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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
HE GOT THE HALF-DOLLAR.
Marvellous Intelligence of Which
Canine Is Capable.

One of the best dog stories which
has been told in long time is related
in the Nashville Banner. The nara tor
of the anecdote was driving in town
in Mississippi with the onwer of the
dog. To show the animals cleverness
he got out of the carriage, held his
pocketbook in front of the dogs nose,
and then taking therefrom half-dol-
lar, hid it under large rock. The
men drove on for half-mile, and then
the dog was commanded to fetch the
half-dollar.
The animal, without the least hesita-
ton, started back on run, and my
heavy the dog would be unable to turn
1T over, SO would have to scratch under
it to reach the piece of money, and it
would naturally -take-him- some time.
1t did, for he had not appeared when
we retired, about ten o'clock.
Early the next morning we heard a
sharp bark at the door. When the
door was opened in rushed the dog
dragging with him a pair of trousers
which he dropped on the floor.
OF course we were mystified, but the
explanation soon came in the shape
of neighbor who lived several miles
distant. He rode up on mule, and in
quired if dog with pair of trousers
in his mouth had come into the house
Just then the pointer walked out on
the porch, and the man exclaimed,
why, there's the dog now"
The caller said that late in the after
noon of the day before he found the
dog scratching under large rock
near the road, and thinking he was
after a rabbit, stopped and lifted the
rock up and to his surprise found a
half-dollar underneath. He put the
money in his pocket, and the dog fol-
lowed him home. The dog appeared
friendly, and the man petted him and
gave him his supper.
At night when the family retired the
dog was put out-of-doors, but he kept
up such racket that no one on the
place could sleep, and when the man
opened the door to drive the animal
away he rushed into the bedroom and
at once became quiet. He lay down
near the foot OF the bed and slept tn ere
all night.
Early in the morning. the man said.
he got up and opened the window, and
the instant ne did so the dog seized his
trousers and jumping out the window,
fled with them. The man followed as
soon as he could get his mule.
OF course my friend searched the
pockets of the trousers which the dog
had brought, and there found the half
dollar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

Not many tourists who have visited
England, even among those who made
a point of visiting out-of-the-way cor
ners, ever heard of curious old mon
astery that stands back of Twyford,
a little town near Southampton. 1t is
a very old place, with an old and thick
stone wall around it. In this wall
there is wicket gate, and by this gate
monk is always stationed. The monk
is there to halt every traveller that goes
by, and, having halted him, he gives
him a cup of ale, "a crust of bread and
a penny. Centuries ago, it seems,
someone died and in his will left to the
monastery an endowment that was to
ease the way of weary travellers by
giving them this refreshment and a
small coin. AS long, therefore, as the
monastery stands monk will stand by
its wicket gate and every traveller who
passes will be cheered with a drink, a
bite and penny.-Detroit Free Press
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
OLDEST MAN IN RUSSIA.
A Serf, who, at the Age of 1877 Years,
Retains Many of His Faculties
Unimpaired

The car of Russia recently re ceived
in audience man who, from personal
knowledge, could tell the ruler about
the times of Catherine the Great, the
Napoleonic invasion and the war of the
Crimea. His name is Snip (when he
was born Russian peasants had no
family name). He is 1877 years old, and
his former owner, Prince Wolkowsk
was able to furnish the following au-
thentic data about him from his own
archives: "Sinip was born 1775 as a
serf, and drinks vodka and smokes as
long as he can remember" reports a
London paper. '"Three pints are his
limit, but he never was drunk in his
life" AS the ear was able to perceive
himself, Ships eyesight and hearing
are perfect to this day. Every Sunday
he walks eight miles to church and
never has required charity of any
kind. He still earns his bread by knit
ting and sandal making; also tends to
the horses and poultry. The old fell
lows memory Is most remarkable. He
told Nicholas several facts regarding
the Napoleonic invasion not contained
in general history. Ships father died
at so; his mother at 1870, working as a
field hand up to few days before her
death, and Snip himself never had a
day nf iIlpaee
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
PRINCE AS A COMPRESSOR.
The King of snxOny's Son Is the Only
Royal Priest In All
Europe.

