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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
LIZARDS OF THE DESERT.
Numerous Weird Reptiles OF the
Southwest That Never Thirst
for Water.

There is no place Ike the desert for
lizards. AS man rides through the
white sands or over the black malapai
mountains in Arizona, or southeastern
California and sees the fash and skur-
ry of these brilliant and graceful crea-
lures, says Country Life in America,
the suggestion of cath and solitude is
broken, and beholding so much life,
he is brought to wonder If the country
is really desert or only a land to
which man is not adapted. For here
are animals which never drink, yet
frisk about through thorns and cac-
tus and fatten on the bitter plants.
Many desert pIospector has laid
down with his burro to die and seen on
the rocks about him the black heads of
Chuck-walla lizards outlined against
the brazen sky. The Chuck-wallas
were happy and corpulent with good
eating. 1t was their country. For
thousands of generations their ances-
tors had never thirsted for water; and
plants which the starving burros
passed by furnish ed both food and
drink for the scaly natives on the
rocks. Next to the slow moving deadly
ella monster, the Chuck-walla is the
largest lizard of the desert, being
from a foot to g foot and half in
length
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
RUINED CITY OF COPAN.
Work of Excavation by Scientists oD
Prehistoric Remains stopped by
Honduras Government.

All work on the ruins Of the great
prehistoric city Of Copan, in Honduras,
has been suspended by order Of the
Honduras government. Extensive ex.
cavations have been made al Copan by
agents of the Peabody exploration
fund and great palaces and temples,
giant stairways and broad plazas have
been unearthed. Enough was uncov-
cred to show that Copan was the capt
tai Of a great empire, says the Phila-
delphia Press.
The government of Honduras gave
no valid reason for stopping the exca-
vations, and the custodians of the Pea
body exploration fund hope TO be able
TO get permission TO resume work next
year, as the prohibition seems 10 be
only the result Of a temporary freak
on the part OF the native officials.
Meantime n wall has been built around
a part Of the city and watchmen, living
in huts amid the ruined palaces of for
gotten kings, keep away natives who
might deface and destroy the elabo-
rate stone carvings and sculptures.
The history Of Copan is written on
numerous columns and the walls of
the palaces and temples, but no man
as yet can read the inscriptions. Arch
aeologists Of the Peabody museum
have, however, mastered the calendar
of the vanished people, and with this
as starting point, are gradually max
ing progress toward the acquisition Of
a knowledge of the language Of the for
Potten emDire
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
NO FOREIGN REPAIRS.
ships of the American Navy No More
to lie Inspected at VIII In
Alien Ports.

The navy department has come TO
the conclusion that 1t Is not proper
thing for foreign officers and others
to have the privilege of examining our
ships in all their details while those
vessels are on foreign stations, says
the Army and Navy journal. At a for
eign dockyard a ship is open to inspec-
ton and comment and all information
desired can he readily obtained. The
bureau Of construction and repair has
brought this matter to the attention OF
the secretary Of the navy and has
pointed out the inadvisa bility of thu
policy of permitting American men-of-
war to be extensively repaired abroad.
Ir the future, therefore, all repairs
OF any moment required by our vessels
cruising abroad will be carried out in
home dockyards where it is practical
BILE.
The San Francisco has been sent to
the Norfolk navy yard n furtherance
Of this new policy, and Il is understood
that our naval vessels as fast as they
require overhauling will be promptly
sent To home sta ton for the purpose.
It is felt that the time has come when
secrecy in detail may be of prime inn
portance to our naval auth critics.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
WHY AMERICANS STAY ABROAD
Not so Much for sdght-SeeinE and
Historical Interest rs for Eco
nomIcaI Living.

