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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
ARCHIE AND PHOTOGRAPHER.
OH Story of the Presi-
dents Son Which Illustrates Or
iginality of the YOungster.

Those who can't get near enough to
Sycamore Hill to see any of the Roose-
velts find stimulant in the daily ride
through the village of Archie and the
calico pony. When Archie came down
the other day he rode in front of the
muzzles of the cameras right up to
the photographer representing a news
paper that isn't delivered every Day at
Sycamore Hill.
Don't you want to take my pic
ture?" said Archie. When the pho
tographer got his breath he said he
did, and Archie posed for him.
'I'd like one for sister," said Archie.
The photographer said he'd be delight
ed to furnish it. But | can't take it
unless you will accept little present
from me-" said Archie. He went into
a neighboriRg store and bought china
ash tray for rs cents. Then he bor-
rowed soft pencil and wrote on the
under side of the tray: "Archie Roose-
welt, to my friend"
you've got such funny name" said
Archie to the snapshot man, that
when we are playing games that you
have to say words fast we use your
name Ethel thinks it's much funnier
than Peter Piper"
Archie got astride the calico once
more and went down the road leaving
the village agape.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
SNAPSHOTS IDLE WORKMEN.
Collection of Pictures showing
Laborers Wasting City Time.

Daniel P Sullivan, a deputy superin-
tendent Of the street department,
Boston, has been stricken with re-
form. The men in the department
have been stricken, too, mainly with
CONSERVATION. Superintendent Sulli-
van had an idea for some time that
the city was not getting full days
work for a full days pay, He there
fore engaged photographer to travel
about the city. Snapshot every man
you see idle" was the command the
superintendent gave.
As a result Mr.. Sullivan has now in
his office developed negatives of men
lighting their pipes by the roadside,
punched up against the side of build
ings or crouched against fence to
keep out of the wind.
The photographs have been exhibit
ed to the various foremen, with in
structions to give timely warning to
the subjects so far caught by the pho
tographer and his camera.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
WANTS TO HIRE HEN.
Omcisl OF Geological Survey 1t
Washington Makes Request ON
the Government.

An official of the geological survey
has written to the civil-service COM
mission requesting authority to hire,
under the 30-day emergency clause of
the civil-service regulation, lone hen;
must be a good layer" The writer,
in suggesting this course, says: For
use in making albumen coating in
our interchangeable work we are
in need of an occasional egg. l have
frequently advanced the money for
this purpose, but, seeing no good rea-
son for assuming such expenditures,
have of late compelled the man who
uses the egg to go and buy his egg.
Quite little objection has been made
by the public photographic expert
against depicting his purse for this
purpose.
I'm making a requisition on the in
terror department for an egg, we al
ways experience much delay in get
ting authority to purchase from tho
lowest bidder, and the goods, owing
to the methods of purchasing, are
not always in prime condition.
would respectfully ask, therefore,
that the question Of employing q
hen for the purpose set forth be now
taken up for consideration.
II would ask, therefore, that be
allowed to employ hen under the
3O-day emergency clause"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
GERMAN MEAT EXCLUSION.
Regulations Which VIII Go Into Eff
feet In October VIII Advance
Prices C0nside rabIy.

Consul General Frank Mason, at
Berlin, has informed the state depart
ment that the code of regulations for
carrying into effect on October / next
the German meat inspection law has
been issued by the imperial health Of
flee. Under paragraph IL of the new
law fresh meats can be imported only
in whole carcasses. Carcasses of cat
tie and hogs, but not of calves, may
be split in half, but the halves are to
be left together and accompanied in
all cases by the head, heart, lungs
and kidneys. Cow Beef must have the
udder attached, and carcasses of pork
must include the tongue. Except
hams, bacon and intestines, no piece
Of picked, smoked or otherwise pre-
served meat weighing less than four
Kilograms (S.S pounds) may be i'm
ported into Germany.
The consul general says that when
to all this is added the prohibition
under paragraph 81 of the law Of
meats preserved with borax and
boracic acid, or any Of several other
antiseptic salts, it will be evident
that the net effect Of the new system
will be to diminish the supply more
or less and to increase the cost Of
meats for consumption In Germany.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
SHUNS THE CAMERA.
Steadfastly Refuses to Have
Her Picture Taken.