Prince Max, Of Saxony's ofiiciation
as confessor to the murderer Chat
ton, who was guillotined at Fribourg
recently, recalls the fact that King
Georges youngest son Is the only
royal priest In Europe. His royal
highness wears religious garb and
leads life of seclusion and severe
self-denial, says a Dresden report.
The prince, who is 80, has been
spiritually inclined ever since he was
a boy. When just out of his teens he
came to London to live and for several
years worked among the poorest folk
in the slums of the east end. With the
experience gained, he went back to
Dresden, and, in 1896, took orders"
After that he studied hard, got to be
doctor of law and of theology, and,
not long ago, was appointed professor
of canonic law and liturgy at the Fri
bourg university.
That he is as earnest a man OF God
as if he were peasants instead of
kings son, Prince Max proved in the
recent Citation affair. The murderer,
though only %, was a confirmed
scoundrel, who had completed long
record of crime by killing with an ak
his pretty cousin, girl of II. As soon
as Prince Max heard that Citation was
to die he went to him. He remain ed in
the murderer's cell all night, received
his confession and walked with him
to the guilIotine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
MISSING LINK IN JAVA.
A Species of Gibbon That Possesses
Mere Human Characteristics
Than Other Simiars.

Prof. Ernest Hackels latest publ
cation contains some curious informa-
ton about the human monkey of Java,
from which the Berlin correspondent
of the London Standard selects the fol-
lowing:
The most interesting specimen was
a young gibbon, which Herr Hackel
had an opportunity of watching for
several months at his own house at
Buitenzorg, in Java. The species of
gibbon to which this animal belongs is
found only in Java, its scientific name
being hylobates leuciscus. By the ma
tives it is called GA, on account of the
characteristic sounds it utters. The
little animal, when standing erect, is
scarcely taller than child of six years.
The head is comparatively small, the
waist slender, the legs short and the
arms much longer. The face of the GA
is more human than that of the orang.
Herr Hackel says:
Its physiognomy reminded me of the
manager of an insolvent bank, ponder
ing with wrinkled brow, over the re-
suits of the crash The distrust of the
GA toward all white Europeans was
very noticeable; but, on the other
hand, he formed an intimate relation
ship with the brown Malays of our
household, and especially the small
children. He never crawled on all
tours. When he was tired with running,
he stretched himself out on the grass
and let the tropical sun shine on his
body. Usually he laid one arm under
his head and assumed exactly the atti-
tude Of a weary wanderer who lies
down on his back in the shade of a
tree.
"When / held piece of tasty food
just out of his reach he cried, like a
naughty child, 'Huite, huite, huite!' a
sound altogether different from the
Ca, GA, oa,' which he used to express
various emotions. He uttered third
and shriller sound when he was sud-
denly frightened. The speech of these
human monkeys has not many differ
ent sounds, but those given are modu-
lated and altered in tone, strength and
number of repetitions. The monkey
also uses many gestures, motions with
the hands and grimaces, in such an ex-
pressive manner that the careful OBJ
server can detect different wishes and
various emotions.
Besides milk and cocoa he liked
sweet wine. He grasped the cup very
skillfully with both hands and drank
like child He peeled bananas and
oranges just as we are accustomed to
do. Holding the fruit with the left
hand he removed the rind quite skill
fully with the right, and bit off one
piece after the other. Most Malays do
not look upon the gibbon and the or
ang-outang as animals. The former
they believed to be bewitched men, and
the latter criminals who, as punish
ment, were changed into monkeys.
Others, again, think they are men in
the course of metempsychosiS."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
CALL IT THE CAN CITY.
New Name for Baltimore, Once Noted
for Its Many Large and Hand
some Monuments.

That more attention is paid to mat.
tiers of business nowadays and less to
sentimental considerations is shown in
the case of Baltimore, a new colo
quail name for which city is sought.
says the New York Sun.
1t appears from the most recent cen
sus bulletin of the division of Amer.
lean industries that 60 per cent. of the
oyster canning in the United States
is done in Baltimore. 1t is not alone
on oyster canning, however, that the
fame and profit of Baltimore as the
Can City rest, for in addition to oys.
tiers, fruits, shrimps, mussels, crabs
and corn are packed in large amounts
in Baltimore, and the increase In these
lines is continuous.
For many years Baltimore has re-
tanned the name of the Monumental
City of the United States, not by rea
son OF the great number of monu-
ments it possesses, for Baltimore in
that respect does not rank so high as
New York, Chicago, Boston or St.
Louis, but because it was the first city
to commemorate the services of
George Washington with monument,
the Maryland legislature having made
provision for one in 1909. The monu
ment was begun on July 4, 1915, and
completed in 1880.
Still another notable memorial in
Baltimore is the Battle monument, be-
gun in 1915 in honor of the defenders
of Baltimore in 1912, when it was at
tackled by English soldiers. The pop
ular opinion is that Baltimore is dis
tinguished for the number and beauty
of its monuments, but actually it gained
the name of the Monumental City by
its promptness in raising two.
Baltimore owes little of it's present
material prosperity to it's monuments,
but much to its large canning inter
ests, and to this fact is ascribed the
project. which has considerable local
favor, to have it called hereafter tn,
Can City, as Pittsburg is the City OF
Steel, Troy the City of Collars and
Cuffs, Patterson the City of Silk, Low.
ell the City of Spindles, and Washing
ton the City of Distances.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
BETRAYAI.S OF CHARACTER.
There Ii Much OF = Persons Temper
sment Revealed In the Walk
and Carriage.

