If the law officers of the different
governments interested fail to come
to an agreement on the subject the
matter will probably be submitted to
committee of experts. Everybody
agrees that something must be done
to prevent the total destruction of Il
valuable article of both food and com
merce. If it should be decided that the
frog is neither fish nor game, it may
be necessary, in order to secure Il law
for its protection, to obtain from the
imperial parliament the passage of an
amendment to the act of British North
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11

A Kingman county (Kan) farmer
is growing row of corn 25 miles
long, not because he has to, but be-
cause it amuses him. II coils around
a so acre field,beginning at a corner
and ending in the middle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11

The most marvellous shot in the
world is NJ CASTOR Bordeverry. TAX
ing several repeating carbines, and
standing ten yards from piano,
he plays" or, To speak strictly, he
shoots in very brilliant style, a com
plicated selection from "Cavalleria
Rusticana." The piano is "armored'
for its novel experience.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
Library M N xzles.

Some of the students in Paris, when
pernsing ancient books in the ma
tional library, protect themselves
with muzzles. This Is done to pre-
vent the inhalation OF dangerous mi
crobes, said to infest old volumes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-11
Ma nm moth Ind a stry,

In the United States more than
sec, o0o,0 are invested In making fer
tili2Srs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
TRAGEDY ON a TRAIN
lnoffensive Passenger Shot and Killed by
Four Men-AII Now in Jail.

fOur Men-Ail NOW IN jail.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 2.-Four
white men killed J. M. Rhea, an in
offensive passenger on a train of the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley branch
of the Illinois Central Railroad, at
an early hour this 111or4fEns near Lc-
land, Miss, cut the locomotive from
the train and forced the engineer to
run to Cleveland, Miss. All four
men were arrested. One is in Jail
at Leland, and three are locked up
at Shelby
The four men, who had been
drinking, boarded the northbound
train at Leland at A. M, to return
to Shelby. Rhea, who is an engi-
neer, was on his way to Tutwiler to
take out locomotive there, and was
sleeping on a seat in the sleeper.
The four men came down the aisle
and the foremost one ran into Rhea S
legs, which we're extended out into
the aisle. Rhea was awakened and
a quarrel ensued, during which one of
the four men told him that they
could not all stay in the same car
and that he would have to get out.
Rhea remarked that, in order to
prevent trouble he would have to do
as they told him. Thereupon he
started out of the car. He had just
reached the door when the men
opend fire upon him and he fell.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
PREDICTS ANOTHER WAR.
American Says China Is Openly Violating
the Protocol.

New York. Jan. 2.-Charles F.
Cannon, uperintendent of colpor.
teurs for the American Bible Society
in Northern China, writes to the
society concerning the present situa-
tion in the Chinese empire as follows:
"While at Shanghai observed that
the Chinese government was openly
violating the provisions of the proto-
col. The great empire would shake
off European domination. Thou
sands of boatloads of small arms and
ammunition were passing weekly up
the Yangtse Kiang and the arsenals
were being enlarged and worked day
and night. Cargoes of explosives
were being received, and the dowager
empress had issued instructions to all
officials to recruit the army, and also
to inform her as to the fighting
strength of each division and the
time required to concentrate the
forces at given point
:.'There were and are many other
unpromising features which weighed
heavily upon the minds of those in
terested. I must believe that the end
is not yet, and that within 10 years.
possibly within five, war will ensue
the like of which the world has never
known. For centuries China has
been making repeated attempts to
expel the foreigner, each time profit
ing by past experience, each time
with more power and success, each
time better equipped and better
planned.
'She is now preparing as never be-
fore, buying vast quantities of SUPER
ior weapons and reorganizing her
armies on correct basis. Therefore
the next attempt will be gigantic in
force and terrible in execution, Tt
will result in a universal upheaval
and the final dismemberment of this
empire-at terrible cost"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
LANDSLIDE CAUSED WRECK.
Four Lives Lost in an Accident on the Ches.
apeake & Ohio.

apeake & Ohio.
Lynchburg, Va, Jan. IA land
slide on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad, near Reusen station, five
miles south of Lynchburg on the
James river branch, yesterday, caused
wreck in which four men were
killed and several persons injured, but
none of them severely.
Several passengers from the scene
of the wreck say that probably one or
two passengers are buried under the
debris caused by the slide, but no
names Can be ascertained of any pas
sengers known to be missing. The
train to which the mishap occurred
was known as No. 7. 1t left Lynch
burg behind schedule time, and con-
sisted of all engine, tender, baggage
car and one passenger Car, which was
pretty we'll filled with passengers.
1t is stated that the train had run
into rock slide without damage,
and the trainmen and some of the
passengers had succeeded in pushing
the passenger car back from under
the cliff. They were trying to do the
same for the baggage car when a
second heavy slide came down. A
shout of warning as the second slide
came enabled most of those who were
in danger to escape without injury.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
LAWS FOR PHILIPPINES.
Root in Daily Conference With Lodge and
pIatt-BiIls Being Prepared

