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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
ABOUT AMERICAN POLO.
Ing Spirit In Introducing
the Game Here.

James Gordon Bennett, the proprie-
tor of the New York Herald, was the
leading spirit in introducing polo int
this country. 1t was he who dined, in
1876, at his own residence, which still
stands on the northeast corner of
Fifth avenue and Thirty eighth street,
New York city, the following gentle
men: Messrs. William Jay, William
b. Douglass, Charles G. Francklyn,
Winnie Thorn, Perry Belmont, John
Mott, SNnuel Rowland and Lord
Vaudeville.
1t was decided to bring from Texas
carload Of COW ponies, and, until
within short time, there was hung
in the Meadow Brook clubhouse, Long
Island, list of these ponies, distrib-
uted by lot among the diners, at an
average cost OF $40 each.
The first game was played during
that winter In the old frame Dickel
Riding academy, where now stands
the Union League club, corner Of Fifth
avenue and Thirty-ninth street, says
f. Willard Roby, in Outing, and play
was later continued at Jerome park
race course, at Fordham, IN 1877.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
TREES ARE TREASURES.
The Destruction OF Many In This
Country Has Made Remaining
Old Ones Very Valuable.

Time changes all things, and time is
changing the public and private esti-
mate of trees in this country. When
the pioneers came upon vast wilder
ness the trees were as much opposed
to their making comfortable liveli-
hoods as were the copper-skinned saw
ages. They made war upon the forest
with more zeal than judgment; they
slaughtered and laid waste, says the
| Pittsburg Post. With such beginnings
! of the people their constituted au-
, thorities have been slow to make laws
, for the protection of mere trees,
though gradually the worth of the
latter has come to be understood by
8 many. Old trees soon will be held, as
{ they should be, to be sacred, and young
{ trees as something to be encouraged,
:, fostered and trained in the way they
should go. 1t is only few years since
DR.. Marshall of this state, astonished
the public by bringing suit against
telephone company for hacking
branches off some stately trees be-
cause they interfered with the string
ing or proper insulation of its wires.
The courts sustained the doctors con-
tention that ancient trees are treas
ures. The telephone copamny will not
soon forget the fact, for it was com
PEELED to pay smartly for the destruc-
tion wrought.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
A TAILOR'S SHREWD TRICK.
Makes Overcharge In His Statement
to Bring SlOw-Paying CustO-
mers to Time.

"You've made mistake in my bill"
said young man excitedly, recently,
to the proprietor of prominent tailor
ing house, relates the Chicago Post.
"That can't be-" answered the tailor,
mildly. ooh, but It is So" exclaimed
the youth in furry. look here!
Ten dollars too much charged on this
bill" The proprietor compared the
bill with his books. you're right, Mr..
Blank" he admitted. "I'll take ten
dollars off, and how much did you say
you wanted to pay on account?'
The young man grew red, coughed,
and finally produced tive-dollar note.
"That works every time" continued
the tailor to an interested bystander,
after the customer had departed. Moth
ing brings a man here in such hurry
as to overcharge him on his bill. When
a customer gets a little backward and
lodges the place send him bill over
charging him. He comes on a rush to
have the mistake corrected, and lit
tie diplomacy does the rest Best
of all, it doesn't hurt his feelings, as
would visit from collector"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SAVAGE COLONY IN INDIA.
A Tribe In Madras That Eats Game
Killed by Hunters without
Cooking 1t,

In the Nellore district of the
Madras presidency live the Yanadis,
strange tribe, as may be seen from
report which has been issued by
the authorities of the Madras Gov
eminent museum. The live in for
ests, and that they are little removed
from savagery is indicated by the
absence of implemental or monu-
mental material the animistic ma.
ture of their religion. the primitive
hunting and 1isning methods followed
by many of the tribe, and the habit
of eating the almost raw flesh of the
game they kill after slightly heating
or scorching it. They are fearless in
catching cobras, which they draw out
of their holes without fear of their
fangs, and it is supposed that they
protect themselves against the eff
fects of snake bites by swallowing
the poison sacs of the snakes Es-
pecially singular is the manner in
which they produce fire by friction.
For this purpose they prepare two
sticks, one short, the other long. In
the former a square cavity is made,
and it is held firmly in the ground
while the long stick is twirled rap
idly to and fro in the hole. Instead
of charcoal powder they use rags, or
even dried leaves, which they find
little difficulty in lighting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
TAXES WERE TOO ONEROUS.
An Old Pennsylvania who Thought
the Government Was Pressing
Him Too Hard.

