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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
why srnmstfesses-Do marry.

The sewing girl is out of the way OF
getting husband. She does not come
in contact with men in her work, as
other girls do, and with SO little time
for anything but her work she does not
make the acquaintance Of marriage
able men. The very nature of her EN-.
ployment excludes men from her so.
ciety during her working hours Her
associates and even her employers, are
almost Invariably OF her own sex No
class OF women are more deserving OF
good husbands than are the women
who make their living with their
needles. They are usually modest, re.
fined and domestic, They do not hunt
husba nds, and, being so withdrawn
from the daily lives Of men, husbands
so not usually hunt them because they
do not usually know Of them,-LouiS-
Vile CouricT-Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
CALIFORNIA; NEW PRUNES.
Come of Their characteristics ne De-
scribed by the Late Senator
Mcmillan.

The recent seismic disturbances in
California gave the late Senator Nc
MILAN an opportunity to tell story
about the boasting procliyities of the
people of that state when referring to
their fruit production, says western
exchange. The senator was fond of a
good story or joke and told one with a
great deal of humor and skill. While
a party of friends were c scussing the
earthquake shocks in lhe golden gate
state, the senator said: They are
so enterprising out there. I've not the
slightest doubt, for instance, but that
they'll take very practical advantage
of these seismic disturbances.
They'll probably put an earthquake
prune on the market, as prunes are
what they happen to be booming just
now. 1t will appear, ] suppose, as soon
as ever they can print the labels. They
will describe it, at any rate you may
be sure, in the most modern style.
They'll say that the skin has been
made tender by the sudden jar, that
the juices have been wonderfully
blended by the vigorous shake and that
the stones have been loosened by the
sudden shock. When those prunes are
stewed they ought to rumble like the
ominous sound of an approaching
earthquake, and when you put one
into your mouth you ought to expert
ence a quick, little electric thrill. As
for their effect upon the barometer,
If that is brought near any Of them,
it will certainly fall to the notch OPP
posite which are inscribed those dread
full words, Sudden disaster
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
The ola Mans Adyansn X e~,

A man past 80 can do with less sleep
than younger men. lie can endure greater
steady and prolonged strain. He can bear
his burden, day after day, with less need
OF recreation. The young man can sprint -
but he cannot stay" ike the man with
beam grown iron and nerves steel by many
years of training
Elderly men are less temptable They
are OF fixed moral habit. Appetite aud
passion are under control. For better or
Tor worse they are calculable quantity,
with slight variations to be taken into the
account.
Elderly men are more loyal as friends,
If they are friends. Their attachment to
a cause or commercial house is less change
able. They have, moreover, given bonds
for good behavior IN the persons of grown
families, whose respect is to them dearer
than life. They know the difficulty Of repair
ing mistakes,
Elderly men actually have experience. The
older man best reads character lie is the
wisent to select agents. Washington Times
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
SKINNING a PEARL.
Delicate 0perat ton for the Re-
moyal Of stains or Discol o rat Ions
That Requires skill.

The lapidary was skinning pearl,
according to the Philadelphia Record.
He had on gloves of N very delicate
sort Of kid, and the glasses that he
wore had lenses Of such magn!fying
power that his eyes, through them,
looked as big as saucers. 81 wear
gloves" he said, because the hands
perspire freely in this work, and per-
spiration has often been known to dis
color pearls. This stone was injured
by the accidental dropping on it of
some acid. The disaster discoloredit
some. you see. With this very deli.
cate little tool am removing its outer
skin, and If find that the acid has
filtered through and discolored the
inner skin also, | may remove that as
well. A pearl, you see, is composed Of
concentric layers, or skins, and you
can, If you are "a clever workman, peel
it down and down until it disappears"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
MULES~fLOW IN ASPHALT.
Drag Big Breaking Pfow through
Deep Deposit in the Chick
asaM Country.

