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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
The VniyersaJ Mfcrabe.

Bacteriologists destroy one by one
our fondest illusions, says Popular
Science News. Hitherto the man in
the street had imagined that were all
the waters Of every city and plain poll
luted he would still find immaculate
springs in the Alps. But NJ. Bnst, who
presides over n chemical laboratory
at the Pasteur institute, having no
such faith, obtained some ice from the
glaciers of Mount Blanc itself and
placed it under his pitiless microscope.
His verdict skaters the dreams Of
mountaineers. 1t appears that even
the summit, which so long remained
untrodden by human feet, has lost its
purity, If it ever had any. The ice in
question, and water melted therefrom,
were found, on meteorological an
alysis, to be "peopled with microbes"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
LIBERAL WITH THE LANDS.
A Large Amount Has Heen Granted
to Public Uses by the state
of Washington

After nearly 13 years of work
State Land Commissioner Calvert, of
Washington, announces that of the
667, $50 acres of land granted the state
of Washington by the enabling act of
1889 all have been selected with the
exception of 3,161 acres. These will be
selected during the coming summer
and the entire grant thus filed, reports
the San Francisco Chronicle.
The granted lands are distributed as
follows: State penal reformatory,
eleemosynary and educational institu-
tions, 100000 acres; state capitol
grant, 10000; state normal school,
100000; agricultural college, 100 900;
scientific agricultural college, 100 600;
scientific schools, 900; state univer-
sity, 1850. These lands are exclusive
of common school lands, which are
sections 36-16 in every township in the
state. Some of these sections have
been lost by inundation and other
causes.
The government permits the state to
select indemnity lands for those lost
and of this class the state has about
100000 acres to select. Owing to the
scarcity of remaining government
lands it is doubtful if the state can re
cover very large portion of the sch COL
lands thus lost.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
EDIBLE PETROLEUM.
Salad Oil Butter and Cooking Oil Are
Being Worked Upon at the
Present Time.

Cottonseed oil, corn oil and linseed
oil, there Is good reason to believe,
will probably have rival at not
distant day In edible petroleum oil.
Recently the editor of the National
Provisioner was asked This question:
what is the difference in edible
oils?" The question suggests the rea-
sons for present experiments. "As a
matter of fact" declares our contem,
porary, petroleum has been success
fully desulphurized and demineral-
lied. Certain other solids and ingre
dents have been extracted from it,
and the production of a fairly good
edible oil has already been produced
The cost of this evolution, however,
has as yet been so great as to re.
move the product from the field of
competition and utility. Petroleum,
stock has, it is claimed In a we'll
Informed quarter, already taken its
place as & soap grease. Why not? 1t
has always been a good hand and
sore wash, and it is healthful. 1t
may cause sense of nausea to think
of petroleum salad oil, petroleum but
ter and petroleum cooking oil, but
such things are being worked upon
right now. Their names will be
changed for commerce. Science IL
vivisecting them"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
HAYTIAN HONESTY.
rncounted Couriers Garry Loads of
Wealth Over Deso1ate Mountain
Passes in Safety.

Hayti is the only country in the
vorld "where black rules white" AL
hough the present republic is not sue
essful because so large portion of
he citizens are lazy and uneducatad,
ct the people have many good quail
les which, according to Mr.. Hesketh
'ritchard, show themselves In unex-
ected and contradictory ways.
Zone of the things that strike one
host is that Hayti is country of ex-
remes and contrasts. Logic is always
fault. A Haytian's honesty is like a
iaytian's mind; 1t is apt to surprise
on round odd corners.
"For example, hundreds of thou
ands of Haytian dollars pass annually
long the lonely track between JAG
pei and Port au Prince. The men
no bear them are low-class Haytians
jagged, uncouth, uneducated, wild and
ntutored. Yet only once have the
ollars failed to arrive. I have heard
; said that ten dollars might tempt
he Haytian'scupidity, but SIC, 900 awes
i'm into immaculate honesty.
During the last 30 years uncount-
d couriers have made the desolate
ourney over the mountain passes, each
With his load of wealth, and there Is
My this one instance known of the
betrayal of trust. A fine record"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
low SOON BEHEADING KILLS.
French Physician Says That Death
May Not Ensue for the Space
of Three Hours,