What charm, one asks ones self in
wonder, makes people remain for long
years wandering firesideless from Cairo
to Cornhill? 1t cannot be the climate,
for our own is quite as good. His-
torical associations, we are assured,
compensate many Of those people for
the absence of ldth and kin. Expert
ence, however, has taught me that the
majority OF them are as splendidly in
different to history--and art, too for
the matter of that, unless as it is ap-
piled to the decoration of the human
form-as they are to the Rosetta
stone, writes Eliot Gregory, on Roll
ing Stones" in Century.
The families that one finds residing
in Italy, for instance, long since aban-
doned such foolishness as sightseeing.
That useless fatigue is left to the
newcomers; the habitues / have met
no more dream of visiting the vati-
can galleries or OF reading in the Ii
brary of Lorenzo the Magnificent than
they do of settling down seriously to
study Italian.
One hears, especially in the less ex-
pensive little cities, some twaddle about
culture; but you may take my word
for it, in nine cases out of ten, the real
attraction Of the place lies in the fact
that a victoria can be had for $50 a
month and a good cook for one-tenth
that sum
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

A story of the Colombian idea Of
taxation is told by Peter Mcqueen, the
Boston traveller, after a visit to the
seat Of the South American revolution.
Some American friends of mine," he
said. "were visited by the city officials
Of Colon. 'Senor.' said the leader Of
the delegation, we have come to collect
Sl2 in gold from you, your share of the
cost OF collecting the garbage for this
gear But, my dear sir said the Amer
lean, in surprise, you have not collected
the garbage once during the whole
year That's true said the collector,
scratching his head; well, let's make
IL six dollars, them"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
BURNING COLORADO FORESTS.
Fires In Unfrequented Regions sup
posed to Been Caused by E1-
pIoding Meteors.

Scientists are having their atten-
ton called to the coincidence In the
prevalence Of SO many forest hres III
the Rocky mountains and the sclentlhc
fact that a great number OF meteors
have been tearing up the earth III
this quarter of the globe, says the Den
yer News.
1t has been suggested that these
meteors dropping in various mountain
districts, in heavy pine forests, nave
exploded and thus started the big Tor
est fires that are doing so much dam
age. This is a new theory In the scien-
sifc world, but it is not without the
range of possibilities and seems the
ouly explanation of the mysterious
origin Of these fires. These fires have
originated apparently without human
agency and there has not been any
theory of lightning origin.
Denver scientists are now mailing
a study Of this theory and in a few
days will doubtless express their opin-
ions. II certainly seems satisfactory
explanation OF how fires originate in
sections far from the roads OF travel
and the habitation of men. Word was
lately received in Denver Of Il fire
raging near Grand Lake, Col, and
which threatened much property. This
fire was supposed 20 have originated
from the bursting of IA meteor on a
hay ranch near Grand Lake. Another
disastrous fire, with mysterious orr.
gin, was raging near Georgetown, Col.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
IIIttrrnte Voters

Some Of the Virginia applicants for
registration as voters give queer an
swers TO the questions asked them
One negro thought the general assem-
bly, was you three gentlemen sit
ting herewith bow TO the regis
trars. Another thought it was "A place
in the woods where they went 10 wor-
ship the Lord" A third negro was
asked TO explain the freedom of the
press. when you get in crowd,
shove as much az you please" he re.
nlied
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

NEW MONEY FOR OLD.
Many People Drawing Currency from
the Banks Request the I'm
used Bills.

There is an unprecedented demand
for new money. In reaching out for
the evidence of wealth aesthetic taste
is asserting itself in the choice of the
tokens of prosperity. New, clean,
crisp notes are in demand, and per
sons do not hesitate to ask for them,
says the New York Herald. There is
a strongly asserted objection to re-
ceiving old, dirty, crumpled paper
that looks as though it might be a
vehicle for all sorts of disease
germs.
This fact is in evidence at the win
dow of every bank teller in the land
and at the cash counter Of every
store.
please give me new money" and
"Will you give me d clean bill In place
of this one?" are requests heard
thousands of times every day. These
requests are having their effect so
far that there is a growing tendency
to pay out only the clean, unobJec-
tionable money. 1t is an illustration
of the old truth that people get what
they want and insist on having.
Every bank will verify this fact.
Old and Objectionable bills go into
them, but they do not go out to their
customers. They go to the redemp-
ton division of the national treas
ury, where they are exchanged for
new money, and then destroyed.
That department reports an immense
increase in this branch of It's bust
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
TRICK OF A SHREWD BROKER.
F1oated Lipton's shares OF stock on
the Market and Made Himself
Fortune.

