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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
LONG ISLANDS GOOD ROADS.
of That States Numerous
Market Gardeners.

Three groups of farming districts
radiate from New York, which fur
nishes their chief market. They are
the north Jersey counties, the produce
of which reaches New York city by
ferry; the southern Hudson river
counties, of which Westchester is the
chief, and the produce of which
reaches New York by train or boat,
and the long Island counties, the prod
uce of which comes into New York, in
long hauls by train and short hauls by
wagon load.
Nearly four-fifths of the market
produce which reaches New York city
from farms direct comes into it from
Long Island, and this practical monop-
oily of an important business is in very
considerable measure due to the ex-
cellence of the Long Island roads, par
ticularly in the borough of Queens,
states the Sun.
There are roo miles of streets and
roads in Queens county, of which 800
considerably more than half, are fine
macadamized roads, broad, well grad
ed, well kept and furnishing easy
access to New York for Long Islands
farmers with produce to dispose of in
the markets of Manhattan and Brook
Ign.
More than $12, 900, 900 worth of vege-
tables and small fruits are brought
over these roads each year, irrespec-
tive of not less than $4,000, 900 worth
of products shipped by rail or steamer.
The value of flowers raised on Long
Island is put at $5,oOO,0OO annually.
The farmers of New Jersey and of
Westchester, though there is a con-
slant demand by the New York market
for their products, enjoy no like bene-
fit, and the advantages of Long Island
roads constitute therefore. an object
lesson of the practical utility of good
roads.
In addition to 800 miles of macadam-
lied roads in Queens borough there are
so miles of granite, Belgian, brick and
gravel pavements, but the macadam-
lied roads remain the chief highways
for the market wagons and vegetable
carts, without the daily supplies of
which there would be d dearth of mar
ket fare in New York rs serious as the
lack of beef or milk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
GIRL BLOWN FROM TRAIN.
Strong Wind and Landed In
Corn Field Uniniured.

Miss Marie Karous, of Omaha, Neb.,
was blow from a train running 80
miles an our and was uninjuted. She
from WILDER, Neb., to Omaha. While
she attempted to pass from one car TO
another the strong wind lifted her 20
feet in the air and dropped her in a
cornfield. The fact that she was not
injured is attributed to the condition
of the ground, made soft by recent
rains. When the train reached the
next station friends telegraphed back
to the train following, and the young
woman was picked up and brought to
Omaha
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
HOW ACETYLENE WAS FOUND.
Discovery of the Valuable Gas Was
Made by q Can adam Less Than
Ten Years Ago.

To the owner of an automobile
the acetylene lamp which adds so
much to his comfort and his safety
Is SO old story that it hardly seems
possible to him that it was a thing
impossible less than a decade ago.
The facts relating to the discovery
of acetylene gas are interesting,
writes Roscoe S. Denton, in the Au-
tomobile Magazine.
Some years ago a Canadian, Thorn
as z. Wilson, was smelling for metal
lurg ical purposes. From time to
time he used good deal of rock salt
in his furnace stock, and also lime
stone as a fux. Whenever these two
materials were, fused together the
slug produced by the intense cleo
trical heat included dirty grayish
substance wholly unlike anything
else he had ever seen.
For weeks he noticed this sub
stance without giving more than a
passing attention to it, dumping it
into the stream upon the bank Of
which he had built his furnace.
One day curious thing occurred,
and at time when the pile of Stag
had become SO large that its top rose
above the surface of the water. A
minute or two after dumping the
Stag 8s usual into the stream, some
of it going under and part of it re-
naming above the water in red
hot state, the sizzling and steaming
was followed by a bright burst of
flame.
The next time Mr.. Wilson used
rock salt and limestone the blaze
again appeared over the Stag after
it had been cast into the river, and, /
being at night, he was much struck
by the brilliant white light pro-
duced.
On the first occasion thereafter
when he had a batch of the queer
grayish residue to dispose of he did
not waste it, but saveI it and poured
over it some water for experiment.
To his surprise there was no flame.
but after pulling awhile over this
feature he held lighted match over
the pile, when instantly there was a
white, glowing flame, and Wilson
knew that he had found something
worth while. His discovery was
acetylene gas, and the automobilist
Is not the only man who is dee,,i' IN
debted to him for having made it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

