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The Lamar register., 1902-09-17
For Rent

The Herbert building and rooms in
the Land Office block. Inquire Of
GRANBY HILLYER.
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MOODY SQUELCHED HER.
New Secretary of the Navy Helped n
street Car Conductor Quiet
Boston Lady.

They are telling story in Washing
ton about the new secretary OF the
navy. Mr.. Moody was riding on one Of
the Boston surface cars and was stand
ing on the platform at the side next
the gate that protected passengers
from cars coming on the other track.
A lady--a Boston lady--came to the
door Of the car and as 1t stopped start
ed to move toward the gate, which was
hidden from her by the men standing
before It, relates the Ney York Times.
"Other side, please, lady" said the
conductor. lie was ignored nv only Il
born and bred Bostonian can ignore II
man. The lady took another step to-
ward the gate.
"You must get of on the other side, "
said the conductor.
az wish to get off on this side" came
the answer, In tones thatcongcaled the
official into momentary silence. Be
fore he could either explain or expos
tulate Mr.. Moody came TO bis assist
ance.
"Stand TO one side gentlemen" he
remarked. quietly. "The lady wants
20 climb over the gate"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
THE ELEVATED EDUCATES.
Has Taught People to Go Through
Revolving Doors That Work
Like Turnstiles,

The man with nothing much to do
but stand around and notice things,
stood in front of the new Tribune
building watching the crowds pass in
through the big revolving doors. 1t
was n Saturday, when the crowd was
coming pretty thick, says that Chicago
paper.
"Did you ever notice" he said to the
man with him, what a great educator
the elevated railroad is?"
The man with him confessed that he
could not see the connection, but was
willing to be enlightened.
"Well, just keep your eye on the
crowd going through that door"
81 have been watching just as long
as you have" said the other man, land
I still fail to observe the most remote
connection between it and an elevated
railway"
simplest thing in the world" de-
clared the man who notices. Each
one of those compartments in the
door is big enough to hold half dozen
persons at time. But you don't SEE
them going through in bunch. The
elevated has them too we'll educated
for that, they go at it in real turnstile
fashion, one at a time, and no crowd
ing. The elevated Is to be thanked for
that reform, il for nothing else"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
EAT PARSLEY AFTER ONIONS.
A Gastronomic Suggestion That VIII
II. Welcomed by Lovers
of the Latter

Parsley" said the restarauteur,
"rcmoves the smell OF onions"
He frowned portcntiously at IA wait
er who had dropped plate of ice
cream on the red carpet. Excuse me.
won't you?" he asked, and went and
whispered something passionately In
the walters ear. On his return he re-
sumed:
YES, you may eat bushel Of onions
and little parsley taken afterwnrd
will leave you so that Sherlock Holmes
himself would be- unable to say what
You had been feeding on. That is the
truth, and wish more people were
aware Of II. For onions, which are the
most wholesome things in the world,
would be as popular as they are whole
some " this matter of the parsley
were more widely known.
another thing" went on the man,
according TO the Philadelphia Record,
"old cheese melted slightly makes
mince pie digestible. You may be n
confirmed dyspeptic, but IL you will
spread on the top crust Of your mince
pie thin layer of rich old English
cheese | promise that you may eat the
pastry without any aftermath OF re-
morse and paia."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
A BIG STAMP COLLECTION.
Three Connecticut Sisters Accumu
late the Larges Number Ever
Gotten TOYther.

An enormous pile of Cancelled post
age stamps, in which were a million
and a half pieces, attracted much at
tention at an auction sale of rare
stamps held recently in New York.
The stamp collectors who bid
against one another for rare speci-
mems were much interested in the big
pile of "two-cent United States can
celed, recent issues" 1t was the first
time that as many as 900, 600 stamps
have been assembled together for dis
play in New York.
The big pile weighed $50 pounds
and occupied Is cubic feet of space.
One of the largest dealers in New
York said the stamps were accumu-
lated by three sisters in a Connecticut
town. After all three had died and the
estate was settled up the stamps were
found, most Of them done up in neat
packages Of 1000.
For years there has been tradition
in some parts of the country that il
anyone would accumulate 1000, 900
postage stamps the government or
some mysterious institution stood
ready to pay 81. 900 for them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
QUEEN HELEN CAN SHOOT.
Itn'y's First Lady Surpasnes Her
Hunter Husband In sknl with
the Target Rifle.