That ones chirography betrays
more or less the idiosyncrasies of the
writer is generally accepted belief.
but there are many other little things
that show character even more unmis-
takably. Take a persons walk, for IL
stance. 1t is apt to be very typical,
says an exchange. The way Mrs. A
plants down each foot as she walks
along. with decided little swish of her
gown, does not only show decision,
but it is indicative of temper as well.
Miss B, who walks rapidly and then
slowly, and accelerates her gait only
to moderate it a few minutes later,
expresses variableness by her walk.
One can see at glance by Miss C-'s
swinging, boyish stride that she is a
bit mannish, and equally by the mine
ing step and bend of the body that
Miss D is self-conscious and proba-
bly, coquettish. The high-held head,
stiff shoulders and unbending knee are
never the accompaniment of gen
tie, yielding nature, while the gliding,
sinuous movement almost always in
dicates what in feminine parlance is
called ''catty" disposition. Although
the walk of man might also be an
alyzed and found to express decided
characteristics, women show their pc
culiarities in this way in much more
pronounced fashion, as their drapery
is part of them and has a way Of
accentuating their individuality.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
Sleep for Children.

In Sweden, committee was recent
ly appointed by the government for
the purpose of ascertaining how
many Lcurs children of various ages
ought to sleep in order that they
may be able to study properly. Ac-
cording to the report forwarded to
The mirister of education, children
who are four years old should sleep
IL hours; children who are seven
years old, II hours; children who are
nine years old, ten hours; children
who are from IL to IA years old, from
nine TO ten hours, and those who are
from ii to 81 years cid, from nine to
ten hours. 1t further points out that
anaemia and weakness in children
are frequently due to lack Of sleep
n. Y. Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
GOT SATISFACTION.
Bat 1t Was Not AItog ether What He
Hal Mapped Out Tor
Himself.

The middle aged man, who was TAX,
ing quiet stroll in the outskirts OF
the village, was accosted by a young
fellow of frank, engaging counte:
nance, relates C. w. Taylor, in Chi.
cago Tribune.
"Isnt this Mr.. Rankin" asked the
latter.
"Yes."
"You used to teach in the Kirk
bride school house ten or twelve
years ogo?"
81 did"
''Do you remember boy named
Tip Beaver that went to school to
you about that time?"
Every WELL"
III suppose l have changed good
deal since then, but | was that boy"
81 am glad to see you again, Tip
"And 1 am glad to see you. Do
you remember that 1 was rather a
bad boy, and you had to trounce me
occasionally"
"Oh, yes, l remember that"
"Well, / generally deserved 1t. Do
you recollect the time l stuck bent
pin on the seat when John Matthew,
son was standing up to recite, and
you saw me do it and gave me a lit
tie the best whipping boy ever
got?"
Eyes, 1 think I recall that circum.
stance"
well, it cured me-"
II think it did. It is pleasant to
recall these Old"
"But l thought you whipped me a
good deal harder than I deserved, and
l made up my mind that when / got
to be man I'd hunt you up and give
you blamed good licking. l guess
the times come now, and you're go
ing to get it. Shed your coat, and
we'll even up old scores in about four
minutes"
But here the unexpected happened
Without stopping 10 shed his coat
Mr.. Rankin sailed into that young
man. He smote him in the eye, land
ed straight left on his nose, hit him
in the breadbasket and doubled him
up, and then with stiff upper cut
on the chin scored clean knock
: down.
Then, as he helped him to his feet
and handed him his hat, he merely
said:
"Wait till you've grown some more
Tip, and if you still feel like evening
up old scores hunt me up again
Good-day."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
PASSING OF THE DESERT.
Sandy Western Wastes Are Eedng
Converted Into Fertile Soil by
the Government