The first penguin we met, says Prof.
C, f. Borchgrevink, the Antartic ex-
plorer, in an article on Penguins, ar
rived on the 14th of October, 1899, at
Cape Adair, in South Victoria Land,
thus long before the Ice had broken
up. I killed him at the request of my
zoologist who was dying at the time.
The man knew that his death was only
a question Of hours, but he had looked
forward to the arrival Of the birds,
and the news Of this first arrival ex-
cited him. He begged us to kill and
dissect the bird before him, although
he himself was to follow the bird int
the mystery of death half an hour
afterwards, and he knew it'll He
showed the utmost interest in the
operation, and dictated scientific notes
as he watched II till within Is minutes
of his observation-disclosures Monthly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
MeasIes and Amonia

A Detroit woman who labors among
the poor children of the city was tell
ing her experiences.
Zone day there was a death in the
neighborhood-a little girl died, and
the children were visibly impressed,
They told me about 1t in unison.
att was better for her, wasn't it,
missus? one little girl said, philo-
sophically.
"'What was the trouble" I asked.
40 another spoke up, she had
measles and ammonia on the lungs,
and lot of things
~ was. of course, deeply impressed
by the lot Of things but more so by
the ammonia on the lungs detroit
Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

The fourth book printed in Euro,
pean language upon the western hem
isphere was issued in the City of Mex
leo in 1541. and gave an account of the
terrible earthquake which occurred in
Guatemala by which many persons lost
their lives. Among those who persisted
was the wife of the governor, the IA
nous Don Pedro Alvarado, who was
one of the chief lieutenants of Cortez
in the conquest of Mexico 20 years be
fore the event described. The book
was printed in the Spanish language.
National Tribune,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
THE FIvE-CENT CIGAR.
veraSe Life of the Ordinary brand
Has Been Figured at Five
Years.

THE average life Of the nickel
gar is five years." said prominent
bacco man, land it is curious to
Bite the differences which have en-
bled cigar men to arrive at this
neral average of the fve-cent
CARS life. Many cigars of this class
In through long series of years.
VS. the New Orleans Times-Demo-
at.
There are some brands now that
ave teen running for more than a
iarter of q century under the same
anne, and they are really the same
CARS, made in the same way, hav-
liz the same favor and all that
Ibrt of thing. In this connection /
ave been impressed by the remark
1hich we often hear about certain
rands of cigars for two years, or
pnger, but that the cigar was get
ing SO bad that he had concluded to
hit buying it at all. 1t Is nothing
ke the same cigar he said; the
.ste has changed, and 1t tastes like
mixture of cabbage leaves Now,
: 3 was altogether wrong about that.
know the cigar, know how it ID
iado, and all about 1t, and l know
vat no sort of change has been
iade ID the process of manufacture.
he trouble is that q mans taste
nanges. He may get up feeling
|adly, his stomach may be In bad
lape, and, of course, the cigar will
OF taste as 1t did when his system
as in better condition. The cigar is
famed, and he simply dashes the
hing into the street, and quits buy
Ing il. Instances of this sort are
|ery common. Mind you, I do not
bean to say that some of the brands
10 not change. There are tricks in
he cigar business, just as there are
|ricks in other trades. But In nine
|ases out of ten the trouble Is with
he smoker. But, recurring to the
|ge of cigars, the average to which
have referred has been settled up
IN by tobacco men and Is accepted
throughout the country. 1t Is
cached by taking the two extremes
the good and the bad fve-cent
| gar, end figuring back to the mid
lie. Some fve-cent cigars close with
he first lot made. They are failures,
|aving nothing in them to recon-
bend them to the public. The ma
|erial out of which they are made
Fould not make decent 'thrse-fors.
|'he higher grades of dve-cent cigars
re made as carefully and with as
nuch skill as the cigars that are sold
II a higher price, and 1 do not mind
laying that many of them are really
lar superior in material. flavor and
|nethod of manufacture. So many
(f them, however, are of the cheap
ind that the average is lowered to
i've years, while the average life OF
he higher-priced cigars will run to
| much higher figure"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
All Anxious to Adopt Pet Dog.

