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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
IN OLD SLAVERY DAYS.
A Notice of Importation and Sale of
Negroes in Boston from
Old Newspaper.

"The other day in going over some of
my old papers," said w. p. Arnold, of
New Orleans, according to the Wash
ington Post, 81 came across a clip
ping from an old newspaper on a sub
ject that excited the nation 40 years
ago. 1t seems curious to think now
that it's publication to-day has naught
save historical interest. Here it is:
"'Just imported from Africa, and to
be sold on board the brig Jonney, Will
liam Ellery, commander, now lying at
New Boston, a number of likely negro
boys and girls, from ~ to ii years Of
age. Inquire of said Ellery on board
said brig, where constant attendance
is given. Note-The above slaves have
all had the smallpox. Treasurer's
notes and New England rum will be
taken as pay
There is a good text for long SER
mon, but the subject requires but few
words. Massachusetts, now so pious-
ly hostile to slavery, was, at that date,
and for half a century later, the great
slave trader of the western hemi-
sphere.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
SPREAD OF PEANUT CULTURE.
Its Introduction on American Soil
and Subsequent Distribution
Over the World.

The spread of the culture of the
peanut is nothing short of phenom-
email, says Outing. A native, prob
ably, of Surinam, in Central Amer
lea, it was introduced in Brazil and
Peru in the days of that mysterious
civilization of which evidences re-
main in records and monuments.
Then it travelled, perhaps long before
Columbus set out on his haphazard
journey, and reached China. by that
enterprising people Contemplating in
those bygone days. it was carried
to India, Ceylon and the Malay arch
ipelago. Thus, Asian tropics were
blessed with a truly American plant.
Then, again, Portuguese Adventures,
after the discovery of America by
belated Europeans, carried the pea
nut in their slave ships to the Afri-
can coast; and thus another CONT
eat was added to the conquests of
the American. Later days have seen
it invade Australasia, and its culture
there is urged, not only for the sake
of food for man in the nuts, but also
for cattle in the foliage.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
WINTER IN JAPAN.
1t IL n Trying Season and Brings
Discomfort Even Into the
Homes of the Rich.

Tie Japanese winter is most try
ness, but the Japanese are content
to remain cold. They make almost
no effort to overcome it. The old
"Bushido" (chivalrous) idea of the
"samurai" (knights) was that it was
effeminate TO feel cold, and such is
their severe training that they do
not really feel it as we do. The
wearing of some extra ''kimonos"
and the use of ''hibachi'' or brazier
in which are few tiny sticks ID
lighted charcoal are the only conces-
sions to winter weather. With the
"hibachi" they never pretend to heat
more than their finger tips, which
they hold over the Goals. 1t is used
when the house is entirely open.
The houses, as everyone knows, are
built of thin, light wood, and the
sliding panels which serve for doors
and windows have paper panes.
They are as apt to be open as closed
during the day. The coolies wear
thin blue cotton clothes and are al
ways padding through the mud. The
storekeepers sit out in their open
booths and the women go bare
headed about the streets. In the
hind the closed panels is often more
intense than that outside in the sun
shine, where the air is stirring.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
THE BUMP OF LOCALITY.
A Faculty That Is Much BETTER De-
veloped I'm Man Than 1t Is
In Woman.

Why is it that woman's bump of
locality is so much more feebly de-
veloped than mans? Put man
down in a country road and the prob
abilities are that he will find his
way wherever he wishes to go with
out having to ask at nearby farm
houses for directions. Instinct seems
to guide him. Put a woman in the
same position and she will irretriev-
ably lose herself in ten minutes, and
have to be sought for by resolute
men for hours before she is finally
brought back to civilization, says the
Baltimore News.
Perhaps it is that the weaker sex
is unobservant. Even in cities many
of its members do not notice build
ings closely enough to permit them
to find their way about, and certain
ly they would not notice in the coun-
try the big gum tree that they pass
here nor the haw bush that marks
the intersection of two roads there.
With the sun low in the west there
are numbers of women who can't
tell the points of the compass, and
If they could would not know in
which direction their homes lay.
When it comes to noting the details
of a costume few feminines fail to
observe even the tiniest bit of braid
or the smallest bow, but trees and
houses are different and less inter-
esting things, and so in a strange
town or in the woods the fair trav-
elers lose themselves in no time, and
have to be rescued and set again
upon the path by some one with a
better sense of location than they
can boast.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
KAISER AND UNEMPLOYED.
The German Emperor Is Very So
IIcitOus for the Welfare OF
WOrkiDEmcn.