Queen Helen of Italy Is an expert
husbands best target score, al
though he has the reputation OF be-
ing n mighty hunter. Her record Is
by no means confined to target prac-
tice either. When she was princess
OF Montenegro hunting was her favor
tie sport, and she has had many ex-
citing adventures with big game.
When she went to Italy as princess
Of Naples she missed her hunting
more than any other feature of her
girl life. The prince had targets put
up in the gardens at Capo di Monte
villa and shooting matches were held
there. The princess invariably car
ried off the honors, even when pitted
against her husbands men friends or
the prince himself. Still target proc-
tice did not quite take the place of
real hunting, SO her husband guessed
again.
This time he gave his wife the is
land OF Monte Cristo, to have and to
hold as n happy hunting ground, and
there she had glorious sport with her
guns and her dogs, every season, I'M
til the assassination Of King Hum
bert called her to "A throne.
Now she has left off killing game
and has gone back to target shoot
ing, but she does not neglect her
practice or lose her enthusiasm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
THE DEADLY FER DE LANCE.


Former residents OF Martinique,
says the New York Sun, declare that
the perils Of any expedition carrying
aid to the volcano sufferers about st.
Pierre will be grayely increased by
the presence OF the deadly fcr-dc-
lance.
st. Pierre fairly swarms with the
venomous reptiles. 1t Is principally
because OF their presence that AS
cents OF Mont Pelee, otherwise not
difficult or hazardous, have been 30
infrequcnt.
1t il II curious fact that In cases
Of seismic disturbance snakes make
for the low land. When Mont Pelee
was disturbed in the middle OF the
last century the fer-de-lance overran
the streets of st. Pierre, although
they are naturally n grassland snake.
Suppose, now, that the shore be-
yOnd the district where all life has
been blotted out has become the
refuge of these creatures. What will
happen to the men who land there,
particularly II they are ignorant OF
the danger2 1t is not pleasant to
think of. The fer-de-lnnce does not
wait TO be attacked. lie ~ IA born
murderer. When h. has once set his
venomous mind on man he will fol-
low until one or the other is slain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SETTLE IN THE NORTHWEST.
Large increase in the Emigration to
Mirnesota and the DakOtas
This Year.

Although 1t has been impossible
yet to compile figures from ticket re-
ports to show the actual volume of
travei. tine lines carrying the greater
part of the spring settlers movement
through the st. Paul gateway esti-
mate that it numbered fully $4,000.
This is 10000 more than last year, re-
ports the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
North Dakota Is credited with more
its western boundary to the Pacific
and Minnesota with fully half as many
people as have gone into Washington.
Most of the settlers are sturdy, ag-
gressive Americans, equipped with ex-
perience and the means of creating
garden spots wherever they go. Many
came from Pennsylvania looking for
wider opportunities and a country
where fathers could get adjoining
farms for sons. The Virginians fur
nished a large number of people and
Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Illinois, and
even Iowa made noticeable contribu-
tions.
The great majority Of these that
went west carried stock, farming i'm
plements, household effects and ready
money. Nearly all had previously Sc
lected their lands and on many OF the
new farms temporary cabins had been
created in anticipation of their coming.
The settlement in Minnesota was al
most wholly confined to the northern
counties.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
MEXICO is IN DISTRESS.
The Tide of American Toufists
Causes Complaint Among the
People of Militia.

Tourists who have visited the RUNS
Of Militia, in Mexica, and fancied that
they had Impressed" the simple in
habitants of the region will be shocked
to know how their pilgrimage has
been viewed by the languid natives.
In most places an thrush VI American
tourists with mopey to spend is well
cemed with great and hearty JOY, but
not so in Militia. The Militia Messenger
mournfuIly murmurs:
1.-The tourist wave Is flowing in upon
our tranquil life under the palms ana
the orange trees They come with
guidebooks, red, green and brown,
wearing spectacles, goggles OF blue
glass to break the force OF the trop-
ical sun, kodaks and other cameras, anu
a blase look. dos sabe why some
people travel; it is mania, Ike col
lecting stamps or autographs. Mean
time, as the moon rises over the state
" palace Of forgotten kings, the shades
Of the mighty dead come forth from
their lurking places and bemohn the
onrush of unsympathetic tourists, who
are given to singing ragtime songs
amid the walls that have sheltered
majesty. To get back to OaIaca and
square meal Is their most frequent
wish. Clelos Are there no square meals
in the United States, where life begins
with the morning gong, PUSHES till the
hour OF the ice water and pie lunch,
anb en6a with nervous DrOStTatlOn IN
the Late hours Of the night?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SCHOOL FOR HANGMEN.
Grewsomc Plan Adopted I'm London
TO Prevent BungilnE mt
Executions.