Considerable attention has lately
|een given in France to the old ques-
ion as to whether death follows in
unanimously upon decapitation. A
French physician asserts that it does
pot. In his opinion the blood which
ows after decapitation comes from
|he large vessels of the neck, and there
+ hardly any call upon the circulatio
II the Uranium, says the London
Jews. The brain remains intact, nour-
Ehing itself with the blood retained
~ the pressure of the air. When the
lood remaining in the head at the m o.
bent of separation is exhausted there
commences state, not of death, but of
bertha, which lasts up to the moment
Ehen the organ, no longer fed,
eases to exist. 1t is estimated by the
physician in question that the brain
(nds nourishment in the residuary
lood for about an hour after decapi-
|ation. The period of inertia would
hst for about two hours, he thinks,
md absolute death would not ensue
|ill after the space of three hours al
|ogether. Possibly this may be some
Consolation to those about to be gull
btined.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
AMERICANS IN CANADA.
Many Are Making Homes on the Fer
tile Lands of the Northwest
ern Dominion.

There is at this time a considerable
American migration to the Canadian
northwest. The fertile and compa ra-
lively cheap lands of Manitoba, Assini-
boia and Saskatchewan are attracting
many settlers, now that they can be
reached with ease and facilities exist
for shipping their products to market.
Last year, reports the Chicago Trib-
une, GO 100000 bushels of wheat was
raised in a region which was once
looked on as part of the frozen north,
valuable only for the fur-bearing ami
mails it produced There are millions
Of acres of land not under cultivation
which can be made as fruitful as those
now being titled.
A majority of the men who are now
making homes for themselves in the
Canadian northwest are Americans.
This does not alarm the Dominion au-
thorities. They have no fear that the
newcomers will be a disturbing polit-
ical element, or that they will at some
future day agitate for the annexation
to the United States of provinces in
which they may be in the majority.
There is no occasion for apprehension
on that score. Americans have emf
grated in numbers to Canada before
this and have manifested no inclina-
ton to AmericaniZe their new coun-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
SALVATION STRENGTHENING
A New Work Taken Up by the Army
In Western Cities with Profit
to Both Sides.

One of the newest achievements of
the Salvation Army in the west is in
the line of street cleaning. Besides
cleaning the streets morally to some
extent, the army in several western
cities has taken up plain street clean
ing, and not only does it well, but
makes profit out of it.
Mayor Hugo, of Duluth, few days
ago made formal proposal to the
army that 1t should undertake the
whole work of keeping that city clean,
using the unemployed to do the work
and taking its profit out of the sale Of
rags, paper and street sweepings. The
proposal is under consideration and
will probably be accepted.
In Chicago the army has been collect
ing the city's rags, waste paper and
junk for some time. Last year the
wagons Of the Chicago branch gath
cred up 7s0 tons of paper, $4,000 pounds
of rags and 5000 pounds of string, and
sold the lot at a good price.
Many homeless waits are employed
in this work, and while coming under
the good influence of the army thus
get chance to earn their food and
lodging.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
COREA AND ELECTRICITY.
The Deadly olive Wireo Known I'm
That Country as "Thunder
and lightning String"

Near the center Of the city of Seoul
there is beautiful marble pagoda
that was brought from Peking about
1900 by one of the Mongol queens who
came as a bride to Corea. Her people
at that time were shaking the whole
known world, and, under leaders like
Genghis, Kublai and Tamerlane, were
upsetting all the thrones of Asia, so
that Corea still speaks of them with
bated breath, and the smallest chill
dren know them by name, says a writ
er in Outlook. The marble pagoda still
stands, n silent witness before the
world of the great Mongol conquerors,
but past its stony ear whizzes, an Amer
lean electric car every ten minutes al
ten miles an hour, regardless of all the
Mongol shades. Along this main sire eft
of Seoul, one of the oldest streets in
the world. stretch western wires
charged with something that defies
all the curiosity of the east to pro
nounce upon. A few days ago a broken
strand hung temptingly from one OF
the poles, and the far east determined
to get hold OF 1t to investigate, with
the result--one live wire, one dead
man. A government notice was posted
up: "If anyone is caught fooling with
these thunder and lightning strings let
him be padded"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
HIg Ii est-Pafd Mail Carrier