From Pottsville comes a story of
an old chap who is proud to describe
himself as the original anti-expansion-
list, says the Philadelphia Times. Soon
after the breaking out Of hostilities
with Spain and the passage of the war
revenue act by congress he began to
crate against the new taxes as an ex-
hibition of federal tyranny. He,would
fairly froth at the mouth as he de-
nounced the war tariff and would
darkly hint at the possibility of lat
ter day Patrick Henry and q new
awakening Of the people to sense of
the injustice. A severe cold Laid him
low and his doctor, finding him asleep
one day and thinking a little blister
ing would do him good, applied fine
large mustard plaster to the old fell
lows back. The burning, singing
bite of the heated mustard awoke the
crusty patient, who rolled over in
agony for minute or two, clapped one
hand behind him, felt the plaster and
frantically tearing it off roared:
"Has it come to this that an old
man like me can't even die peaceably
in his bed without having the govern
ment come along and clap revenue
stamp on him."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SURE DEATH TO MOSQUITOES
Kerosene OIL Distributed Over Sur
face of Water Where They
Breed KiIlz Insects.

The method of using kerosene to
exterminate mosquitoes is explained
by Popular Mechanics as follows:
There are several ways by which
war against mosquitoes can be sue
cessfully waged. The best method is
to drain the swampy regions in
which the insect breeds. but where
this cannot be done u small quantity
of kerosene oil will remedy the
nuisance.
"When q thin film of oil Is distrib-
uted over the surface of the water it
seals up the young mosquitoes
breathing funnel, causing death. Ii
people living in country places or
those camping out, even where there
is no stagnant water, will see that
every open receptacle, tub, or barrel
is treated once or twice a month
with a spoonful of kerosene they will
relieve themselves of much misery.
When stagnant ponds are treated in
this manner, the treatment being re-
peated once in every 20 days, in or
der to catch each succeeding genera
ton, life in the neighborhood may be
made bearable where once it was a
burden.
1.-THE people in an entire neighbor-
hood may be miserable from one
small breeding place, and they may
be made correspondingly happy by
the use of oil. 1t is estimated that an
ounce of oil is enough for Is square
feet of surface"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
CRUSHED BY MONOPOLY.
Pawnbrol<erage In France Is EntIre-
1y In the Hands of the
Government.

A recent French trial shows how
monopoly works even in the pawn
broking business. The police authori-
ties brought suit in the eleventh cor
rectional court of Paris against
group of persons who acted as agents
for various moneylenders and pawn
brokers established in London. The
action was in the interests of the Mont
de Piete de Paris, the FreRch Pawn
bro King association, which is monop-
oily and under government supervisor,
says the New York Post. Persons de-
sirous of piedging their jewels and
other valuables found that they could
obtain much better terms for loans
with well-known London firms than at
the state supervised establishments in
France, and, to meet the situation,
number of agencies were created in
Paris, which undertook the business
of pledging the articles in England.
The Mont de Piete complained of this
competition, and their plea that it
was an infringement of their monop-
oily was upheld by the court. The de-
PENDANTS were six in number. Two
were sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment and 10000 francs fine each
and the other four to fines of 10000
francs each. Another defendant, who
did not appear, was sentenced by de-
fault to two years imprisonment and
5000 francs fine. The Mont de Pete
was awarded the franc damages which
it claimed as civil parties to the case.
The fines thus inflicted amount to
about 100000. 1t is understood that
some of the defendants are English
men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
WORRY AND INDIGESTION.
Through Close Alliance CT Nerves,
Mental Depression Q1ickIy AZ
fects the stomach.