In the Indian territory, where all
sorts of things are done that were
never heard of elsewhere, they are
blowing asphalt, says the Kansas City
Star of recent date. Eighteen miles
southeast of Comanche, in the Chick
asaw country, six strapping Mis-
souri, mules are hitched to big break
ing pillow every day and long burrows
of asphalt are turned. II is the same
kind Of a pillow the farmers use who
break ground in the black jack coun-
try, and the asphalt is the kind got by
blasting on the island Of Trinidad.
The mules are blowing in the center Of
a deposit one-third larger than the
asphalt deposits on Trinidad. Wells
have been dug to the depth Of 100 feet.
Strata of asphalt of varying thick
nesses have been encountered to what
ever depth the wells have been sunk.
The supply is apparently inexhausti-
Bile. Men of means have become con-
WINGED there are millions on dollars to
be made, and are either going to make
il or lose u fortune in their expert
ment
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
TYRANT LAWS FOR FINNS.
Brutal Treatment Melted Out to That
Liberty-Loving People by
Russia,

Since Russia has taken into it's own
oppression of the people has been of
the most calling and cruel character.
That country is a small and poor one,
but its inhabitants have always loved
liberty, and though powerless to
openly resist the brutal authority
that scourges them they still assert
their nationality and their hatred
Of Muscovite rule in every manner
possible. They were promised they
would be governed by their own laws,
but what tyrant ever kept his word?
Recently a ukase was issued by Gov.
Gen. Bobrikotf directing postmasters
to withhold from the mails such mat
ter as the constituted authorities
may deem seditious. In the laws of
Finland no such power exists, but it
is well known that Gov. Bobrikotf
will take the laws in his own hands
and vest his gendarmes with author
ity to interfere with the mails as
much as they like. Since the sup
preston of a large number of news
papers and the Punishment of scores
of journalists the tyrant government
has been greatly annoyed by Sc
cret publication known as the Free
Word which, despite the most strenu-
Gus effort of the governor and his Sc
cret police, continues to be circulated
most freely. Where the papers come
from he is unable to ascertain, but
they come regularly and in great
numbers.
1t is predicted that even if the
whole mail service is abolished the
the Free Work will still continue
to speak to the people of Finland in
some way. One of the recent orders
of this Bobrikotf was to interdict the
use of wireless telegraphy in Finland.
Such an order would seem laughable
in this advanced twentieth century
did it not disclose the extremity of
the gross tyranny which Bobrikoff
exercises at all opportunities. just
how he would prevent the use of the
English-Swedish Armorl system,
which Is so simple that even ordinary
nagstaifs can be utilized for the pur-
pose, is not easy to solve, unless he
should order all flagstatfs to be re-
mnvp1
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
SMITH CALLED TO PREACH.
Many OF the PuIpitr of Washin x on
Are Occupied by Men Bearing
That Name.

Washington possesses a superfu-
ity of reverend gentlemen named
Smith. Three of the most important
Episcopal churches, st. Johns, St.
Thomas and st. Margaret's, all have
recently appointed rectors named
Smith.
st. Thomas is even more generous
ly provided The rector is Rev. C.
Ernest Smith. The curate is Rev.
Carl +. Smith and the assistant GU
rate is Rev. James S. Smith. st.
Thomas is one of the wealthy and
exclusive parishes. Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst is member
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith has re-
Gently been called from Northamp-
ton, Mass, to st. Johns. Rev. Her
bert Scott Smith, of Baltimore, Is
rector of ST. Margaret's.
At st. Joseph's Catholic church af-
fairs strongly resemble st. Thomas,
inasmuch as the pastor is Rev. Valen-
tine f. Schmidt and the assistant
pastor, Rev. James II. Smith At st.
Stephens Catholic church one of the
assistant pastors is Rev. T. Given
Smith.
The Methodist church has three
charges in the care of Revs. Smith.
They are the Fletcher church, of
which Rev. j. Edgar Smith is pastor;
Grace church, in charge of Rev. Jo-
seph Edmund Smith, and the Peck
Memorial, where Rev. Charles Alvin
Smith presides.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
NEW AIRSHIP TESTED.
Lebandy Brothers, of Paris, Think
Thzst They Have at Last Solved
the Problem.