An advertisement inserted in the
London Daily Express the other day
by trustees acting under the will of
a West Hampstead woman offering
$50 year to any person willing to
adopt her pet dog, Cluny has created
remarkable competition. Letters
from applicants arrived in shoals.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

sour missionary tells us that the
automobile is even pervading heath
en- India"
$50 the benighted natives are learn
ing 10 scorch, eh?"
mo, not to any great extent, but
they have fitted the ear of Jugger-
naut with "A motor and IA crack chauf-
feur, and the combination Is doing
great business. "-Automobile Maya
zine
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
A Great Wait.

lyon promised you would marry
ne Is years hence" complained the
ardent sutton, land now you break
the engagement"
Yes" she replied, listlessly, land
It's great wait off my mind
Boston Post
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

"Pa, what does 'absept-minded'
mean?"
my boy, that's easy. Did you
ever stop to think?"
Eyes"
And your thoughts ran on?"
Eyes"
"Well-that's It." indianapolis
News
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
second Appesrance

This meat" protested the board
er, ''is overdone."
"Not exactly 1t ain't." replied the
new waitress, ats done over. This
is the same meat you had yester-
day."-PhiIadelphia Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
A pensimistIr View.

1.-THE fools are not all dead yet"
says the Alfalfa Sage, land the death
rate is not only small, but discour-
aging. City Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
A SuRReatiOn.

Mark Hanna says the proper way
to understand the needs of any man
is go put yourself in his place" Yes.
Get pen, says the Chicago Record
Herald, and some paper and try to
earn living by writing verses and
you will soon understand The noeds Of
the poor poet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

Times may be dull at Herr Krupps
cannon works, but, says the Chicago
Tribune, most of the pistol factories
are believed to be running at their
usual capacity
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

The Oldest inhabitant is having
good deal of trouble, says the Chicago
Record-Herald. in recalling summer
that beats this one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
Conversations HaIr-SpIfstImR.

Harriet-Don't you think mother
Is a good talker. Harry?
Harry-Well, she's a fluent contra
dictor.-Detroit Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04

Nearly $4,000 books of poetry were
drawn from the Chicago public library
during the past year. This shows, says
the Chicago Record-Herald, that, the
work of nearly every poet in America
might have been asked for at least
once
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
Initiate Her,

A cat never cries over spilled milk
Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-04
An Oyercrowdrd g elton.

A Boston man is trying to start a
home for poor inventors. 1t should be
fitted up, says the Chicago Record
Herald, witlra number Of good padded
cells for the perpetual m0tion erowd.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

C., where 1t is rumored prepsfa-
tions will be made for a wedding
which will take place late in the fall,
and in which Mr.. Sanford Is very
much interested.
Mr. Roscoe Conkling Simmons has
been detailed az the special GORE
spondent to prepare reports Of the Ma
tional Negro Business Lsague's great
meeting for the colored press Mr..
Simmons is graphic aud accurate
writer, and it " i'll be q great accommo-
dation to our papers to be served with
an account at bis hSnds. No better se-
lection could have been made by those
in charge.
The new pastor OF Lomsx Chspel at
Arlington, Va, is Rev. Alexander
Hsnnum. a young man, who is enter
ing upon his work with an enthusiasm
that bodies we'll for SUCCESS. He IL
recent graduate of Livingstone Col
lege, and was especially commissioned
by Bishop Clinton to develop a strong
z on Congregation in picturesque Ar
lington Rev. Hsnuum's home is in
Maryville, Tenn.
The BIaire Invincible Republican
Club, of which Col. Perry Carson, is
chairman, will runs grand excursion
to Glymont on thesteameC JsneMose-
ley, Wednesday, August Goth. The
9:SO q. m, and 5:30p. m, returning in
time for the cars. This club Is the
strongest political club In the District
of Columbia, and 8 large crowd will
take advantage Of the delightful ride.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

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Address all communications to
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The colored American., 1902-08-09
Director J. Henry Lewis IN Richmond.