Worry is a cause and source of much
unhappiness, says a medical author
ity. 1t seams the face with lines and
burrows and has "A most depressing
effect upon that representative organ,
the stomach, which at such times, be-
comes most unwilling and laggard
servant. Indeed, it is safe to say that
unless encouraged by cheerful tenn
per and bright or, at least, hopeful
thoughts, the stomach will play tru-
ant, or sulk, or do no good work. The
physiological explanation of this is the
close alliance of the great sympathet-
ic nerves, which are worse than the
telegraph for carrying bad news; the
work and anxiety which depress the
brain cause simultaneously n semi
paralysis of the nerve of the stomach;
gastric juices will not flow and
presto, there is indigestion. One sign
of mental health is serenity of temper
and self-control that enables us to
hear with equanimity the petty trials
and jars of life, especially those aris-
ing from contact with scolding, iras-
chile, irritable persons. Serenity Of
mind comes easy to some and hard
to others. 1t cannot be acquired.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SMALL PAY FOR HARD WORK.
Women in the Governm ent Treasury
Department Who Are Poorly
RecOmpensed.

In the great printing Office at
Washington where the government
paper currency is prepared for cir
culation there are some very skillful
women who receive only small pay.
This is notably true of those who
inspect and count the sheets of bills
as they come from the presses, says
the Chicago Chronicle. Every sheet
contains four bills. each of which
must be perfect. If there is ever so
small spot or flaw in the printing
the bill is rejected. These women
have to be experts who have served
In all the capacities from printers
assistant up, until they can detect in
an instant flaw which would not
be seen by the unframed eye. They
inspect and count 10000 sheets of
bills day, and their compensation
is $500 a year; they have to pass
rigid examinations before they can
get into the service at all.
Persons who suffer from the heat
in summer should be comforted
whenever they lick a postage stamp.
for the girls who put the sticking
material upon that stamp are in
much warmer place. During the av-
erage warm day in Washington the
thermometer stands at 40 degrees in
the big room where the govern
ment's stamps are coated with glue.
The sheets of stamps are run
through long boxes filled with very
hot air in order to dry them thor
oughly, and these heated boxes raise
the temperature of the room in spite
of open windows and many electric
fans.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
TWO NATIONS CLAIM AN ACRE.
That Much Ground In south America
Is in Dispute Between Brazil
and Bolivia.

There ia a region in northern Be-
livia. known on the maps as Acre
although it comprises many acres of
fertile lands which has been disputed
territory between Bolivia and Bra
zil for nearly so years. The little
country has come into public notice
recently because Bolivia leased
part of the Acre region to an Anglo
American syndicate. Brazil objects
to this business arrangement, and
has threatened to break off diplo-
matte relations unless the contract is
recinded.
Except that the country is rich in
| rubber, little is known about it. 1t
occupies triangular space between
the boundaries of Brazil and Bolivia
and Peru and Bolivia, with the Beni
river as the base. The position of
| the sides of the triangle as inter-
preted by the two countries is the
cause of the dispute. A traveller re-
Gently returned from Acre says of
the natives that they are in many
respects like the Bolivians, but that
JHab tHeTe are dlholiS thtiii tIlDcS VI
a lower class than can be found
| elsewhere in that part of the world.
| Some of them are said to be canni
| balls, and all are shy and averse to
the invasion of their country by the
| whites. They are experts in the
art of using darts, spears and jaw
elins, and delight in practicing with
these from the bush on intruders,
whom they usually attack from be-
| hind.
They wear no clothes, but have
elaborate headdresses made of feath-
ers and beads, and the younger ones
wear strings of coins and metal
disks around their necks and wrists.
| There are no horses or mules in
Acre, and the llama is used as the
beast of burden.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
CULTIVATING A CARRIAGE.
We Are Advised to Garry n Weight
ON Our Heads III We Would
stand Erect,