Washington, Jan. 2.-Secretary
Root has been in almost daily confer
enee with Senators Lodge and Platt,
of Connecticut, during the past week,
in regard to the legislation for the
government of the Philippines. Bills
are in course of prepa -ation to carry
into effect the recommendations made
by the Philippine commission and
indorsed by the president and secre-
tary of war, looking TO the material
and political welfare Of the islands.
These bills authorize she granting of
franchises for railroads, electric
lights, telephones, etc the issue of
bonds of the insular government to
purchase the agricultural holdings
and property of religious orders; pro-
vide for the acquisition of homestead
rights, regulate mining and provide a
special system of coinage and bank
ing for the islands.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
TURNING BONDS INTO CASH.
Carnegie Making His Gift to the Government
Available.

New York, Jan. LIT lis reported
on Wall street that at an auction sale
by Adrain III. Muller & Co., 5 per
cent bonds of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany sold at 113 7-S. say the Journal.
Andrew Carnegie rendered $40, 900, 900
in these bonds to the government for
the Washington Memorial University
for Original Research and the sale is
believed by some to indicate that Mr..
Carnegie has begun to convert the
bonds into money in order that the
government should be relieved from
any embarrassment on account of the
bonds. At the price realized, the
$40, 900, 600 in bonds would be equiv.
alent to $11, 387, 500, substantial in
crease of the promised endowment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
ADMIRAL CASEY SAILS.
He Will Probably Change His Flag to the
Iowa on Reaching Peru.

Washington, Jan. 2.-The navy
department. has been informed of the
departure yesterday from Acapulco,
Mexico, of Rear Admiral Silas Casey,
commanding the North Pacific squad
ron, aboard his flagship, the Wiscon-
sin, bound for Callao, Peru. By the
time the Wisconsin arrives at the
latter port it is expected that the
battle ship Iowa will be ready to
emerge from the dock at Talchuano,
Chile, and at the navy department
it is thought probable that Admiral
Casey will transfer his flag back to
the Iowa, from which vessel it for
melry flew. This state of affairs will
leave the two largest battle ships of
the Pacific squadron cruising in the
waters off the coast of Chile, Argen-
tina and Peru, so that in case the
threatened hostilities between Chile
and Argentina materialize American
interests in that quarter would be
well looked after.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
ORDERED TO SAIL
ONE SMALL CRUISER SENT TO
VENEZUELAN WATERS.
One or Two More to Reinforce Squadron
Now There-Official Note Stating That
Negotiations Continue Ambassador White
Terms German American War Talk Sen.
sational Nonsense

Berlin, Jan. 2.-The small German
cruiser Gazelle was ordered today to
sail Immediately from Kiel to Vene-
zuelan waters. The government in
tends to send one or two other small
warships to reinforce the present
squadron in the Caribbean sea. The
additions to Germany's naval force
in the Caribbean sea will not be suffi.
cient to give rise to suspicion among
the people of the United States that
Germany meditates anything beyond
the collection of claims due German
subjects. The German government
desires beyond anything else in this
matter to avoid disturbing the gov
ernment or the people OF the United
States. German newspapers pub
lished today are full of expressions of
this kind, and many of these express
ions are so much alike that it is easy
to infer their utterance was suggest
ed by the government. A remarkable
thing is the fact that there is not
single unkind expression toward the
United States in any of the newspa-
per comments.
"We hope that this opinion, says
the Berliner Neuste Nachrichten,s
(which grew out of the Spanish war,
and which we consider to be wholly
erroneous, will soon give place to
more correct conception of Germany's
aims. 1t is quite unreasonable that
the people of the United States, hold
ing such opinion, should connect
this opinion with their Venezuelan
affair, inasmuch as Washington has
been fully informed of Germany's
intentions.
The Lokal Anzeiger says: "The
task for our diplomacy is to make
German interests prevail against Ven
ezuela without at the same time los
ing touch with the>American govern
ment. The authorities at Washing
ton have up to the present time
shown such an intelligent compre-
hension of the situation and friendly
disposition towards Germany's wishes
that no grounds for apprehension ex-
lists at this point
Replying to Germany's assurance
to the United States regarding the
fcrmer's plans in connections wish
Venezuela, the foreign office here has
received an answer from Secretary
Hay, expressing full satisfaction with
the German position. Germany still
hopes to collect her claims peaceably.