England has a school for the educa-
ton Of hangmen. This latest ad junct
to civilization in Great Britain was
established as the result of bungling
work by cxecutioners during the last
few months, says a New York ex-
change.
The work Of hangman is light and
the pay high, 50 there are already a
number Of pupils at the school, which
Is in London. A session there is an
interesting sight. One Of the pupils
acts as the subject, the attendants
taking turns playing the role Of the
condemned. Hanging consists not
merely in placing a man over trap
door and launching him into space by
releasing u bolt. There are various
nice preiminarics To be gone through
First, the condemned must be artis-
tirally pinioned. Then he must be sup
ported on his way to the scatfold in
order to avoid painful scenes. After
that there Is the rope to be adjusted
quickly and without fumbling. in order
that the agony may not he prolonged
on the scaTold. The rope must be
strong enough To bear the weight Of
the condemned, but not so thick as
TO slowly choke the condemned to
death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
A REMARKABLE BEEHIVE.
Mounted on the Back Of q Life-Sixs
Elephant of stone In
ENGLAND.

Representation of the elephant and
castle are occasionally met with on
the signboards of public houses, but
in the village which nestles at the foot
Of the beautifully wooded height of
Peckforton, in Cheshire, England,
stands life size carving of an elephant
In stone, with the model of castle on
its back. This remarkable curiosity
stands in a garden attached to house
occupied by George Watson, and he
with his brothers. Robert and William,
carved the elephant during their leis-
ure time as apprentices at neighbour
in quarry, says Golden Penny. They
were assisted in the work-they re-
garded 1t as amusement-by their
father, John Watson.
BY itself the elephant weighs five
tons. The castle on its back is model
of Peckforton castle, which crowns the
hill above. 1t was made for, and is used
as a beehive, and is fitted with glass
windows, with little entrance holes at
the bottom of each for the bees.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24

A meeting was lately held by the
Omaha and WinnebaPo Indians on
their reservations, aud relic trust
was formed. Great Thunder, leading
fnancier Of the Winnebagos, was
elected president. Great Thundcr's
speciality Is making bows and arrows.
Green Rainbow and Prairie Chicken,
makers OF belts, and John A. Logan.
manufacturer of eagle feather war
bonnets, were made directors All the
members Of the tribes will obey these
leaders in matters pertaining TO the
prices Of Indian goods.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
MANY UNREpORTED BILLS.
Thousands Introduced In the House
of Representatives Turn Out
"Dead-Wood."

The enormous amount OF dead
wood" among the bills that have been
introduced in the house Of representa-
tives during the present session OF con
gress Is shown by the fact that while
about IL, 200 private bills have been in
troduced, only about 1900 have been
reported, states the Washington Star.
That leaves 1000 unreported private
bills which were proposed for the re-
lief Of all sorts Of persons for all sorts
Of things. While the total number OF
bills, public and private, introduced in
the house has been about Ii, 300, there
have been made 1910 reports. That
leaves about $500 bills that have not
been deemed worthy by committees OF
n report. OF course many Of these
public bills are on the same subjects,
and 1t might readily happen that a
score Of bills would be embodied In n
single measure when reported. Bills
on various subjects have been intro.
duced in the house as follows:
Mails and postage, 80; public build
ings, 304; change pension laws, 40;
monuments and statues, 50; trusts, 20;
tariff acts, 3s; churches, 1868; bank
ruptcy, 10; bridges, as; currency, 2l:
constitution, AZ; Chinese, 8; District OF
Columbia, 1865; pure foods, 8; Indians,
1902; interstate commerce, IT; immi-
grafton, ~; irrigation. IS; mines and
mining, o.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
PATCHES PASTED ON SHIRTS.
Quick and Simple Method OF Repair
ing Rents Employed I'm Laun-
dry work,