The Lebaudy brothers, of Paris,
are convinced that they have more
nearly solved the problem of navigat"
ing the air than anybody else thus
far. The airship, just built for them
by Julliott, distinguished engineer,
on their family estate at Moisson,
which has been turned into an aero
park, will be sailed to Paris anC back
to Moisson, q distance of 215 miles,
as soon as its details are perfected,
or, at least, the trip will be at
tempted.
At the first trial recently, the bal
loon held in captivity at height of
about $50 feet was steered success
fully against the wind. Again and
again it went around the park, re-
spending admirably to every move
ment of the helm for half an hour,
the evolutions being conducted with
extraordinary facility.
The airship is 100 feet long, and 80
feet in diameter. The gas envelope,
which weighs 900 pounds, is of india
rubber, protected by cotton. The
seams are covered with strips of in
dia rubber gummed and protected
by new preparation called balloon
ine
The platform, or car, is IS feet
long, and will carry three passen-
gers. The motor is of 40-horse pow
er. The helm is movable at will. In
case of accident the balloon can be
transformed into an aeroplane, in
order to slackel the descent. A spe-
ciai apparatus has been provided to
steady the balloon IN case of it's fall
ing on the water.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27

Brig. Gen. William Crozier, chief OF
the bureau OF ordnance, in his annual
report to the secretary OF war says
the improved army rife has been COM
pleted and tried with satisfactory re-
suits, The rod bayonet is feature
OF the new rifle. 1t lightens the
weight of the gun and dispenses with
the bayonet and bayonet scabbard
now in use, and in the place Of which
intrenching tools may be carried by
the soldier. The new piece weighs
but little less than 9h pounds, con-
siderably lighter than the German and
Maus +, yet has greater velocity and
greater penetration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
WINTER FARMS UNDER GLASS.
Fruits and Vegetables for City Com
sumption Raised In American
H0thOuses.

/ In recent years the rich New Yorker,
! with his "pampered taste that knows
90 abstinence" has not had to deny
himself during the winter of fruits
and vegetables he is so fond of ''in sea-
,on." That is, in natures season; for
mans ingenuity has changed the sea-
yons, SO far as the markets are con-
cerned, says the New York Times.
Winter gardening in America has
grown to large proportions, especially
in the neighborhood of New York,
where the winter demand for summer
luxuries is very heavy. On Long ISL
and hundreds of acres of land are now
under cultivation beneath glass roofs,
and there are other large farms in
New Jersey similarly protected from
the cold.
Hothouse fruits and vegetables null
tiply in quality and quantity each
year. Big shipments in protected cars
are sent into the city each day. In the
south, where the climate is more favor
a BILE to the cultivation of garden crops,
and where less artificial protection is
needed, large quantities of strawber-
ries and other fruits are raised and
shipped to cities in the north.
Hothouse products, being out of
season luxuries, command high
prices; but the competition of many
growers and the decrease in the neces-
sary expense have served to lower
Them so as not to be prChibitive. The
dollhouse gardener has learned to d.
yersify his industries, and also to fol-
low the profitable practice of rotating
his crops.
BY the use of fertilizers he also is
able to make his gardens produce
three or four crops each year, the
variations in temperature being regu-
lated, so as to give each of them the
degree of heat and moisture they
would get from the time of planting
in the spring until maturing early in
the summer, although this season"
may extend from the first of Novem-
Der to the end of February, when his
products will be rare luxuries for the
ble,, and bring corresponding
large prices.
One of the most important auxiliary
considera tions in winter gardening
Is transportation, the same as in the
summer when protection against the
whitening heat is necessary. But this
has been satisfactorily arranged, and
little difficulty is experienced in get
ting the valuable vegetables and fruits
from the hothouses to the markets in
distant cities.
The increased cost of coal, owing to
the strike, dollhouse gardeners say, will
necessitate raising the prices of gar
den products raised during the winter.
Large quantities of fuel are used, and
the increased expense of maintaining
the lighthouses, they say, will be Sc
verely felt. Florists, too, who must
keep up their lighthouses during the
winter months, says that higher prices
for flowers will be inevitable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
Strange Fatalities.

The Chicago Tribune recently pub
lishcd a column OF strange fatalities
the deaths was that Of a man at Quin-
cy, who kicked at cat, missed the an
imal, fell and broke his neck. An Ak
ron, O., barber died from inhaling hair
while working on his customers
heads. The top OF can Of peaches
was fractured at Blossburg, N. Y, and
bits Of the powdered glass were eaten,
causing death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
Fame for Girl Author.