A noteworthy incident occurred re-
Gently when the emperor, accompan-
led by some of his aids-de-camp, was
returning from his customary ride
in the Thiergarten to the old palace
here, saws Berlin correspondent of
Ihe London Standard. He noticed a
group of the unemployed on the
bridge in front of the palace, and
after returning their salute looked
closely at them and then beckoned to
police officer and sergeant. After
speaking to them he again greeted
the unemployed and went on his
way. 1t is said that his majesty IS
work and consequent suffering, and
is anxious to relieve it as far as pos
sible. With this object he has or
dered that certain public works,
which were to be undertaken at
later date, shall be begun as soon
as possible. He has further ex-
pressed a wish that the illumina-
tions on the occasion of his birthday
shall be limited and the money saved
thereby spent on charitable pur-
poses. This wish has been commune
Gated to the Berlin municipal author
tiles, who Will act accordingly and
devote the money to the relief of the
poor.
The emperor daily receives numer-
GUS petitions for relief, which are all
carefully examined and, in cases OF
real distress, granted.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

Some bright young women are con-
sidering the formation of a company
for providing ladies qualified to act as
guides to the sights Of New York, as
travelling companions, shopping as
s.istants, etc. The idea is to charge "A
tranger entering the city a fee Of $3.50
for meeting her at the railway station
nd escorting her to her hotel or
b oarding house. In the headquarters
of the association list of hotels and
boarding houses will be kept, and such
OF her information as a stranger is
likely to need, all Of which will be
ch arged for A similar association Lns
be- en- in successful operation in Lon
don for IA years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
MONKEY WAS IN BATTLE.
The Twenty-Third Regiment of New
York Has IA Mascot Veteran of
the Philippine War,

Fritz, the mascot of company II,
Twenty-third regulars, and veteran Of
the Philippine war, is known to the
boys of the company as "comrade,"
and to them he is away above the aver
age of his kind, says the New York
Mail and Express.
Fritz enjoys the rare distinction of
being the only one Of ~ monkeys able
to stand the long ocean voyage from
Manila. Frank j. Knoffkey is his own
er, and the soldier has never gone into
an engagement since April IA, 1900,
when Fritz was brought into camp,
without the faithful monkey either on
his shoulders or trudging along close
by his side. Fritz has been on every
island in the Sulu archipelago. and suf-
fered without a murmur the long and
trying campaign.
When Knotfkey lay wounded on the
field on Cebu island his comrades in
uniform pressed on, but his comrade
Fritz nestled close to his side and
guarded him through the watches Of
the night.
On the regiments forced march
across Latey island, Fritz divided his
time between walking and riding on
the shoulders of the men all along the
line. 1t was on this occasion that he
came near losing his life, at the hands
OF several wild monkeys, because he
had no tail. A monkey loses his So
cial standing in the philipDines when
he Is minus tail. Fritz escaped from
his indignant relatives only by leap
ing to the shoulders of his naster
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
BRUIN LIKES MOOSE STEAK.
Here Is Proof OF an 0fense of which
Black Bears Have Been
Long Suspected.

