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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21

The average French person uses six
pounds az soap II = year. the average
English person uses ten pounds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21
Nnrel nari,cr.s So.

IF ron can't raise 10 cents. raise
whiskers." IS sign in a barber shop
IN a certain Indiana town
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21

You cant convince a girl that mar
rage is a failure until after she tries
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21

When Jon feel discouraged, smoke
up and blaze away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21

to air. / can imagine that Senator
Sawyer at the present time would GER
tainiy be happier in Wisconsin than he
is in heaven.
It looks as il La FoIlette's hatred of
the brides be charges as having been Civ
en- by the eleventh floor Republicans was
due 10 the fact that they were little
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21
Gods Patient Poor.

sCaSiuS up the garsS warden scandal.
n. Brown. after referring 10 the abuses
~. Ia Toilette had subjected the law
. fprocee3ed.
he number OF game wariens now
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21
The Bride Ciyer and Taker.

The twin destroyers of our institutions
are the bribe-giyer and the bribe-taker.
Shall We allow designing politicians TO
make merchandise of our school system?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21

Yet hun an credulity = fathomless,
with no limitations OF reason. IL is safe
10 say that. out of given number OF
men some can be found who will be
fod for fakirs in politics, in business, or
religion. This accounts for the dupes and
victims OF this political Dowieism."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21
A S-ade Is q SPADE.

Seriously I'll the whitewash in the
world cannot whiten the bride. A spade
is a spade. ard a bride is bride. and
no efforts Of the La Toilette faction can
ever make the people of this state call
eleventh floor IN Milwaukee may after
all be nearer heaven than the ground
floor IN the s-afn canifnl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21
Has La Toilette Been HOrest.

Has he endeavored to promote the in
terest and honor of the state, and COM
mand the confidence of an intelligent and
patriotic publicl Let the scandal Of the
game wardens answer him. let
the scandal of the school book
companies answer him: let the
testimony of men of the highest char
acter in his own party answer him, and
when these shall fully testify to the peo-
pie of the state, he must stand convicted
of insincerity and demy gogism, and of Of
fetal malfeasanee, at the bar bf public
justice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-21
LA TOILETTE TRIED BY THE RECORD He HIS MADE

largely exceeds thirty, and there are still
more TO come. The extent 20 which he
has exercised his unlimited power OF APP
pointment can be best judged by the ex-
pense account OK this department
whenever the Cause of Purity and Re
form has needed few raose props, he
mas appointed a few more game war
Gods Patient Poor" he has appointed
a few more game wardens Whenever
the Stalwarts got off their reservation
and commenced to sing their war song,
he would round them up and head them
OIL with few game wardens
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
A LEISURELY THEFT.
Novel Manner in Which Negro
Blacksmith In Tennessee Ac--
quired q Railway Engine.

"Ours is a peaceful section" said
Col. Dan Turner, of Memphis, Tenn,
to u group of western men who had
been discussing robberies, hold-ups
and crime in general, relates the Wash
ington Post. But when we do n
thing down in Tennessee, we do 1t
right, and robbing people or corpora
tions Is done to the queens taste, when
one of our citizens sets out to do it."
"Not long ago it became necessary
for one of the railroads to build a
small branch line, and traction en-
CINE was sent down there with the
first load Of bodybuilding material to
haul ties on heavy trucks from lit
tie mountain hamlet near where the
road was being built. When the work
men had finished hauling the ties the
engine was placed alongside the road
until 1t should be convenient to haul
1t away. 1t remained beside the road
about six months, and when the con-
tractor came along to clear up, he was
rather, amazed to find that nothing but
the boiler of the traction engine re-
manned where he had placed 1t. To
make matters worse, every bolt and
rivet that could be removed from the
boiler was missing, too A search was
instituted, but the missing parts of
the machine could not be found.
"Some time after the theft Of his
engine the contractor had occasion to
drive through the country again, and
stopped at a negro's blacksmith shop
to have a shoe fastened on his horse.
While the smithy was at work the con-
tractor walked around the shop, and
to his amazement, found In one cor
ned Of the place, the missing parts Of
his engine. He Immediately charged
the negro with stealing it, and the man
admitted his guilt. When the contrac-
tor had recovered from his surprise at
the find, he asked the smitby why he
had not taken the boiler, too, and the
latter replied that he was making
tackle to take to the roadside and lift
the boiler into his wagon when the
contractor took the thing away.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