Miss Dorothy Menpes has won fame
as the youngest author in England.
She is the daughter Of Mortimer
Menpes, the well-known artist. Mr..
Menpes has distinguished himself in
many ways, as painter, as an etcher
and as a war correspondent. He has
held many exhibitions of bis paintings
in Bond street and has published n
number Of books. To recent volume
by Mr., Menpes, beautifully illustrated
In colors, Miss Dorothy Menpes, who
is only 16 years of age, has contrib
uted the letter press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
The Privilege of Age.

81 haven't known you very long"
said Miss Anne Teck, gushingly. but
l hope you won't object to my calling
you Grace 1t doesn't seem too ia
miliar does it2"
mot at ALL" replied Miss Sharpe.
81 rather expect elderly ladies' to call
me by my first name."-PhiladelphHl
Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27

Bullets made Of precious stones are
rarities in warfare. But during the
fighting on the Kasmlr frontier, when
the British troops defeated the rebel
lious Hunzas, the natives used bullets
of garnets incased in lead. The Brit
fish preserved many as curiosities.--
London Chronicle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27

Mrs. Gabbleton-Jack Whoopler has
Just beer divorced for the third time.
Mrs. Teller-There seems to be no
living with that man.-Judge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27
WHAT Or. KUTCHIH
DOES NOT DO.

He does not fright
en- people into doctor
ing by holding up Q
plea Of o speedy deal b
before their eyes. He
1oes not urge the sick
to take treatment
when he knows them
to be incurable. Nei-
Their does he by false
pretenses hold the
sick under his care
month after month
while doing them no
good.
He does not per-
suade helpless NJ.
curableS to doctor
out the last month Of
their lives, or give up
their last dime for
medicine.
He does not take
patients under O So
called falseguarantee
pretending 10 charge
only for medicine and
taking W b &c yer
amount he can get,
or make tho object of
his life to extortmon.
ey from the sick.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-27


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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-06-21
INC CORONATION STONE.

Will the "stone of Scoue" groan
aloud when Edward VII. takes his
place ia the battered old coronation
ehair of Westminster Abbeyi
There was q time before democracy
bad made ravsges on "the divine
right OF Kings" that the supersti-
ton was popularity credited that
the stone was not only sacred, but
actually gave audible testimony If
the subject OF coronatiOn,was divine
ly appointed to rule. Tradition
identified this stone with the one
upon which Jacob rested his head
when be saw the vision Of the lad
der. HE SOUS carried it to Egypt,
and there it came into possession
OF Cecrops, the founder of Aibens.
HE SOD, Gsthelus, carried 1t to
Spain, aud Simon Brech, son OF a
Spanish King, carried it to Ireland
when be invaded that island. 1t
was set up on the sacred hill of
Tara and called the "Stone of Des.
tiny" wherein the Irish Kings
we're crowned. In $50 b. c., Fer
gue, the founder of Scottish mon
srcby, aud one of the blood royal
OF ireland, took it to Scotland in
what is known as the Emigration
from Ulster 10 Iona" King Ken.
meth deposited 1t in the monastery
Of ScOne 1850 A. D., where
Scotch Kings were afterward crown
Cd, aud where it doubtless would
have remained until this day bad
not Edward |. determined TO sup
port his imperial theories by APP
pesling to the superstitions of the
people, especially the Scotch, whom
be was making every effort to sub
due.
Ia spite Of the repeated efforts
OF the Scots TO reclaim IL, Edward
was able to land it successfully iu
Westminster Abbey (l297,) where
it was placed on shelf just be-
meath the seat OF an immense oak
chair built purpOsely to contain il
One can imagine how Long
shHnks' causedthe SSive,creation
OF oak aud stone TO "groan aloud"
when be threw his mighty frame
into it TO receive the crown. The
sound doubtless struck terror to
the hearts OF his Scotch enemies
aud filled his loyal followers with
deVOut belief in the sacreduess of
majesty. Henry VIII, aud others
Of pOndsrOns girth who followed ~
Edwards wake must have had lit
tie trouble to satisfy the creduIity
or the superstitions mind.
In Edwards time the chair was
nagni6cently painted by that same
Master Walter who piled the brush
in the Painted Chamber OF West
minister Palace, aud also decorated
with jewels But paint and jewels
have disappeared, aud even
the ancient carvings look like
Cravings or the tooth Of time. No
longer splendid and imposing,
modern science had to come along
and knock its remaining claims to
reverence into q cooked hat. The
intrepid geologist has proved 10
even the wOrshiper of traditions OF
royal make that the stone is utterly
unlike any formation to be found
in Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Spain
or ireland, for that matter. Ii is
q species OF sandstone exactly sim
liar 20 the native rock found
abundantly in the vicinity of the
ancient monastery OF Scone. The
blow TO those erstwhile upholders
OF tradition has been a severe one
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-06-21
AN EDITOR PAkDONED.
De Published Cartoon Criticisibg
Honolulu Judge.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
Honolulu, June 3, via San Fran
cisco, Cal, June l7.-Gov. Dole
has issued q pardon for Walter q.
Smith, editor of the Advertiser,
who was sentenced to 30 days in
Oahu prison for contempt of court.
Smiths offense was the publication
OF q cartoon attacking the Judge,
which was held to obstruct the
trial Of q pending case.
10 response TO it's advertisement
for tenders for treasury notes of
Hawaii for $l50,00O the govern
msnt has received practically no
tenders. Local banks are stated
however, TO be willing 10 loan
money 10 some other way.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-09
Great Salt Iake RecedInS.