The Amphions are arranging a series
# concerts at points in Virginia, be-
ginning August 81. Pref. Lewis spa at
the greater part of last week IN Rich
mond, and near about points negotial-
ing for their appearance. He returned
Monday morning to Washington. and
is IN attendance upon the Young
Peoples Congress at Atlanta, whe<e
he Is engaged TO conduct the large
chorus OF 1000 voices, and also to sus
tain the tenor solos in the grand Choir
us.
The colored American., 1902-08-09
City Paragraphs.
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. poem in Munsey's for July.
Mr. Frank Waters of HiIlsdaIe, has
been appointed on the police force.
Misses M CogdeIl and Mabel Bland
are cottaging ct jamestown, R. L.
Miss Fannie Shook has returned to
Cleveland, Ohio. She has been In poor
health.
The engagement of Mics Bessie
Snowden and Mr.. W Janifsr lie an
nouDoed.
Mrs. Anna COOPER, principal Of
tie III Street High School, "a In Boston
this week
Miss Eth Tucker Is the guest of
the Grants at Arlington Heights, near
Boston, Mass.
Major Taylor, the greatest Afro.
Americsn cyclist, was here last week, |
at the coliseum,
Ms W n. Conner and son. MI,
Clarence G. White, have gone to Obers
lin for the month
Miss jamie Freeman visited Miss
Florence Smith, As Wellesley Park,
Boston, last week.
Twenty miles do Ru the river! Monu-
mental orchestra! Vocal Concert
Moonlight on the Potomac!
Rev. J. B. Williams is filling the
pulpit this month at st. Luke's during
the vac1tlon Of Rector Waller.
Mrs. B. K. Bruce was the guest of
Mrs. Booker T. Washington JasJ
week at South Weymouth, Mass.
Col. w. A. PledRer, of Atlanta. Ga.
was In the city this week. He left for
the gate city last Tuesday morning.
Miss L'nuie Waring is supenntend-
ent of the Sunday school at Lincoln
Temple, and ia giving excellent SER
vice,
With the Amphions on the River
Queen Saturday evening, August 1e h
Monumental orchestra. Round trim. 25
cents.
Mr.. Turley's "nicksl party. for the
oenenS OF Plymouth Congregational
church on the 31st, at 2II9K street.
was we'll attended.
All TIE stsy at homes will accorono-
Nv '"e on their next outing.
bs" =. .aRinR their tour through Vir
ginIs In concert.
Mr., ]. B. Cusbsrd, who hss spent
TWO weeks in this city to bury his ia b.
er. and to see his many friends, left for
his home in New York last Tuesday.
Those six O'Clock trips of the am
Phions which bring you back home ST
the usual bedtime are Just the thing.
Another one next Saturday, August
16lh.
George Richardson, son of DIR. q p
Richardson, has secured a position as
sbsnographer with the Lake Shore
railroad at Collinwood, near Cleve-
land, Ohio,
Mrs. SalIie Brown, of IndisnapoIis
Ind, expects to visit jersey CITY and
Washington the last of this month
While in this city, she will be the
guest of Mrs R. W. Thompson, 14I4
Pierce PIscs.
Rev. e B Gordon will cpend the
remainder Of the summer at Old Point
The colored American., 1902-08-09
DESERVES CREDIT.

The CoLoRED AMERICAN of the Dis
trlct OF Columbia deserves much credit
tor the excellent picture of Prof. B. T..
Washington.-Western World.
The colored American., 1902-08-09

northwest, has gone to Saratoga to
spend the rest Of the summer.
Miss Louise Bradley. of 11th street,
left the city last week for Albemarle
County, where she will remain till in
September.
Mrs. Anna Bradley left for Chicago,
where she will be the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Stella Poole, who hSs
resided in the Windy City since her
marriage some two years ago.
Mr. B F. Morrison, of the Bureau of
Education, has been confined to bis
room for the past month is able
to be out and has gone to the Adiron
dsck mountains to spend month.
The Amphiona! The Ampbions!
Saturday August Is! Saturday August
16! Twenty miles down the Potomac!
Twenty miles down the Potomss!
Round trip. % cents! Round trip 25
cents. I'll be there.
The wife OF Rev J T. JeDifer, now
of Baltimore, is dead DR. Jenifer was
at one time pastor Of the Metropolitan
A. NJ. E Church here. and host of
friends sympathize with him IN his
distressing bereavement.
Mr.. Aaron Bankett, chef at the
Central Union Mission, ran a chicken
bone into his right hand lsst week.
making painful wound. He Is pro.
crossing nicely, after delicate opera
tion by DR.. K ID. Williston.
The colored bar association Of the
District, took appropriate action upon
the death of Commissioner John w,
Ross, as did also gathering of eolored
citizens at Greens Hall, presided over
by Col. Perry II, Carson.
| Don't stand on the wharf and make
goo 500 eyes at the boat next Satur-
day, II you should come down to the
wharf too late to make the trip with
the Amphions. o'clock is the hour
announced for starting, and for once
in your life be on time.
The MOBILES of the Mystic Shrine
and the Knights Templar will run q
grand moonlight excursion to Indian
Head on Saturday night, August SOth.
The River Queen has been secured,
and committee of which Prot q. E.
Weatherless is chairman, will have the
matter in charge.
Captain D. J. Gilmer the popular
attache of the Recorders Office, is in
receipt of a communication snnounc-
ing that his wife is quite i'll at their
home in Greensboro, N. @. Mrs. GIL
mer, who is lady of rare social grsces
and member of one of North Carroll
na's irst families, Is expected to join
her husband here upon her recovery.
Miss Estelle " Hedgeman, who vac
for two years employed in the Census
lOfice, has returned to her home in
ByentsviIle, Va to remain until about
November Miss HedgemAn is a
young lady Of unusual enterprise. and
ow handsome farm in her county;
be sides, she is an expert dressmaker
and q literary devotee Of no mean
ability.
Prof. W. 81. Richards, of Howard
UDivsrsity's Law Department, will
4 n -
The colored American., 1902-08-09
A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH.