Another crime has lately been laid
to the charge of the Canadian black
bear. 1t has long been suspected
that he was in no way adverse to n
fresh moose steak, and testimony on
the subject is at last Forthcoming
from Henry Braithwaite, the veteran
New Brunswick guide, says a Quebec
report.
He says that he has long been
aware of the fact that bears often
kill moose calves, and on one occa-
sion he saw n bear in the act of kill
ing three-year-old moose. The bear
had the moose down mad was biting
at its neck.
Henry wounded the bear with a
rifle, but he had only one shot with
him and the bear escaped. BY that
time the moose was beyond the aid
of surgery.
In northern Ontario, where moose
are now extremely plentiful, in conse-
quence of the recent close season for
term of years bears are also on the
increase. Hence the great interest
taken in their life history. Danger,
Gus as bears are to the young of the
moose that come in their way, it is
fully realized that the NOSE danger
Gus foes of the moose are the great
hordes of wolves that roam the wilds
of the far north and are increasing
at even greater rate than the
moose. THESE ravenouS brutes have
no hesitation in attacking and run
ming down a full-grown moose.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
THE CITY OF THE SKY.
Increasing FOndncss of WeII-to-Do
Families for Hotel Life Is Trans
forming New York.

Prominent among the influences that
are transforming New York into a city
Of jewellers in the SKY is the increasing
fondness of well-to-do families for ho-
tel life. In a very interesting news ar
ticle in the World it is estimated that
the hotel population is now 100000:
that it is growing at the rate Of 10. 600
annually, and that to accommodate
this growth some sixty new hotels will
probably be begun this year, at total
cost of $35 900, 000-an amount of
building that compares favorably with
that of tall business structures.
1t is sometimes assumed that hote
life is antagonistic to the American
home. Twenty years ago the same as
sertion was made about the now typ
zeal fiat" or apartment house; fifty
years ago life in so large city as New
York, with its half-milion inhabitants,
was assailed as demoralizing.
The truth is that material surround
ings must always yield to deeply rooted
mental and moral instincts. Instead of
the hotel sitting the home-spirit. the
is transforming the typical
family hotel to conform to its I'M
changed and Interchangeable require
ments-the first Of which is privacy
and the second comfort.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
LEPROSY IN NICARAGUA.
The UncIean Disease Is Reported to
BE Spreading A1armingly
Among the Natives.

The Comercia, daily newspaper
published at Managua, Nicaragua,
declared in a recent issue that lep-
rosy had developed to such an alarm
ing extent among the people of west
ern Nicaragua, particularly in Leon
and Chinendega, as to cause a prom
inent newspaper of Leon to warn
parents against permitting their
children to go on the streets of the
towns for fear of unknowingly COM
ing into contact with lepers, all of
whom are licensed to go where they
please and beg.
About Is years ago it was estimat-
ed that the number of leprous per-
sons in Nicaragua was about 200.
AT the present time the number OF
lepers, in and beyond the secondary
stage of the disease, in this country,
is placed at from 1900 to over 1000.
The sanitary laws of Nicaragua are
good, but they are overlooked, to
large extent, by officials whose duty
it is to have them enforced. The
streets of the cities and towns of
the republic are seldom in a sanitary
condition. Holes in the streets are
filled with refuse of every descrip-
ton washed down from higher places
by rain-floods, and which is collect
ed by means of dams built across
the thoroughfares, or by surface
earth from more elevated portions
which is turned up to the hot sun,
SO that germs of all kinds are devel-
oped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
NationaIIties I'm This Country.

There is just now an observable ten
dency on the part OF our foreign popu-
lation to distribute themselves by MAJ
tionalities to n certain extent. Two
thirds of the Irish remain in the east.
Two-thirds Of the Germans go west.
OF 100000 Scandinavians $4,000 are
in the west and northwest. The Rus
slams, Poles, Hungarians and Italians
are chiefly found in New England, New
York and Pennsylvania. The Boz
hemians and Hollanders settle in the
central west.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
A ROOmfuI of Gold.

On one occasion Gen. Chinese" Cor
don told Cecil Rhodes the well-known
story of the offer of a roomful Of gold
which had been made TO him by the
Chinese government after he had sub
dued the TAPPING rebellion. what did
you do?" asked Rhodes. Refused it..
of course" said Gordon; what would
you have done?" 81 would have taken
il" replied Rhodes, "and as many more
roomfuls as they would give me. 1t is
no use for us to have big IDEAS if we
have not got the money to carry them
oI,t1
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
steam from Giant Geyser.