"When made up my laundry bundle
early in the week." said the middle
aged bachelor, according to the New
York Sun, II found one of the shirts
that were to go in so torn that had
some doubts about sending 1t, but L
let it go. To-day when my laundry
came back, and / looked it over, L
didn't see that torn shirt at first.
There was the right number OF shirts
there, but no torn one. But, looking
again, discovered that the torn one
was there, but now finely mended. The
body Of the shirt, which had been torn
in one place away from the bosom for
space of three or four inches, had
been drawn back into place, and was
now held there securely by a patch
pasted on the under side and ironed
On.
II feel bound to say that the job
awakened my admiration. AS quick
and easy way of mending it was great.
All that you had to do was to take
a square of cotton cloth OF suitable
size, spread starch on 1t, bring the
disunited parts together on it, and slam
down on it once or twice with hot
iron, and the shirt was mended. had
heard Of mending tablecloths in that
way by FASTING on new patch and
ironing it down, but | never before
heard Of mending shirts in that way.
Yet it's certainly all right for shirts at
some seasons.
1.-THE pasted patel n this use would
really be better as winter than IA
summer patch. 1t might be melted off
in summer"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
-. Pierr.'s Sole Survivor

A murderer, imprisoned in cell
beneath the earth, where he lay for
four days Of horror after 81. Pierre
had been buried under the discharges
Of the volcano. is said to be the sole
survivor of all the thousands Of ST.
Pierre. No stranger or more dread
full story could be conjured by the
widest imagination Of the romancer,
and such a story would be criticised
as too improbable, even in romance
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24

The United States department Of az
riculture now has well equipped lab
oratorics for the investigation Of the
diseases Of plants in Washington city,
Florida and California. There are also
30 experiment stations where plant dis
eases are studied. and in perhaps half
that number Of colleges practical
courses ON plant life are given.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
INCOMPETENCE OF KINGS.
Innaances of Ignorance of Monnrehs
Concerning Conditions In
Their own Realms.

"Seems hard to believe this" said the
. reader of "China in CONFUSION" look
ing up from his perusal of that re-
markable book, relates the New YORK
Herald. "Mr. Smith says that every
body in China knew about the danger
threatened by the Boxers; that trav-
elers, merchants, missionaries, edit
ors, and even government consuis
knew about it. The exception, he says
was the egations-they, of all others,
to be in ignorance! They knew moth
ing and would hear nothing about II.
What do you think of that?"
at does seem strange" said the
Browser, who had been deep in French
history. "But here's coincidence
I've just been looking over some books
dealing with the French revolution
and later periods of France-Vlctor
Hugo's Chooses Vues' and Watson's
story of France among them. And
what do you think? The kings Of that
country were just as ignorant OF I'M
pending calamities which threatened
their thrones and lives as were the
legations In China, according to Mr..
Smiths account. That, it seems TO
me. is even more astonishing.
take Louis XVI. at Versailles
What do you suppose he was about
when the mob went TO fetch him to
the Tuileries? Why, shooting rabbits
in the woods, to be sure, with all
France in a fever and the shadow OF
the guillotine on his door. Much he
knew about what was going on! Then
Al years later. we have Charles X.
with his edict annulling the very con
stitution which gave him his throne.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
An Important Niagara Industry.

One OF the most important indus
tries attaching to the cheap power
now produced by Niagara is the clec-
trical tearing apart of the moleculr
of common salt resulting in the for
nation Of caustic soda and bleaching
powder.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
Turkey. smartest Town

SMYRNA Is the smartest town In
Turkey so far as trade Is concerned.
1t does a bigger business than Con-
stantnople. 1t is the headquarters
of the wool and of the rug and carpet
trade.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SMALLPOX Statistics

Smallpox, as officially reported In
the United States from December 20,
1901, to May 2, 1902, presents grand
total Of 30,slj cases, with 92l deaths.
in contrast with 22,3i4 eases and 3I9
deaths in the corresponding period
Of 1901.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24

Robinson Crusoe island. Juan Fer
nandez, lying 600 miles west of Val
parso, is to be given civil govern
ment by Chill on account of its lob
ster canning industry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
In Japanese Theaters.