A STOPPING figure is not only ia
miliar expression of weakness or old
age, but it is, when caused by careless
habits, a direct cause of contracted
chest and defective breathing. I'm
less you rid yourself OF this crook
while at school you will probably go
bent to your grave. There is one good
way to cure it. Shoulder braces viii
not help. One needs not an artificial
substitute, but some means to develop
the muscles whose duty it is to hold
the head and shoulders erect. know
of only one bull's-eye shot, says
writer in Halls Journal of Health.
1t is to carry a weight on the head.
A sheepskin or other strong bag filled
with 20 or 80 pounds of sand is a good
weight. When engaged in your morn
ing studies, either before or after
breakfast, put the bag of sand on your
head, hold your head erect, draw your
chin close to your neck and walk
slowly about the room. coming back
is you please every minute or two
to your book or carrying the book
as you walk.
The muscles whose duty 1t is to hold
the head and shoulders erect are hit
not with scattering shot but with a
rifle ball. The bones of the spine and
the intervertebral substance will soon
accommodate themselves to the new
attitude. One year ~ daily practice
with the bag, half an hour morning
and evening, will give you noble car
rage without interfering a moment
with your studies
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
SINGLE OFFICERS IN DEMAND.
They Are Preferred Because of the
Crowded Condition of Uncle
Sans Military Posts.

The overcrowded condition of the
residential quarters of the various
military posts in this country, due
to the return of regiments from the
Philippines, is embarrassing the mil
itary authorities, reports the Wash
ington Star. The trouble is not so
much with respect to housing the Of
ficers themselves as with the men,
bers of their families. The situation
has reached point where bachelors
are favored over benedicts in assign
ment to stations with limited living
accommodations where such discrim-
ination is possible. And it is even as
serted that where there is no other
choice between two young candidates
for a commission it is bestowed on
the single man in preference to one
who is married. Even then it is rec
ognized, however, that the bachelor
appointed is not likely to continue
long in single blessedness. The pow
ers that be admit that their author
interfering with subsequent affairs
of the heart 1t is made plain that
there is no official prejudice against
matrimony-but just at the present
the military posts would afford bet
ter accommodation for more officers
II it were not for the family attach
ments Of some of them. Congress
provided literally for the army in
this respect during the session just
closed, but It will be many months
before the additional quarters author
ICED are ready for nee
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
Value of Black Diamonds.

Cartoons, or black diamonds, are
chiefly used in drilling for mining de-
posits-that Is. in prospecting work.
They have a combination of hard
ness and toughness possessed by no
other material. They are used to
point the steel bits used In rock
boring by the prospector. They are
found only in Brazil, where the ma
tives collect them along the river
beds. The finest grade costs the
consumer about $40 a carat, and 1t Is
said anything offered for a lower
price should be looked upon with
suspicion, as certain dealers have be-
come very expert in coloring imper-
feet stones and otherwise treating
them so that an expert cannot de-
tect their imperfection.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
CAKES FOR QUEENS LOVERS.
WilheImina Did Not Forget Her
Former Admirers on the Prince
Consort's birthday.

The kindliness of Queen Will
helmina of Holland is well known,
and ON the birthday of her husband,
the prince consort, recently it re-
ceived another exemplitication. On
account of her illness, the customary
festivities had to be abandoned, but
the kindly instinct of the royal in
pointment to apply to some of her
favorites. 1t did not matter to the
distinguished functionaries of the
court, but there were others to
whom the upset of the arrangements
would be little short of tragic, says
children of certain humble retainers
about the court. And for these spe-
cial cakes were baked by the
queens orders.
A world of kindness is expressed
in that little action. Her charming
disposition endears her to all who
have had opportunities of witnessing
its manifestations. She has had
many lovers, among them susceptible
young men not unknown in distin-
guished society in England. Before
her marriage she was pestered by
the attentions of infatuated young
men. She has an eye for the humor-
GUS side of sentiment, as she has for
the practical. The honest, loving
tribute of the fisherman who sent
her the first herring of the seasons
catch she promptly cooked and ate;
the love missives of the impertinent
she probably used as fuel for the
herring.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
pILGRIMrNG TO HOLYWELL.
The Blind, the Lame and Sick seek.
ing Relief at Miraculous
Spring in Wales.