The bigness of our country is EN-
Phasized every now and then by some
obscure governmental routine. Away
Pff in the Philippines we are delivering
nail in canoelike boats, and. on the
Pther hand, says Harper's Weekly, a
ontract was let for carrying the mail
n Alaska by dog-sleds. The success
ul bidder was Oscar Fish, and his route
fes between Eagle and Valdez, a dis
ance of Ala miles. He makes two trips
month, and receives nearly 81 500 q
rip, or $35, 900 a year. Only 300 pounds
re carried per trip, and this is usually
made up of letters. few newspapers
Post department officials say tina t
he sum paid Fish is very reasonable
when it is considered that he makes the
rip by dog-sled. and that he has the
most dangerous route of any mail car
Tier in the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
An Early Love Affair,

1t IL common report In Spain that
the king will marry his cousin Prin-
cess Medina-Coeli This may be true
or it may not, but 1t is certain that the
two children played together from
babyhood, and regarded themselves
as betrothed TO each other, says Mod
ern Society Il will never marry you,
you nasty boy!' cried the tiny prin-
cess with delicious pout, on one occa-
sion when his majesty offended her
highness. "Oh, very WELT" coolly re-
marked the somewhat ungallant pro-
spectiye bridegroom; please your
self, by all means. | am sure never
asked you to be my wife. / should
prefer to marry the pastry cook
daughter; then | could eat all the
incest cakes in the shop without hav-
ing to pay for them"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
THE MIDSHIPMAN OF TODAY.
When Landing In Irish Ports IxSub-
jected to Treatment, Damaging
to Dignity.

The midshipman who presents him
self to most of us has a flavor of
Marryat's immortal creation of Mr..
Easy. In Irish ports, where Mr.. Mid
shipman Easy Is not so familiar a
sight as in England, our coming Nell
sons have sometimes little difficult
ty in preserving their gravity. A
boat comes to the stairs Of a pier.
The MILDLY in charge is possibly more
vigorously got up than usual, to inn
press the natives of the savage land.
Biddy is looking at him. "Ho! Mis-
ter sailor, will we sell that choild?"
"In bow, Way huff. Forward there!
Clear the stairs! Liberty men to
land!" So halls young Nelson, but
Biddy will not let him have the digni-
ty of his position. "Hand me up that
pretty boy wild the roses in his cheeks
its him l want to kiss. Away wild
we, brown devils! All, me, Miss Kate
Mccartney, attindint of this pier
since George the Fourth was king.
You won't kiss me, boy? Then you
shall not land" Midshipman Rodney
Nelson Camperdown has to submit to
Sights of this kind, says Army and
Navy. 1t Is on record that one of the
good breed which makes our admirals
was once carried along the decks of
flagship under the arms of negress,
who wished to complain to the cap
tain that this disgraceful boy had not
paid his washing bill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
The Risk of Ba1IOoning.

Considering the risks aeronauts nee
essarily take every time they make an
ascent the science or sport or trade
(for it partakes of all three) is ex-
traordinarily free from fatal acct
dents, says the London Chronicle. Mr..
Charles Green, who made over 600
trips, died at the age of "a in 1870.
Twenty years later NJ. Eugene GODDARD,
who had made quite 1000 ascents, died
In his bed. On the other hand, among
British balloonists, Capt. Dale was
killed before he had completed 200, and
Capt. Whelan also, in 1892, met his
death In his three hundred and ff-
teenth ascent. Mr.. Percival Spencer,
our most noted living English aero
naut, has probably beaten all these
records. and has in addition made par
achute descents on all the continents
and in most of the seas surrounding
them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
ORIGIN OF BICYCLE-DIvING.
Feat Firmt Performed by q Roman
Youth on the Banks of the
River Tfber,