About 100000 gallons of alcohol
were used in Germany last year for
technical purposes.
Ginseng to the value of about $780,
900 is exported to HongKong every
year from this country. 1t is used
as a medicine and q stimulant.
japanese paper pocket hahdker-
chiefs are now supplied to consump-
tive prisoners detained at Norwood
Scrubs, England.
The biggest pump in the world is
used in an American zinc mine at
Fieldensville. 1t pumps 10000 gal
Ions minute, or 30,0O0,000 day, and
uses over a ton of coal an hour.
Surgeon general Sternberg says
that the metric system had been es-
tablished in the army and had given
entire satisfaction. He commends the
system and urges its adoption.
Miss Maud Dennison, of Chicago, is
said to be the only woman harness
maker in the United States. She is
% years old, was born in Louisville,
anu "oIhCu db VIC IlduC 1oui
years.
Stuttgart has an association of
butchers with 142 members. Last
year, by selling all their calf pelts at
auction, they realized $4,000 more
than individual sales would have
brought them. They also saved $4,000
in purchases of salt.
Bananas are, as a rule, planted out
Systematically in rows, the suckers"
being placed at an average of ten
feet apart. The banana plant bears
only one bunch at time, but it is
a quick grower, yielding its fruit in
IL to IA months. When the plant is
about six months old second suck
err" or shoot, is allowed to spring
from the root, third after the ninth
month, and so on, so that after the
first year there is a continuous crop
being reaped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
PICTURED ON THE ROCKS.
DliHs in Arizona Ornamented with
Map of the Country That Ii
Centuries Old.

The oldest maps in America are to
be found in Arizona and Texas. How
old they are may not be said, but they
date back many centuries. The Indian
has left behind him many records, says
the Pittsburg Gazette. In his rude i'm
plements of peace and warfare-his
knives, arrows, axes, spears, vessels.
mortars, quoits, etc., we can read to-
day the history of prehistoric races,
their habits and customs, their social
life, their tribal relations, their occu-
pations and their pastimes. From pic
ture writings we gain additional in
sight into the ways of these primitive
people. 1t now appears that some Of
these early jewellers in the land were
map makers of no mean ability. The
traditions of some of the tribes of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico point to a COM
mon origin with Montezumas. 1t
seems quite certain that the nations or
tribes occupying the country now
known as New Mexico, Arizona, Texas
and Mexico held intimate relations
with each other, and their Inhabitants
Travelled back and forth from country
to country for centuries.
In Tenaia canyon, Texas, are unmis-
taxable evidences of this. The lay of
the land is such as to make this cam
yon the natural pass for large area
of country north and south of that
point. The travel which has passed
through this canyon has worn the SOL
id rock of the trail to depth of not
less than three feet. Even though the
region about were densely populated,
it must have taken centuries to wear
through this adamantine path. The
walls of the canyon which are perpen-
dicular and smooth, are embellished
with lines carved in the rock, and then
traced over with paint of vermillion
hue, so permanent as to have lost but
little of its luster during the centuries
it has ornamented the rock canvas.
The first discoveries of these mark
ings were unable to decipher them or
guess their import, but subsequently
prospectors and plainsmen who visit
ed the canyon discovered in these lines
accurate maps of the country, with
the trails, mountain passes and water
holes indicated thereon. The makers
Of these maps showed a thorough
knowledge of the country and accu-
racy as to relative distances and points
of the compass. Near Oatmans Flat,
Arizona, are what are known as "Pe-
dros Pintados," or painted rocks.
The walls of the mesa are covered
from base to summit with drawings of
men, animals, reptiles, etc. Some OF
the figures are of so uncertain a ma
ture as formerly to have failed Of
classification. 1t is now known that
some of these are maps of sections of
country, with trails, villages, water
wells, etc, indicated upon them. 1t is
somewhat remarkable that among the
animals pictured on these rocks are
camels so lifelike as to admit of no
doubt as to their identity. There can
be but little question that the makers
of those pictures had knowledge OF
Egypt or Arabia or that the camel was
once indigenous to this country.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
Orange-Fed Pork.

Here is good chance to build up an
other South California industry.
Southern California orange-fed pork"
should be u catching sign in eastern
grocery stores which cater to wealthy
clients, especially II contrast should
be drawn between such meat and that
Of animals that have been fed on the
refuse from the slaughter-houses. A
pig raised from the time of weaving on
alfalfa and then topped off with corn
and oranges, with perhaps few
orange blossoms to finish up, and the
hams boiled in California sherry,
should furnish dish fit for king or
even q president. Chicago Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
The Merry rlonth of MAY

has come, bringing flowers and blossoms
Nature Is at her best, and truly merry month
1t + to those fortunate mortals enjoying per
feet health. Life, for the most of us however.
Is but one incessant struggle for existence and
but little time is allotted the worker for pleas
ure. Whether in good health or i'll, we must
Keep up this stern struggle, and if sick and
miserable, the joys of the merry month are not
gerous symptoms, such rs lack of color. head
ache, costiveness, disordered stomach diZzi-
ness, lassitude and palpitation of the heart
warn us that there is something radically
wrong. AS, at this season nature renews her
self so also must overworked mankind How?
ReJuyenate your system with the celebrated
st. Bernard Vegetable Pills, and enjoy the
pleasures of this blissful season
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
Drawing the Line.