The portrait of Mrs. Alfred Corning
Clark has been in great demand since
the announcement of her engagement
ito marry Bishop Potter, end sums
ranging from five dollars to fifty dol
lars have been offered by New York
papers for photograph, no matter
how small. Amateur photographers
lat Cooperstown, N. Y, have been on
the watch for an opportunity to Sc
cure a snapshot. just before dusk the
other afternoon Mrs. Clark left her
home at Cooperstown for a stroll
Through the park and to the Y. NJ c.
IA. building. George Gould, we'll
known Cooperstown young man and
an amateur photographer of consid-
cradle ability, saw Mrs. Clark APP
preaching, and prepared to secure the
coveted snapshot. He focused the
|camera, and snap went the shutter.
not ten feet from Mrs. Clark. Mrs.
Clark saw the young man and became
highly indignant. Learning his name,
she called to him and asked him to
name the price of the camera, which
he did, and turned over camera and
film. Mrs. Clark's son Stephen, who
was near, took charge of it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
BORN BLIND UNDER GROUND.
New York Preacher Declares Many
Children's Mothers Have Not
Seen Daylight In Years.

The startling charge is made by Rev.
DR.. David M. Steele, one of the curate s
of st. BaItholomew's parish, New
York, in an article in the current num-
Der of the Independent, that children
are born blind in subterranean apar-
ments, under great office buildings in
New York, because their mothers for
years had never seen the light.
DR.. Steele's article is entitled TYP
zeal Tenement Tragedies" and deals
with life on the New York East side,
where he has spent much time in char
liable and religious work. 1t brings to
light in a vivid manner conditions
which almost challenge belief. The
reference to children born blind is as
follows:
"How many know that some of the
great Office buildings have under them
apartments for filthy families and that
in these families children are some
times born blind because their moth
ers for whole years never see day
light?
"How many know that on the roofs
of these same buildings there are fam
flies of janitorS whose six-year-old
children have never stepped upon the
ground?"
In an interview DR.. Steele modified
his statements somewhat. He said
he did not know personally that there
were actually such apartments under
the great office buildings, as he had as
serted, but it is fact, he says, that
children have been born blind in base
ment tenements in the city in cases
where the blindness was due to the
conditions under which the mother
lived.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
CHINAMAN'S STRANGE GRIEF.
ages NJ Esneral Of Man who
Had Befriended Him.

The funeral Of James A. McAllister,
which took place at Cambridge, Md,
the other day, was the occasion of one
|of the most remarkable demopstra-
tions of affection and friendship ever
witnessed.
Ten years ago Tong Jack, a China
man, opened his little washing shop
in building adjoining the home of
Mr.. McAllister, and for awhile was
much prosecuted by neighborhood
boys. Mr.. McAllister stopped the
boys mischievous practices, and in
many ways took the laundryma(s
part.
When Mr.. McAllister was taken sick
Tong Jack constantly sent flowers and
delicacies to him. When he died the
Chinaman's grief was intense.
Just before the funeral ceremony
Tong Jack went to the house and Of
fered prayers. Then he hired 80 car
riages for the funeral Instead of
riding himself he walked behind the
hearse all the way to the grave, clad
in white from head to foot. When the
grave had been filed Tong Jack had it
covered with a great mass of flowers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
A "CAPE TO CAIRO LINE"
Development of Railroads In South
Africa which Makes Dream of
Rhodes q Probability.

Before many years the world may be
astonished to find that the long fos-
tered dream of Cecil Rhodes for the
opening up of the dark continent has
become reality and that consecutive
line of steel rails stretches from Cairo
to Capt Town. The state department
has made public an interesting report
on railroad development in Africa
from United States Consul Rayndal, at
Beirut. The consul says that by an
agreement signed at Brussels by Rob-
ert Williams with the king of the
Belgians the German route was aban-
doned and the railway from Cairo to
the Cape is to be carried through the
Congo Free State to the upper waters
of the Nile. From Stanley Falls On
the Upper Congo a railway is to be
built to Mahagi, on Lake Albert Ny
ANA, and this connection will supply
the missing link between the Cape and
Egyptian railways.
Consul Ravndal points out that the
new railway project does not neces-
sarily replace the original central line
through German territory, as planned
by Mr.. Rhodes, and the German gov
eminent. In fact, he says that il is
quite likely, if the proposed railroad is
built from the coast of Dar-Es-Salaam,
the capital of German East Africa,
that the original Cape to Cairo
scheme by way Of Tabora will be real
lied. Both lines" says the consul,
"may astonish the world before many
wears as full-fedged realities"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
STUDENTS ARE "SP0ONEY."
Lsvsmaking Said to he Carried On
In . Public Way at University
of Chicago.