One of the shrewdest and most sue
cessful of London's stock brokers was
Panmure Gordon, recently deceased.
he was known as one of the best
Of good fellows, as he was one OF the
most dandiacally lavish of brokers
who ever made shrewd bargain for
clients, or a shrewder one for them
selves. In the early days when the
plamor of Panmure Gordon's hota-
ton of Lipton's was still over the
city he figured often in the newspa-
pers, with his horses, his chariots
and his neckties. But of later years
the great firm of Panmure GORDON,
Hill q Co. has been steadily amass-
ing wealth without achieving any
such sensational coups. An illustra-
ton of his methods is given in an ac-
count Of how he did the brokering
in the Upton fiotation. There was
of course, fierce competition Tor the
work. One day Mr.. Gordon, dressed
to a point beyond perfection, as he
ever was, dropped in on Sir Thomas
Upton and hailed him with the fol-
lowing:
Give me the job and I'll put
quarter of million in your pocket"
The offer was terse and to the
point.
"How?" queried Sir Thomas.
"By charging 'em five shillings
share premium" was the significant
reply, and the deal was made there
and then. So, too, was the promised
6 1850, 600 of sheer profit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure.
This new remedy is great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving p lin in the BLADDER, kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sIges in male or female. 1t relieves re
tention of water and pain in passing II
almost immediately. II you want quick
relief and cure this is your only remedy
Sold 10y F. c. Buerstatte, Druggist,
Mantowoc. Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
A Jamaican Pest.

Land crabs ARE pest in Jamaica.
They are black or brown and look ike
a woody spider about the size OF an
ordinary crab. They penetrate every
where, frequently waking sleeping
persons by moving about the rooms Of
dwellings. Once year they migrate
TO the seashore for breeding. Al these
times they cover the land like plague.
They are not yenomoug.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
WHY PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT.
OstensibIy for Use of Asfronome rs'
But In Reality to Advertise
Fame of PhHraohs.

The interest of the Delhi and Be-
mares observatories lies for us in the
fact that they recall time far in the
past when astronomers sought for ex-
actness by the erection of huge struc-
lures Of stone. OF these the greatpyr-
amid is by far the greatest and most
perfect example. Britain has Its own
monument = Stonehenge = which has
been claimed as, il not indeed an as
Economical observatory, at least an as
Economical temple, and many attempts
have been made to determine the date
at which it was erected. The difficulty,
not to say the impossibility, OF solving
this problem in the present state OF
the monument may be inferred from
the fact that the dates which different
careful observers have deduced for its
erection extend over period OF more
than 1000 years, says writer In
knowledge.
The real work of astronomy was
never done in edifices like these Nor,
indeed, does it require much knowledge
of human nature, essentially the same
5000 years ago as to-day, to see that
the true secret of the pyramid, the
amply sufficient cause for its build
ing, was the vanity of the ruling Pha-
raoh. Alike at Delhi, at Ghizeh, and on
Salisbury Plain, as by the Euphrates,
to make a name" was the exciting mo-
tive. Astronomers may have been en-
ployed to superintend the work, as
tronomy, or the cult of the celestial
bodies, may have been the excuse, but
the real object was advertisement.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
needed ORGANIZATIONS.