"A new giant geyser Of Rotomahana,
N. T., is attracting attention. A mass
of boiling water half an acre in extent
rises in great dome, from which "A
column Of water and stones rises to
900 feet, while immense columns of
ateam ascend as far as can be seen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

1t leaked out in Cumberland, Md, on
Monday that the Democrats are trying
to get Senator George L. Wellington into
the congressional race to run against
Congressman Pearre, the Republican
candidate renominated last week. Sen
ator Wellington has not given his de
cision, but it is the only man in the
district who has any chance of defeat
ing Pearre The deal it is claimed,
provides for Wellington to succeed
Senator McComas, in the event of
nomination and election, otherwise his
his nomination for governor on the
Democratic ticket.
The information has caused sensa-
ton, as Wellington still declares him
self staunch to Republican principles.
However, the Democrats hope to tempt
him to their side
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

The wasp, like the bee and almost
every other insect, is infested with
parasites. Wasps have been captured
which had two OF three dozen parasites
clnging to their bodies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12
Old Family POssrssions

A recent real estate sale at Bridge
hampton transferred from the Ludlow
family of Long Island the last piece OF
land that had been in the family since
1868
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

The conference arranged for Satur-
day, between Senator Spooner of Wis
consin, an administration man, and
Senator Burrows of Michigan, beet
sugar man, to see if some agreement
could not be- reached on the Cuban re-
ciprocity problem, was not held. This
gives further and renewed life to the
fight between the forces of tariff reduc-
ton and rebate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

1t is reported from Pretoria that on
the eve of the peace meeting at Vereen
iging over sixty arrests were made by
the military in Pretoria of persons con-
cerned in an extensive plot. Their pro
gramme it is said was to blow dp the
government buildings, palace of justice
and Kitchener's residence and spike all
the guns in the artillery barracks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

Long Island, who delivered a some
what unexpected attack upon college
athletics and the twentieth century
college curriculum.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

John G. Davis, president of the Lin
coin Paint 81 Color company. one of the
principal manufacturing concerns of
Lincoln, Neb, committed suicide Sun
day evening at his home. Mr. Davis
was alone in his home where he had re-
tired after dinner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

Frederick w. Hollis of New York,
former secretary of the United States
delegation at The Hague peace confer
ence, was granted an audience by Kais-
err Wilhelm at the Old Palace, Berlin,
on Saturday. The audience lasted for
forty-fve minutes, the kaiser being an
interested listener to Mr. Hollis ac-
count of present conditions in the coun-
try so recently visited by Prince Henry.
The kaiser showed considerable knowl-
edge of American affairs, 50 much, in
deed, as considerably to surprise his
visitor. The conversation between his
majesty and Mr.. Hollis is reported as
having been most off hand and cordial,
the former expressing his admiration
for the United States together with the
hope that the relations between the two
countries might always remain of the
utmost friendliness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

The baccalaureate sermon to The
graduates of Columbia university and
Barnard college, New York. was de.
livered Sunday afternoon by Bishop
Frederick G, Burgess of the diocese of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

Nothing official has been received at
Washington relative TO an act of the
Cuban senate in preparing a general
amnesty measure, but according to a
previously announced intention, it is
believed here to be what it purports, a
measure granting general amnesty to
American prisoners and hence includes
Nicely and Rathbone of postal fraud no.
toriety. 1t has been known that Nicely
was strongly in favor of the measure
and his friends united in his aid. Rath-
bone opposed it, So did Senator Hanna,
who has charge of his case Rathbone
wants vindication in new trial, he
says.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-12

The latest advices from all points
where hostilities have been carried on
show that the Beers are glad of peace
and that the Cape rebels in the Boer
ranks are gratified that the war is
ended, the rank and file being especial
ly delighted with the assurance that
they will be subjected to no severer
penalty than Acknowledgement. The
Beers are coming in as fast as they re-
ceive the news of peace and are fed
literally and their other needs supplied
from the government stores. Some of
them have called on their wives and
children at the concentration camps,
and it is pathetic to witness the meet
ings OF husbands and wives, fathers and
children. Both men and women are
anxious to resume their home lives and
express qualification to the Britis h
government for the aid generously
offered toward re establishing their
farms The Beers acknowledge that
while they would have continued to
hold out had the old terms of uncon-
ditional surrender been adhered to, they
were heartily tired of war.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-12-24
PARDON BOARD IN SESSION.
Several Cases Acted upon-Some Fav
orably and Some Otherwise.