"Spooning," 1t is declared, is going
on freely at the University of Chicago.
Students in turning corners In the hall
ways OF Cobb hall, the main ecitation
building, continually stumble upon
couples who are far away in thought
from Greek and history lessons, it is
said. While professors are busy ex-
pounding the doctrine of universal
love as portrayed by poets and philos-
ophers, many students are indulging
in a more personal kind of affection.
The last issue Of the Weekly, the stu
dents publication, called attention to
the fact. The Weekly, under the new
summer management, has several
times expressed itself in plain terms
about existing conditions.
The weekly item is as follows:
Some very vigorous spooning has
gone ON lately in the halls and on the
landing of Cobb. Fortunately dry
weather Is in sight. and it may be car
ried on In less conspicuous places"
1t is not out in the moonlight ON
benches under the trees that the prac-
tice IS INDUCED in. The summer seek
sr after knowledge whispers sweet
nothings to his ladylove right on the
steps, '1n the halls and on the land
ings of Cobb hail." 1t is asserted, where
1900 students daily pass in and out.
The present state of affairs, accord
ing to one student, bears out the re.
cent statement of Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, who said that the campus of the
university is full of trysting places
and that segregation would not acc om-
plish the purpose for which it is in
tended since brick wall IA feet high
would not keep the young men and
women apart"
The university campus is becoming
veritable picnic ground, and every
day little groups of "co-eds," and, in
some instances, their men friends, find
shady spots under the oak trees, where
they spread feasts from lunch baskets.
This Is pointed to as another instance
OF the tendencies of the summer coed
and her beau.
There Is rule at the university
which prevents marrying between stu
dents while they are doing work at
the university, but the authorities are
powerless to prevent lovemaking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
MORE WORK FOR SCIENTISTS.
Circus Sawdust Must Now BE Deodor-
lied and Water for the EIe-
plant Filtered.

The old-timer drew his chair lit
tie closer to the editors desk. His
eyes assumed a dreamy expression
and he wrinkled his nose in thought
full way.
That's about right" he said; were
all gettin' a little too fussy, expect.
Too many folderols and frlls. Things
amt what they used to be-plain an
simple an unassumin'. Why, say, just
stop minute an look at the circus
of to-day for a sort of example"
"Too many rings, eh." suggested
the editor.
"Not alone rings" said the old-timer,
'but too much of lots of other things
Maybe you don't know it, but they tell
me every blamed big circus nowadays
carries along its own special scen-
fist. Fact. Fellow out of some col
lege, you know, with lot of letters
after his name"
"What sort of an act does he do?"
inquired the editor.
'He don't do any act" said the old
timer, according to a writer in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Leastways
not any act that the public is aware
of. He's just busy with his micro
scopes an his chemicals outside in his
little laboratory. They tell me that
every ounce of sawdust that's used
in the show now has to be deodoriZed,
That's right. They're so plaguey
afraid of the sawbug germ, you know.
OF course all the red lemonade is ster-
ilized, and the red in it neutralized by
evaporation under high pressure, OF
somethin'. Then the air inside the
big tent is changed three times during
each performance by formaldehyded
suction pumps. and the outside is
showered mornin' an evenin' with four
parts of water to one of muriatic acid.
or somethin'. Every purchaser of q
ticket buys 1t with the express un.
derstandin' that he has been vaccinat.
cd recently, an all the change the
ticket sellers give back is fumigated
with the mercury at 2l2. Yes, an
they say you never saw such care as
there is taken with them animals!
They've got so they all stick out their
tongues to be antisepticated when the
professor moves by-all 'cept the ant.
eater an he only runs his out by spe-
cial request, cause there's so much
of it. OF course there's an awful lot
of water to filter, and them elephants
have got so KNOWN that they can tell
the difference in a moment if the boys
try to run in cheap filter on 'em. An
the professor is kept pretty busy, too,
buntir' up new diseases for the ami,
mails. Why. up in Skowhaven, ! think
1t was, they tell me he hung a red
card on the monkey cage marked
'Apcpendersightis Within, and then
KEEP the monkeys in quarantine for
two weeks. And over at Oshwebosh
| if amt mistaken"
81 guess that will be enough for the
present." said the editor. Anyway
| I've got about as much as l can safe
ly carry. Good-day."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