Great Salt Lake, which for several
years has been slowly but steadily re-
ceding, has, according to Director Muir
dock of the United States Weather Bu-
reau. now reached the lowest level re-
corded since observations have been ta-
ken by the department. Up to August
1st the lowest mark ever recorded was
on July IL. Since that time the lake has
receded four inches. The fall of the wa
ter since, 1894 amounts to nearly six feet
and on the flow. at eastern shore this
has resulted in the recession of the wa
ter line during that time of fully three
quarters of a mile. Speaking of this phe-
nomenon Director Murdoch said:
Utah has been in a dry cycle for sew
enteen or eighteen years. In this period
the precipitation has been much below
the average. Precipitation sometimes
moves In cycles CT this kind and dura-
ton. and now / think a prolonged pc
roid of increased precipitation is nearly
due But 1t will take several years to
bring the lake back to its former level"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-09
His Sight Threatened.

while picnicking last month my IL
year-old boy was poisoned by some weed
or plant" says w. III. Dibble, Of Sioux
City, Ia. HE rubbed the poison of his
hands into his eyes and for awhile we
were afraid he would lose his sight. Fin
ally a neighbor recommended DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. The first application
helped him and in few days he was as
well as ever" For skin Diseases cuts,
burns. scalds. wounds, insect bites. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is sure cure.
Relieves piles at once. Beware Of coun-
terfeits Brown Bros.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-09
Can the Earth Explode?

We frequently hear the suggestion that
the earth may some time explode from
the pent-up forces within, and we often
read theories about explosions of hsa-
venly bodies but the earth can never
explode from it's own pent-up forces
Under our very feet at this moment. be-
tween the earths solid crust and the
molten interior, there is a pressure ex-
erted more than double that which is
capsule of being exerted by the most
powerful Dynamite in the world. 1t is
generally accepted and probably the true
theory that the whole interior of the
earth is molten mass of rock and met
ais heavier than the crust above, and
upon which the crust floats in a rela-
lively thin layer. says writer in the
Woman's Home Companion. The thick
ness Of the earth's crust within the great
continents is probably from fifty to one
hundred miles. If we estimate the pres
sure exerted by the weight of one mile
of earth and rock at 10000 pounds. which
is well within the truth. then fifty miles
OF earth would exert pressure of about
$4,000 pounds, and 100 miles would ex-
ert a pressure of 100000 pounds to the
square inch. Now, as the pressure ca
pable Of being exerted by the most pow
frful dynamite. exploded In a space equal
20 its own volume. is about 100000 to $780,
900 pounds, 1t is evident that II the whole
interior of the earth were filled with dy-
namiate and exploded, It would be ca
pable of exerting pressure only about
one-third great enough to raise the con-
tinent or TO disrupt the crust of the earth.