A spectator in japanese theater,
on payment of small extra fee, is
permitted to stand up; and the per-
son behind him cannot object, al
though the latter's view of the per-
Torrance ia obstructed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
New nethOd Treatment In
All Chronic Diseases.
CONSULTATION SACREDLY
CONFIDENTIAL.
Examination and Advice Free.
Doctor SeCrist will Come to
ManitowOc at the HOTEL WILLIAMS
Tuesday, Aug. IL.
And One Day Only in Every Four
Weeks Thereafter.

The doctor wonderful power of dag
nosis, greatest of all gifts, enables him
to determine the causes of obscure and
chronic ailments, and to apply remedies
which effect certain. speedy and perma-
nent cures.
X RAY examination in appropriate
cases upon reasonable notice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
THE LITERATURE OF LOVE.
what the Practical Minded business
Man Gomez Across Searching
for Something to Read,

II Is amusing to watch hard-head-
ed, practical business man when he goes
to the library for IA book these days.
The new books are placed on coun-
ter where one can take ones PICK.
The type Of reader indicated above
looks long and earnestly at the list OF
titles, knits his brow, begins at the
beginning, and goes over them all
again, as II he doubted the evidence
Of his first inspection, purses up has
lips, frowns, and saunters out OF the
library without book.
II the looker-on is sufficiently curious
TO wonder why the hard-headed one
could find nothing to suit him, she,
too, looks over the titles OF the new
books, and this Is what she sees among
shoals OF other and similar ones:
Love in Its Tenderness"
Love Idyls."
"Love Lyrics"
"When Love Is Young"
Love, the Harvester"
when the Land Was Young"
Farewell, Nikola."
"When Blades Are Out and Loves
Afeld."
Lads Love"
Love Is Best"
Truly, says the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser, this has been strenu'
GUS spring for the seasonable writers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24

There are three states which have
no debt-Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
There are three others which have al
most no debt-California, Montana and
Nevada
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
Tn. Popular Sensation

It's poor place. remarks the Chi
cago Rccord-iierald, that can't get up
volcano or an earthquake scare
now.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
A New German Coin.

The mint Of the German government
has struck of three mark silver piece
commemorative Of the visit Of Prince
Henry 10 the United States
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
Haxx the HIndun H.nnrdI.

The Hindus are said TO regard MS
as no better than cannibals because
we eat meat
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HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.


Many bundled of sufferers pronounc-
ed by other physicians rs hopelessly in
curable, have been restored to health by
DIR. Secrist
Letters of Endorsement from many
prominent clergymen and hundreds of
grateful patients are on file in his office.
The doctor has devoted much time
and attention in the French Hospitals to
the study of
ALL SPECIAL DISEASES OF MEN,
and has imported many special medi-
cines and appliances necessary to effect
certain cures in the worst cases of
Physical Weakness, Varicocele, Impo-
tency, Nerqous Debility, etc.
caused by youthful errors night losses,
general dissipation, improper treatment
and neglect
The doctor will forfeit $500 where a
cure il guaranteed and not effected.
KIDNEY and BLADDER disease
treated by new and eminently success
full methods.
CATARRH in all its various forms
positive, prompt and permanent cures
always effected
CLUB FEET, cross eyes and all other
deformities treated with special care
and unfailing success.
NERVOUS DISEASES, Epilepsy and
diseases of the BLOOD AND SKIN al
ways yield to the doctors modern meth
DDS Of treatment
PILES cured permanently without de-
tention from business and without the
use of the knife.
LUNG TROUBLES receive careful
attention, and are always treated suc-
cessfully, when not too long neglected.
DELAY Is DANGEROUS Those
who are chronically ailing should lose
no time in consulting u special physician
whose reputation for skill is so well and
widely known.
Special attention given to
DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN.
No unnecessary exposure. No exam
nation No sacrifice Of modesty.
The doctor does not publish his pa
tients' names except with their full con
sent and approval English, French
and German spoken. Address,
DIR. II. c. SECRIST,
Chicago and Milwaukee,
Address all mail to Milwaukee Offices
~ Il Cor. Wisconsin and H. Water
Streets.
I'd Floor over G. M x st. p. Ry City
Ticket Offices. Elevator ut Il. Water
81. Entrance, opposite Pabst Building.
Established 1880.