Anyone who thinks that supersti-
ton is no more in Great Britain
ought to pay visit to Holywell, in
north Wales. The little Welsh town
is overrun in the summer by an army
of sufferers from all sorts of dis
eases who come there to be made
whole by the miraculous" powers
of the water in the spring of st.
Wihifred, says London paper.
The holy WE'LL" from which the
place gets its name, has been
famous throughout the entire coun-
try for centuries. The legend runs
that st. Winifred lived near the
spring and endowed it with the pow
er of relieving ali ailments, and ever
since history began to be writ in
Wales hosts of people, most of them
Roman Catholics, have journeyed
from all parts in the hope of being
cured of their respective maladies.
The spring is surrounded by a
small chapel which is supposed to
have been built by Margaret, mother
of King Henry. The candidate for
cure enters and kneels on stone
ledge beside the water, and then, ac-
cording to the cherished legend,
whatever allied him once thereafter
ails him no more. Anyone who WIS.,
its the little chapel at almost any
time in the year, will find it full Of
the lame, the halt and the blind,
most of them people of the poorer
classes, and the villagers of Holywell
tell of endless miraculous cures that
have taken place before their aston
icha1 auac
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
street FfiQuetfe.

In meeting lady in a public thor
oughfare in America a gentleman al
ways waits for her bow of recogni-
ton before lifting his hat or address
ing her. In Europe, however, the con-
trary is the established rule, it being
the gentleman's place to bow first,
when. if the lady desires not to recog-
nize him, she ignores his salutations,
thus giving the cut direct. 1t is not
good form in any place for a lady
to stop a gentleman in the street for
the purpose Of chatting with him,
though she may with perfect propriety
pause to speak II he take the initiative.
Prolonged talks in the street are not,
however, considered good form, even
between persons of the same sex, the
better plan being to walk on slowly
until the conversation is concluded.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24

Mr.. Marconi, unlike many of his
scientific brethren, has a sense of hui
NOR, says the London Express. He
said that wireless telegraphy was as
old as the world. When first an abo-
riginal Indian lit fire on an alb
original hfll to signal to another alb
original Indian some miles away
then the principle Of wireless teleg-
raphy was initiated. In recent
lecture Mr.. Marconi, referring to the
fact that he can send messages so
much more easily by night than by
day, said that he hoped no one but
those interested In cable companies
would class his labors among the
works of darkness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
American Invasion of Scotland.

An American tourist in Scotland cites
q new example of "the American inva-
sion" showing that what is usually
considered the mort thoroughly Scot
"Black Watch regiment, drills accord
ing to West Point tactics, is armed with
Springfield rifles, and it's band wears
uniforms cut in New York, uses in
struments made in Chicago, and plays
Sousa's marches.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
A Considerations Thief

Fourteen years ago Frank Lash, OF
Farmersburg, Ind, had a ring stolen
from his room in his boarding house.
A few days since he received letter
from person unknown to him stat
ing that he had stolen the ring, and
that his conscience had since troubled
him to such an extent that he wished
to replace the ring. lie had sold the
ring, but was willing to replace it.
Shortly after there came by mail a
ring similar to the one stolen from
him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
Inyn villages ON Mt Aetna.

On the west side of Mount Aetna
there are several villages in the
midst of former lava streams, and
with all the houses built of lava.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
william Getting Strenuous.

Emperor William says no man can
afford to put In more than As min
utes at his dinner, and the Chicago
Record Herald asks: Does William
eat at cafeteria2
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-07-24
London to Shanghai.

The man from London to Shang-
hal, which now is on the way 80 to
a6 days, will require only 10 days via
the Siberian railway.