Probably the most unique protest
submitted to the officials of the post
Office department by rejected appli-
cant for a position in the postal service
was received by Superintendent
Machen, of the rural free delivery
service, from Goshen, Ind, An appli-
cant for the position of letter carrier
was recently rejected on account of a
physical disability, stated to be a
manned hand" The protest received
the other day was a cabinet size photo
graph of the mans hand clutching a
package of letters. Thethumb Is miss
ing at the second joint, and the hand
is otherwise mutilated. but the pack
age of letters is held in good, firm
grip. The physical disability will prob
ably be overlooked and the man ap-
pointed, because of his Photographic
protest.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
LOYAL IRISHMEN.
True to England I'm Battle Although
Ever Strong In the Cause
of Ireland

The Irish leaders are not children in
politics. They know their way about
in political affairs quite as well if not
much better than the average Eng
lishman. They know that home rule,
in the Irish sense, can only be achieved
by the willing or unwilling conversion
of England. Yes, some one will say,
but how do they seek to accomplish
this conversion? BY turning the house
of commons into bear garden, by
cheering for the enemies of England,
and gloating over English reverses in
the field, says writer in the Con
temporary Review. l agree. 1t is all
simply detestable. But these men, let
us never forget, are what we have
made them. We have taught them
that the only way of getting justice to
Ireland is by force, by illegal action,
by reasonable and disloyal methods.
AS the twig is bent, so the tree in
clines. l repeat, these men are just
what our system of government has
made them. One thing is quite GER
tain, we cannot bully or coerce Ire
land into loyalty. What about the
Irish regiments in South Africa?
What about the Dublin fusiliers, ma
tionalist and Catholic almost to a
man? All through this deplorable
South African war they have fought
beyond the mark of others. Most Of
these brave men indeed have fallen
in battle, and they have invariably
fallen wherever the fight was hottest.
None of the Dublns, the Inniskillings
or the Connaught Rangers were ever
reported by Lord Kitchener to have
ridden AZ miles with the Beers in
hot pursuit" No. They have been
true in the hour Of England's greatest
need. Why should Englishmen look
at one picture and ignore the Others?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

Invention and discovery assure us
that there will be no limit to progress
in the long distance carrying OF cleo
trio energy, says the New York World.
While water holds out to run, there
fore, why should man bother with
question of coal mine exhaustion, or
wrestle endlessly with the smoke nui-
sance? Silently, clearly, without fuss
or fumes, a power that heats, lights
and moves, all from the same wire, will
be brought cheaply to the door of
every shop and home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
HAY AND HIS TON OF COAL.
Secretary of state Pays Bill In
Which Charges for Delivery EI-
coed Price of the Coal.

Secretary of State John Hay has
just paid the record price for coal,
and it was common, ordinary, anthra-
cite coal. Some time ago, when the
family opened their summer cottage
at Lake Sunappee, n H., Mrs. Hay found
need of fire to keep warm. There
was no coal in the house, and she tele-
phoned to the dealer in Windsor, ask
ing him that ton be sent over at
once. As the Hay house is in rather
Inaccessible location, the dealer asked
how he should send the coal.
"By express" was the order.
The coal was sent, and the bill has
just been paid. 1t includes two items:
Express OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
IOldI ......s...-vi S
Coal at Mr.. Hays summer home
hereafter will be shipped by freight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Cuba to Take Part in Fair.