The idea Of diving on bicycle orig
hatad with a bright and clever Roman
youth OF 90, named Umberto Diamanti
a feat which called for nerve and dar-
ing of high order, together with the
ability of powerful and rapid SWIM
mer. The idea was to ride along the
top Of the artificial embankment Of
the Tiber and plunge into the river be-
yond. The diver must retain control
over the machine, not only after leav-
ing terra frma and plunging dizzily
into midair, but also during the awful
and breath-catching descent to the
surface Of the water. After sinking
deep down with the machine, he must
swim to land with it-a most awkward
and even dangerous "rescue" to effect
when beyond ones depth. Thus 1t may
be seen that the contest was one which
called for more than the average
amount of physical endurance, as well
as for steady head and mistaken
nerve. says Parsons Magazine.
A very interesting contest was ar
ranged between young Diamanti as a
cyclist and his rival, Borghi. on foot.
This weird and extremely novel race
was easily won by the iron-nerved
cyclist, both as regards time and clean
jumping.
There was tremendous excitement
Just before the race came off, and dense
crowds lined the high embankment
that skirts the Tiber. The excitement
was quite at fever heat when the order
was given-"Go!" and both cyclist and
foot runner started off at terrific
pace. 1t seemed hardly possible that
any sane man could deliberately ride
bicycle over so appalling precipice;
but, what is much more remarkable,
Sig. Diamanti not only did this, but
actually retained his presence ofmind
throughout the entire, descent through
the air as well as on striking the wa er,
and even beneath the surface, for he
brought his troublesome mount to land
with little or no exertion, amid the
frantic applause Of the spectators.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
Subscribe for The Pilot.
Take Care of the Stomach.

The man or woman whose digestion
is perfect and whose stomach performs
its every function is never sick. Kodol
cleanses. puriies and sweetens the
stomach and cures positively and perm.
anently all stomach troubles, indigest
ion and dyspepi ia, 1t is the wonderful
reconstructive tonic that is making so
many sick people we'll and weak people
strong by conveying to their bodies all
OF the nourishment in the food they eat.
Rev. }. IL. Holiday, of Holiday,
Miss. writes: Kodol has cured me. |
consider it the best remedy | ever used
for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. |
was given up by physicians. Kodol
saved my life. Take it after meals.
Schmidt Bros. and c. A Groffman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18

The conductors of the Trigonometri.
Fal survey in india have made a singu-
lar discovery. They have reason to
believe that there is in the middle of
|ndia an underground, or buried,
fountain range, thousand miles in
|ength. which lies parallel with the
Fiimalayas. The conclusion is based
bn the pecuiarities of the local attrac-
ion of gravitation, the plumb-line be-
|ng DETECTED southwark on the north
Ede of the supposed underground
hahn, and northward on the south side.
The inference is that great elongated
|nass Of rock Of excessive density un-
eerlies the two observing stations.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18

Although it is the Chinese language
which is spoken by the largest num-
Der of people on the face of the earth,
1t is in English that more than half Of
all existing newspapers are writ
ten, says the Westminster Gazette
Against population of nearly
4oo,0o00o0 which speak Chinese,
English is spoken by about 100, 900, 900.
Next comes German, with s5,000,0 900;
then Russian, with IS ,000,0 900. French
and Spanish are each the native tongue
f Al 900 900, Italian of 10000, 900, and
Portuguese of only 100000 In the
United States newspapers appear
printed in twenty-four different Ian
guages. The Italian tongue is, out
side of Italy, mainly spoken in Egypt
and America. The use of Spanish is
decreasing. but 1t Is still very i'm
portant language in commerce.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
A HUMMlNG BIRDS TREE.
Scores of the Tiny Creatures Visit q
RockIaId (Me.) Cherry Tree
Each Spring.

An interesting sight now daily to be
seen at the home of w. o. Fuller, Jr, of
this city, is a large cherry tree that is
steadily visited from early morning
to sunset by large flock of humming
birds, says Rockland (Me.) report.
Fully 100 of these dainty little crea-
lures are to be seen ceaselessly dart
ing among the branches of the tree,
or posing themselves on wing before
the fruit into which they reach for
honey. The constant tlutter of so
many pairs of wings creates a whirr-
ing noise like the distant hum of ma
chinery.
According to Chapman, but one va
'riety of the humming bird is found
here in the east, the rubythroated,
which breeds from Labradorto Florida.
It's upper parts are bright, shining
green; wings and tail fuscous with
purplish reflections; throat beautiful
metallic ruby-red, whence the name.
The ruby-throat has no song, its only
note being a squeak, expressive Of dis
trust or excitement. There is belief
among some that the humming bird
never alights when absent from it's
nest, but this is easily disproved, the
littlecolony of them here alluded to ex-
hibiting many refutations Of this err
roneous impression. The humming
bird is as fearless as beautiful. Each
spring while this cherry tree remains
in blossom this visit of the humming
birds recurs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
ANIMALS OF THE DESERT.
rae AddaI Antelope and Loder's Ga
xelle Frequent the Lands CT
Thirst and Sand.