The West Virginia Pardon Board
was in session yesterday at the peni-
Tertiary at Moundsville, with both
Morris present. Considerable bust
ness OF Importance was transacted by
the board.
In the case If James T. Holley can
victed of forgery in the Criminal
court OF Mcdowell county, and sem
fenced January 20, 1900 to two years
and six months, the board made an
unfavorable recommendation.
In the case of j. X. Workman from
Wayne county and John Mead 5ws,
the board made unfavorable recon-
mendations.
Unfavorable recommendations were
made in the case Of Robert Cook con-
victed of felony in Cabell county ana
j. B. Stacy convicted OF robbery in
Logan county.
In the case of Amos Baker from
Lincoln county, Charles Smith from
Wayne, and William Vance from Lo-
gan, the board made unfavorable rec
concentrations.
In case of Lands Lane convicted OF
murder in the second degree in the
Circuit court of Mingo, and sentenced
October 20, to ten years Mr.. Brannon
recommended favorably and Mr.. Nor.
rls did not concur.
In case of Charles Daniels convict
ed OF grand larceny in Cabell county
in October 1900 and sentenced to
seven years, Mr.. Brannon recommends
ed Communication to three years and
Mr.. Morris recommended against it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-12-24
TO IMPROVE THE MILITIA.
The Proposed law Likely to be Adopts
ed

If what is known as the ''militia
bill' becomes law, there will be a
big change in the organization, equip
ment and discipline of many of The
state troops. The object is to get
uniformity so that the citizen soldiers
of the various states may be called
into national service as promptly and
efficiently as they are to preserve the
laws of their states. Each company
will be comprised of IS men, IL com
panies will form regiment, regi-
ments brigade, brigades divis-
ion. At the annual encampment
there will be regular regiments and
both the Omitted States men and the
militia will be governed by the same
orders. The expense of fitting out
the state troops with improved maya
zine guns and other modern accou-
trements will te betrayed by the ma
tional government. The president
may at his discretion call out any
number Of the state soldiers in time
of an invasion of a foreign enemy or
rebellion for period not exceeding
nine months. The blue uniform will
be discarded and the field dress of
olive drab will be substituted. Many
military men doubt the propriety of
issuing the Krag Jorgensen guns ow-
ing to the fact that it is hard to keep
them in order, and the change could
be quickly made in time of war as it
requires very little drill to become ia
miliar with the magazine guns. The
militia is now probably in better con-
ditlou than ever in its history, and
makes the country an excellent stand
ing army at very meager expense.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1902-12-24
WABASH WILL BE BUILT.
Waynesburg Times Gives Assurance
of Construction of the Line.


Many people are asking why the
Times man does not write up more
inside W abash railroad news, and to
all such inquiries he makes this
answer:
l. Newspapers, as such, can't
build railroads, else our county
would have been covered with them
ere this. We know of some papers
which have built a railroad or two,
in Greene county. almost every
week for years.
2. The Greene County railroad,
that is the Wabash extension, is
progressing as rapidly as possible
and is as sure of construction as
any thing human can be.
g. Plans and purposes cannot be
made public property. This would
defeat them; but the work goes on
just the same.
4 The Wabash greatly appre
ciates the public's good will and as
sistance and stands ready to recip
rocate the same in every possible
way.
5. No stone is being left unturn-
ed which will aid in giving Greene
county this independent trunk line
which will make our county truly
great.
6. TO the public: Just be pa
tient. The work is being pu shed
with all dispatch and the men who
are back of the movement are in the
deepest sort of earnest. In the
meantime, push and pull for the
Wabash l-Waynesburg Times.