A cablegram was received from Min
lister Squiers at Havana by Charles NJ.
Pepper, the commissioner of the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition to Cuba,
stating that the invitation for the new
republic to participate in the exposi-
tion had been accepted. While this
action had been anticipated, formal ac-
ceptance by the Cuban government
was not expected so early. The exhib-
IL which Cuba will make at St. Louis, it
is explained in the acceptance of the in
vitation will depend on the funds here
after to be appropriated by the Cuban
congress. The St. Louis exposition
will be the first one in which the island
will have the opportunity to partici-
pate as an independent nation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
ASK FOR AMERICAN IDEAS.
Methods for the Selection
of students.

Secretary Hay has forwarded to the
commissioners of the District OF CO.
umbia a copy of a letter sent to
Ether states and territories bearing
|,n the American scholarships in Ok
ord university, created by the will of
he late Cecil Rhodes. The district
vas not mentioned in the will, and
here has, therefore, been doubt as
o whether 1t will be included in the
The letter of the sec
|retary settles the question in favor
|pf the district. The secretary in his
Communication incloses a copy of q
etter from Bourchier F. Hawkley,
representing the trustees of the will,
n which he says:
THE trustees are DESTROYS of max
ing regulations with regard to the
method by which qualifications Of
candidates are to be ascertained and
- to examinations. They will, there
ore, be obliged if you will be so good
- 10 bring the scholarship provisions
)f Mr.. Rhodes will to the notice Of
OeA 6o'Sh hhiOhSb WIN ChC AS4uSss
IN their behalf that the views of the
thief officials having control Of edu-
.ation in the various states and ter
'itories Of the union may be ascer-
aimed and communicated to the
trustees.
1T would be of further great as
Instance to the trustees il they could
pc furnished with the opinion of the
eading educational authorities of the
United States, especially the heads Of
Harvard, Yale, Columbia and other
universities, with regard generally to
The election of qualifying students
and the best mode of giving practical
effect to the scholarship trust.
1T is hoped that the students can
be elected in time to go into resi-
1ence at Oxford in 1908"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

Murphy being sick and alone in his
cabin, Hogan volunteered to take care
of him. The patient had been getting
very little sleep, SO the doctor left
some powders and told Hogan to give
Murphy one about bedtime.
About seven o'clock in the evening
Hogan went out for a few minutes
and when he returned Murphy was fas t
asleep. He slept soundly until ten
o'clock, when Hogan went to the bed
side, shook the sleeping man vigor-
ously and shouted:
"Wa-ake up here, Moorphy, till Oi
give yez these powders t ma-ake We
sleep!"-Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Killed Man But Not n FLY.

Said one Brooklyn man to another:
"You haven't got nerve enough to
kill a fly" Thereupon the second
Brooklyn man produced pistol and
shot the first Brooklyn man full Of
holes. The proceeding indicates,
says the Chicago Chronicle, that
the Brooklyn mind Is not logical
The shooter has yet to demonstrate
that he would kill q fly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Willing fn Paw

you are charged with killing two
men while speeding in your automo-
bile" said the magistrate.
"All right" replied the rich chat
feur, taking out his pocketbook, how
much ore they worth apiece ?"-0hlo
State Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07

Peary is ready to come back. He
hasn't found the north pole. says the
Chicago Record Herald, but he has
enough material for a new lecture and
another book.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Pasumatic Tires in Favor In Paris

There is movement among Paris
ians to patronize only pneumatic tired
cabs. in order to force the companies
to put pneuma ties IN all cabs. Cabmen
with pneumatics are much more in de-
mand than others, but are obliged to
pay the company three francs a day
more than for solic tires. The cost Of
a set of pneumatics-6O francs-is
also big item for the companies. New
ertheless, the general tendency is to-
ward pneumatics.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
DIsorderIy Conduct,

Somebody ought to arrest the two
Venezuelan armies. says the Pitts
burg Chronicle Telegraph and put
them in Jail on a charge OF disorderT
conduct.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
An Old Query Revived.

government bulletin announces
that the United States uses 9, 792 900.
900 pins every year. What becomes OF
them, asks the Chicago Record Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-07
Appendicitis Now UnfashionabIs

Few people are dying of appendi-
citis now. King Edward deserves
praise, declares the Chicago Record
Herald, for establishing o fine prscs-
Aent.