IF there is anything resent" said
Mr.. Sirius Barker, as he took bite
of graham bread and slipped his Cruel,
"it's the assumption Of titles Of dis
tinction by any and everybody"
EYES," answered the friend; I'VE do
have great many majors and
'colonels' and Judges who are neither
military men nor lawyers"
"Yes. I'm a patient man. But !
draw the line somewhere. / am Just
waiting for somebody TO come along
calling himself professor because
he's champion Plug pong player.
Then I'm going to say something sar-
aaatic ."-Washington Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
CORONATION CURIOS.
Unique Features That VIII lie Pre-
scented mt the Formal Growing of
EngIand's King and Queen.

The king has decided to do away with
to some of the ancient offices III CON
nection with the coronation. The
granting of fees i'll the past has mere
ly been in conformity with a historic
usage which has now lost its meaning.
His majesty has also broadly limited
to the duke of Norfolk that he wishes
the robes he has to wear on June 20
to be less heavy and burdensome than
those worn on former occasions. Lord
Salisbury recently amused the king
very greatly by telling him of the ex-
perience of his father, who was one Of
the train-bearers at the coronation of
George ~.
"The weight of his majesty's robes"
said Lord Salisbury, gave each of the
train-bearers a Turkish bath of some
hours duration. The king suffered
even more than the bearers, and grunt-
ed and grumbled necessarily. When
the ceremony was over his majesty
was found in his dressing-room at the
abbey, walkingup and down undressed,
but with the crown on his head"
When King Edward heard Lord Sal
isbury relate this he said: 81 hope
his grace of Norfolk will see that my
coronation robes are more seasonable
than those Of his majesty George ~.
A king without crown is curious
sight; but king in bedroom attire
hor lxy, n
fled Spectacle"
The king has determined, says Lon
don Tit-Bits, that splendid crown
shall be worn by the queen at the cor
onation. This crown is to have as its
chief ornament the Koh-i-Noor. When
her majesty quietly demonstrated at
this, and suggested that something
less magnificent should be made, King
Edward CALAMITY answered:
mo gem is too rare to crown such
a head; as your life has been, so shall
your crown be--magnificent." Lately
several designs have been submitted
to her majesty, who has at last oh osen
one of them. The crown will have
eight ieweled arches, with the SPLEEN
did Indian diamond in the middle. Her
maiesty's present crown has only four
arches.
Although the king has determined I 0
do away with many historic usages,
yet his majesty has encouraged many
revivals. One of these revivals will be
that of the old English fair. Great ar.
rangements are being made at Rensal
Green for n huge fair to take place
during coronation week. Forty-eight
acres Of ground have been secured,
and on this will be hundreds Of van
dwellers, who will entertain the thou
sands Of spectators who will undoubt-
eddy be present at the fair during the
week.
Every afternoon whole oxen will be
roasted, and thousands of cakes,
stamped with the images Of their
maiesties, will be distributed among
the juveniles who like to be present
during the festivities. 1t was suggest
ed that these dainties should be called
Coronation cakes" but this happened
to come to the ears Of the king, who,
having, perhaps, an idea as to the ma.
ture OF these cakes, suggested that
they should be called, not Coronation
cakes" but coronation curiosi"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