1t is the Atohison Globes conclusion
that the Sons of Veterans, Daughters
Of the Revolution, Daughters Of Rebec-
ca, Sons OF Herman, etc, suggest the
demand of organizations Of Sons and
Daughters OF Your Parents, who will
do something to make life agreeable
for the old folks
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
Ennx 10 Keen IInuar

"Housekeeping has made rapid prog
ress lately" says the Delphos (kan.)
Republican, toward the desired end,
which is the greatest good with the
leas effort. About all there is 10 do
now for breakfast is to knock IL the
head Of big yellow box and call the
shildren."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

The two American cities in which
the number OF colored inhabitants is
increasing most largely are Washing
ton and Philadelphia.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

Nidah (Ga.) has population of 2,00f
people, all of whom I've in tramcars
Tie town hall consists of two cara
knocked into one, and church has
also been provided by the same device.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
The suicide City,

San Francisco leads American cities
with the largest ratio of suicides, or
3s.l per 100000 of population.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

AAeA EaA ANA
NOW, naroid, wnen your father
comes home, you may expect to get
punished for this"
mo. for this, mamma. He's four
days behind ON me now Brooklyn
Life.
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There are good many cases of Der
tie, the Lamb, in Atchison, young men
who come down town in the evening
stand on the street corner and think they
are wicked
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-12

Luncheon in Denver To-day, Dinner in
Chicago Tomorrow,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-12

as the wind harp to the winds yet new
er by any chance sentimental.
II suspect it died in answer to my
petitions. did not see how else was
ever to get you down here" Helen SAID
demurely. "vance, you have treated
me very, very badly-only three letters
and two snippets of your valuable time
when l came to the city. BY way OF
penance you shall now tell me every
thing about everybody"
"For instance?" Hildreth said inquir-
ingly.
Helen shook her finger at him. you
know" she said. But by way of set
ting YOU off, who has my place at
L'Ally's and the offices? Do you know
Gumpsey's begged me to work exclu-
sively for my discoveries "
characteristic" Hildreth said. But
as to your place, you don't really think
anybody could take it. Marvel has not
got done lamenting your loss to litera-
ture. and Ransom signs for your sto-
rles Of occasion"
"You fatter me-" Helen said. RAN
som was always a dear. He read my
things by the light of his own kind
women. There must be new young
women, who strum guitar for you to
smoke by and know, as I did, not to
bother you with word"
ooh, there are two or three" Vance
said indifferently; then, suddenly rous-
ing: "And one of them's a corker, too
western girl, two years in civilization.
If she ever quits burning her RS, yours
truly will surrender at indiscretion."
Dear, dear, this is crushing!" Helen
said, pretending to hide her face. In
reality she studied Hildreth from the
ambush Of her fingers. eff you love
her very much, Vance," she said in
muffied tones, fetch her here for six
months. I'll try my best to straighten
out the tragic accent"
Don't know If it's worth WHILE"
Hildreth said. drumming on the table
There's photo-square jawed fellow,
with gimlet eyes-which keeps ward
over her den. I've a sneaking suspi-
cion the gimlet eyed is lion in all our
PATHS
ooh, he need not count. l can take
care of him." Helen said, smiling
wickedly.
Vance got up and went to her side.
mo; you can't" he said, 'for the very
excellent reason that you have got to
take care Of me. I've been all sorts of
a fool, Helen, over this blessed mon
ey."
81 knew it all along" Helen said.
How glad am you have seen light at
lastv'
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THE OTHER MELON THIEF AND THE FARMER
Saves a Woman's Life.