In the northern Sahara two animals
re found which seem specially adapt
Id for life in this forbidden land.
they are the addax antelope and
.oder's gazelle, says the London
|pectator. The addax is an ugly,
|wkward-looking animal, with spiral
orns and very widespread hoofs,
Fhich enable it to go at great pace
YER the sand. Pliny knew of its ex-
|stence, and was naturally interested
n it, for as South Africa was as yet
|nvisited. this was one of the few
|pecies of antelope known to the an
tents. 1t was not rediscovered till
|luppell found it near Dongola. AS
I is rather large antelope, it re-
uires considerable amount Of food.
| nd the difficulty which suggested it.
|elf was to discover where it found
Us food. It Is now nearly certain
hat the addax follows the rains
Fhich fall at certain seasons, and
PROBABLY travels vast distances in the
|yake of the seasons storms. Tho
immense area of desert in northern
Erica makes this possible, though
Fithout special knowledge of the me-
eorology of that part of the continent
+ would be unsafe to assert that
here is always rain going on in some
BART of the desert fringe. How the
ddax supports itself in these abso-
|utely dry intervals Is not known.
aazelles are mainly desert animals.
ut Loder's gazelle seems to have
|ather more than the family leaning
|oward the land of thirst and sand.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18

An exclusively pork diet tends in
fallibly to pessimism. Beef, il perse-
vered In for months, makes n man
strong, energetic and audacious, says
Parsons Weekly. A mutton diet con
tinued for any length OF time tends TO
melancholia, while veal eaters gradu-
ally lose energy and gayety. The free
use of eggs and milk tend to make
women healthy and vivacious. Butter
used in excess renders its users phleg-
matte and lazy. Apples are excellent
for brain workers, and even Body who
has much intellectual work to do
should eat them freely. Potatoes, on
the contrary, render one dull, inyidious
and lazy, when eaten constantly and In
excess. To preserve the memory, even
TO an advanced age, nothing is better
than mustard.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
American Girls Win.

The number of American girls who
are now holding important positions
in French opera has caused no little dis
content among tho Paris public. Not
that there is any personal prejudice
against Americans, but simply because
il Is considered that French artists
should have the first showing where
engagement at their national theaters
are concerned. But 1T is unquestion-
able that voices are beginning to be
scarce in France, whereas America is
advancing steadily as the country for
good material which requires only
classical training abroad to develop
all the qualities necessary for operate
success.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
A Distressed Comm u m ity.

According to the official report Of the
Ottawa, Kan, druggists, for March. 1t
took SO gallons Of whisky, SO gallons
of alcohol, 3s gallons Of wine. IA gal
Ions Of gin, 20 gallons Of brandy, 4 gal
Ions of beer, gallons Of ale and gal
Ions Of malt to cure the Ills of that
distressed community. The liquor was
wanted for multitude of diseases,
ranging from ingrowing toenails TO APP
pendicitis. One honest fellow signed
up under the "mechanicam clause Of
the constitution. lie said he needed
four gallons mechanically he was go
Ing to have q barn raisin'."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
Selling the Wind.

1t seems incredible, but Is neyerthe-
less a fact, that as late as the year 1914
an old woman named Bessie Mile, OF
Pomona, in the Orkney islands, sold ia
vorable winds to seamen at the small
price of six pence a vessel. For ma ny
years witches were supposed to sell
the wind. The Finlanders and Lap.
landers made quite trade by selling
winds. The old women, after being
well paid by the credulous sailors,
used to knit three magical knots; the
buyer was tald he would have good
gale when he united the first knot
the second knot would bring a strong
wind, and the third a severe tempest
At one time winds were sold at Mont
st. Michael, in Normandy, and arrows
were sold at the same time to charm
away bad storms.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
Svv e a e.s Are Healthy.

Sweden's last census records the
lowest death rate yet attained by a
civilized nation. During the last ten
years it only averaged 1919 per 1000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-18
The War Against Consumption.


Within the last ten years more new
methods have been devised for dealing
with consumption than any other hui
man ailment.