From advices received by the captain
J of the Danish cruiser Valkyren at st.
Thomas, D. w. l. on last Saturday, it
is now certain that no less than 10000
persons persisted or are dying in the
city of st. Pierre and the adjoining
county of Martinique, French West
Indies as a result of the eruption of the
volcano Mont Pelee, beginning on
Thursday last and still continuing.
The town was still burning Sunday
but all reports are agreed in the con-
vietion that lie has been practically
burned out in st. Pierre and the ad-
joining villages.
When the eruption of Mont Pelee be-
came violent the crater belched forth
vast quantities of molten lava ashes
and thick black smoke The latter
obscured the sky and turned day into
night. The inhabitants sought places
of safety, but were incinerated In their
tracks by the food of white-hot sub
stance descending in great streams
from the mountains crater and falling
in clouds from above.
Not only the town, but also the vii
lagos for distance of from thirty or
forty miles in the vicinity of the erup-
ton were wiped out. The ships in the
harbor were wrecked and the crews
persisted The steamer Roraima ex-
ploded, the cable ship Grappler was
burnt where she was moored and the
Roddam escaped only by inches.
The whole of the West Indies is in
ferment of terror. The inhabitants of
the several islands have given way to
panic, fearing eruptions of volcanoes
which have been supposed to be extinct
now for many years past, The crater
of Mont Pelee in Martinique HAD been
extinct for fifty years, and the people
in the adjoining islands believe that if
the Martinique volcano became active
the others will also.
Tbs Danish cruiser Valkyren left here
with foodstuffs and medicine to help
the unfortunates, if any be still alive in
st. Pierre The volcano began vomit-
ing sand, according to advices received
here Pestilence is feared in the islands
as all care for cleanliness has been aban-
doned In st. Vincent all the volcanoes
now show signs of activity, and it is
feared that the disaster at st, Pierre
will be repeated there.
Grief and terror have seized the peo-
pie here, where earthquakes have begun
as q preliminary to volcanic eruption,
it is believed. Deaths in fifty families
as result of the earthquakes have al
ready occurred here, with about the
same number Of fatalities to families of
this island as the result of the loss OF
the crew of the cable ship Grappler.
Details of the holocaust are awaited
with feverish anxiety, but the subma-
rine cables have shown signs of disturb
ance over here, and it is thought they
will be in working order within short
time
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

Because of the lack of sufficient &C
comodation within the tents of the
Barnum & Bailey circus at Bezicrs,
France, on Sunday, small riot
was precipitated. Those who were COM
PEELED to staud outside began stoning
the circus employees. Five were badly
injured and one will probably die. The
mob then cut the ropes and in spite of
efforts of the police, forced their way
into the arena. The troops had finally
to be called
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

The British lieutenant in charge of
the garrison at ST. Lucia reports that
both craters on the British island of St.
Vincent B. w. l., are emitting an enor-
nous amount of smoke, lava, and hot
ashes. The northern end of the island
is cut off from the southern end by an
enormous river of lava. The entire
northern end of ST. Vincent is being
laid waste. Small craters are BURSTING
everywhere. No vessel can approach
the northern shore Of The island on &C
count of the intense heat and the steam
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1t is certain that hundreds of lives
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are received that the loss sof life will
prove to be much heavier. Kingston
the capital of the island, is all right up
to the present time but it is being bonn
barded with stones from the volcanic
craters.
The terrific force of the eruption at
st. Vincent may be illustrated by one
incident Ashes in great quantity fell
on the deck of the British steamship
Coya Captain Eten, when it was $50
miles away from the island
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

The Irish are giving an enthusiastic
reception to Prince Henry of Prussia in
London. Prince Henry is an English
as we'll as German prince, but Eng
lish qualification over Irish cheers for
Queen Victoria's grandson Is somewhat
dampened by the reflection that the
Irish cheer for Henry because the Ger
mans cheer for the Beers, and because
Germany and England are mot on cor
dial terms. 1t is also considered in some
quarters that Ireland's hospitality to
the prince is rebuke to those advisors
who induced King Edward not to visit
Ireland for fear of being insulted there
Again the warmth of Prince Henry s
reception in America has much to do
with his happy experience in Ireland
for the Irish believe that the Americans
are safe guides to follow.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

Thomas Harris, % years old, q deliv-
cry clerk, shot twice at bis wife, Alice,
aged II, in Chicago last Sunday, the
second bullet taking effect in her groin.
The quarrel was one of many the couple
have had Harris had asked his wife to
go with him to call upon his mother
and when she declined he shot her.
He started to make his escape A
crowd gathered in pursuit, but was re-
peatedly cowed by the pistol. AS Har.
ris reached Fifty third street, he turned
to shoot, when a city fireman laid him
low with piece of scantling. Jealousy
is supposed to have been the cause of
the deed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15
NEWS OF
THE WORLD.
What is Taking Place in this Coun-
try and in Foreign Lands.

tective Fitzgerald was sentenced today
by Judge Frazier to two years in the
Western Penitentiary. Mrs Soffel re-
ceived the sentence calmly and with no
show of emotion She was taken to
the penitentiary Friday afternoon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-05-15

Mrs. Catherine Soffel, the wife of
Warden Peter Soffel Of the Allegheny
County Jail, who entered plea Of
guilty to the charge of releasing Ed.
ward and John Bidle the burglars and
murdelers of Grocer Kahney and De