a IL TALL D4~A@AS--'
PELCH-LIKE complexion obtained II IsgGT h-orr
directed, VIII turn the skin of a black OF It,o
person four or five shades lighter, snd n hsSS
person perfectly white In forty eight nouI @ fbs
or two will be noticeable. . It does not Iui i "A
skin in spots buf Dleeehes out white, Lhe sA1 vii
manning beauElful without continual I9e, Ii9e,,lss m
remove wrf1Kles, freCkles. dark spots pm M soa
bumps OF Aack heads, making the SKIN sTly c,s Te,
and smooth Small pox pits; tan I, IlyeL P0T 2!
moved without harm to the skin VII. nEe.-.y{ion
the color you wish, stop using the pre-
THE HAIR sTRAIGHTENER' d.
that goes in every one dollar box Is emf eingt and
make anyone's hair grow long and slrssIss1ej and
keeps 1t from falling out. Highly peru Many
makes the hair soft and easy 10 c4LlOi ioTes =
of our customers say one OF our doLlSI do- dollar
worth ten dollars, yet we sell 1t ioT on0
box THE EO-SMELL thrown IN lISe- Letter o.
ANY person sending Us one dollar IIsLlr II order OF
Post-Ofice money order, express h moLeih the nail
registered letter we will send IL tnrOust r o. D.,
postage prepaid; or II you want l.
Ii will come by express. 25c. extra ,r. claim,
In any case where itfaIls TO 90 WHHs 49, free Of
we will return the money or SenQ S1ouy con
charge Packed so that no one Will
tenN except receiver.
IA west Broad strsSS
-. RICHMOND ES'i
The colored American., 1902-08-09
AND HAIR sTRAlGHTEHER.

both in box for 81 or three boxes for g. GA an 10.
ted to do what we say and to be the "be5t " s.e ~!
world" One box is all that Is required II uSeu -
directed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-07-19
PLANS GO GLIMMERING
Crystal Falls will Have No Team al
the Coming Tovrna ment.

Have you practiced any with the
boys so far this year asked reporter
of Captain Hans NJ. johnson Of the
running team last Monday
Yes, have practiced couple Of times
but / guess that there will be no more
practicing have been mp there
endeayoring to get the boys
started but only few responded and
you know that it il impossible to do
anything unless there is general i'm
terest taken in the work Then you
think that Crystal Falls will have no
team in the race. this year We
continued ut looks very much that
way was the reply II am sorry that
il is so Tor no one would like to see a
running team at Negaunee, represent
ing Crystal Fallsmore than myself
am willing to do anything to assist the
work of organizing and training one.
| told one Of the boys this MOI ming
that If they could get any one to
captain the team and do better work
or get them working at all that
would assist him all that | could
Some time ago the fire department
decided TO put team in the races and
Mr.. johnson, who has so successfully
captained the team on former oc.
casions, was chosen again he
selected his team but the boys don
seem to care about going into the
races this year. Then there are a
number OF the team that are in the
base ball club and the boys dom
feel that they can attend to both
sports and do justice to their business.