To have given up would have
meant death to Mrs Lois Cragg, of
Dorchester, Mass For years she
had endured untold misery from a
severe lung trouble and obstinate
cough ''Often" she writes, 81 could
scarcely breathe and sometimes could
not speak. All doctors and rene
dies failed until l used DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and
was completely cured. Sufferers
from Coughs, Colds, Throat and
Lung Trouble need this grand rem
edy, for it never disappoin's. Cure
is guaranteed, by Davis Drug Co.
Price so cents and $1.OO. Trial
bottles free.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-12

Granting that woman's nerves are
more apt to become detraque, to bor-
row a French word, than a mans are,
fact which we have no wish to try to
account for, we are not at all sure that
1t Is because she is more subject to the
smaller worries of life than man is or
Indeed that she is really more subject
to them. 1t is true that the cares of the
household, productive as they are Of
much grievance and trouble, fail chief
ly upon a woman's shoulders; but, on
the other hand, mans ordinary bust.
ness or profession Is quite as full Of
small annoyances and worries which
are every whit as irritating as those
that beset his wife.
The difference, we should say, be-
tween the two sexes lies rather in the
manner in which they meet their trou-
bles than in the apportionment of those
troubles. We would not readily dispute
the theory that 1t is the steady and per-
Blstent pressure Of these small worries
which works change in the nervous
system more surely than any great and
sudden trouble. just as the drop Of wa
ter hollows the stone, but we are in
clined to believe that the reason in this
case why one stone is followed sooner
greater softness Of the stone and not in
the greater frequency of the drop
London Spectator.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-12
Tents and wagon sheets, new, at
End r9y- prices at Ferguson's sec
ond- hand store.
Poisoning the System.

1t is through the bowels that the
body is cleansed of its impurities.
Constipation keeps these poisons in
he system, causing headache, dull
ness and melancholy at first, then
unsightly eruptions and finally seri-
ors illness unless remedy is APP
piled. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
prevent this trouble by stimulating
the liver and promote easy, healthy
action of the bowels. These little
pills do not act violently but by
strengthening the bowels enable them
TO perform their own work. Never
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Stumbling m snob.

Jasmin, the Gascon poet and barber,
once treated rich snob to the snub-
bling he deserved. Jasmin had been re-
citing his poems for the benefit of the
poor and had afterward been escorted
In triumphal procession to his hotel.
Next morning while he was still in
bed some one knocked at the door, a
vulgar nabob entered and installed
himself without invitation in chair.
my dear Jasmin," said he patroniz-
ingly, II am banker, millionaire, as
you know. l wish you to shave me
with your own hand. Please set to
work at once, for | am pressed for
time. You can ask what you like for
your trouble"
Pardon me. SIR" said Jasmin, with
pride. II shave for pay at home only"
what do you sayY
st is true, sir. l shave for pay only
at home"
Come. come! You are testing. |
cannot be put off. Make your charge
what you like, but shave me!'
Again say, sir, it is impossiblev'
How impossible? Isn't it your
trader"
ut is, but at this moment am not
disposed to exercise It."
In spite of renewed brides and en-.
treaties Jasmin remained firm, and
the millionaire went away unshaved.
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announcement.

Whenever you can conscientiously
encourage any one, do so. You would
not leave those plants in your window
without water or refuse to open the
shutters that the sunlight might fall
upon them. but you leave some human
flower suffer for want Of appreciation
or the sunlight of encouragement
There are a few hardy souls that can
struggle on stony soil, shrubs that can
wait for the dew and the sunbeanas,
vines that will climb without kindly
training, but only few. Utter the
kind word when you can. Give the
helping praise when you see that 1t is
deserved. The thought that mo one
knows and no one cares" blights many
bud OF promlse.-Catholic Home
Companion
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS,
SanFrancisco. Cal. August 1914, 1902

For above occasion the following
rates are authorized from Weiser:
To San Francisco and return: via
Ogden, $50. so; via Portland and
rail, $500; via Portland and
steamer, $33. 90; going via Portland
and returning via Ogden or vice
versa, $4,000.
To Los Angeles and return. Via
Ogden, $3.50; via Portland and
rail, $50 90; Going via Ogden and
returning via Portland and Hunt
lngton or vice versa, $4,000.
Tickets on sale August 4th to 9th
inclusive, final return limit Septem-
her 25th. Stop overs allowed in
either direction.
J. W. LAPIsH, Agent.