''Uncle Sam Is wiping the desert
from his map, drawing geography
lessons," remarked a returned New
Yorker at an uptown hotel the other
evening, according to the Herald,
land u new irrigation law will be
most effective wet slate rag to erase
the last remnants OF what was once
known as the Great American des-
ert.'
There were originally 10 states
and three territories wholly or part
ly within the limits of the desert.
When l went west in the early seven
ties / thought as l looked out from
the flaps of the big prairie schooner
that the Lord never meant men to
encroach on those forsaken miles of
alkali and cactus, and my wife said
that the Bible verse about Thus far
shalt thou go and no further meant
the desert the same as the sea.
But this time / travelled over the
same region and saw that a miracle
had happened. The wizard was irri-
cation. Western Kansas blossoms
like the rose, and it isn't so very long
since it was thought irreclaima Die.
And in Arizona will be seen a like
Transformation in the next few years,
now that the government is going to
take hand in the work of water
ing the thirsty land.
THE new law creates out of the
sale of public lands in the arid
regions a reclamation fund, which
will provide means for storing and
distributing water for irrigation pur-
poses. One big cattleman down there
told me that enough land to equal
the combined areas of Iowa and Hi
nois would be made over for the
tickling of the plow. And since one
man may get hold of only limited
number of acres the best benefits of
the law come, not to the big grazing
companies, but to the actual set
tier there.
80 il has well been called home
making law Few real settlers have
been taking up public land lately, be-
cause of the arid character of the
only available acres. Heretofore the
great cattle companies have had prac-
tically entire control of tracts OF
thousands of acres-for they could
get hold of the scattered water IA
cilities.
"Over in Mexico they don't divide
land up as we do, in rectangle blocks
They make their territorial divisions
according to the water privileges.
saw one place in New Mexico where
q fence divided desert from gar
| den--fact. The flowers were bloom
| ing and the grain was growing in a
field that was irrigated, while ground
just adjoining was dry and as bare
of even buffalo grass as any old skel
I eton.
Irrigation is Uncle Sans best
sponge for cleaning his slate OF the
ugly word desert and leaving II
clear for him to write in its place the
best word in the language, homes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
A UNITED STATES ARMY SAINT ARIUM
To be established in the Black Hills
The healing waters al Hot Springs expect
ed to restore quickly the health of
sick and exhausted troopers.

Congress has authorized the establish
ment of Sanitarium for disabled sol
diers at Hot Springs, S. d., the famed
health resort of the Black Hills, and u
Board of Managers has selected n site
for the purpose, bordering on the main
street of the town, and including two of
the best known springs. Its officials
name will be The Battle Mountain SAM
tarium.
The Board of Survey went into the
question of climate, water, etc, in a
most scientific and thorough manner and
has declared unqualified in favor 81
the great South Dakota resort ~ being
wonderfully well adapted for the Gov
ernments purposes.
The W springs are not n re ent discov
cry the Indians having known their
healing qualities for almost 300 years
In fact the Sioux about year A. d. 1917
fought great battle here with the tribe
then in possession and drove them out,
to hold possession of the h alng waters
from that day to the time when, in 1878,
they coded the land to the u. s. Gov
eminent 1t is the great fight of three
centuries ago that gives the name to the
mountain near the springs, and to the
Governments new hospital and resting
place for troops
The material development Of the Black
Hills region; and the Sanitarium project
Of much interest to the Chicago u
Ntrth Western Railway which has a
direct line from Chicago to Hot Spring,
Del dwood and Lead
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
A Sudden Death.

Tourist had a friend named Robb
who died somewhere in this neighbor-
hood of bronchitis.
Cactus Cal-Bronkytus? That's new
one on me, pardner
Don't you understand? Throat
trouble"
HIN, yes; I kinder ketch yer mean
in now. His throat trouble was due
to broncho. sure gh."-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
Sc It'll ed Chesty,

Chesty, the baker, ard Jimmie, the
Dago, had hot argument few days
since. 1t was nip and tuck for long
time, but finally Jimmie exclaimed,
with infinite scorn and that lofty mien
which he assumes on occasions, "Me no
here for steala da chick! Me here for
killa da two-a Poop" That settled
Chesty.-Sing Sing Star of Hope.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
A Crater City,

What is probably the most curious
situation in the world for city is that
of the one in the interior of the extinct
crater. Aso San, about 30 miles from
Kumarhoto, in japan. Here within the
vertical walls, 500 feet high, of the ex-
tinct volcano, live and prosper 10000
people, who rarely make any journeys
into the outer world, but form, as 1t
were, a nation to themselves.-N. Y.
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

Mrs. Fortyodd-A man Is as old as he
feels, but a woman Is as old as she co s.
Mr.. Oldbeau-Really, madam, that
doesn't apply to your case, I'm sure
Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
Her observation.

ado you believe that monkeys can
talk like human beings?"
"No," answered Miss Cayenne; "but
] have known human beings who could
chatter like monkeys. "-Washington
Star.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

SO far as statisticians report, fault
is found by women with poor gram
mar on every occasion except in mar
riage proposal.-Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06
What We Have.

The people Of the United States have
in their possession one-fourth of all
the gold there is in the world, and
about one-fourth of all the good things
In the world also.--N. Y. Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-11-06

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-12
TULSA ATTRACTS ATTENTION.
Gas Il Escaping from tho Fissures ID
Nearby Mounds and "Continusd
Roaring Can He Heard"

Tulsa, I. T., July Great excite
ment has been caused at Tulsa owing
to the discovery by surveyors working
north of town of cracks in the sides
Of mounds, as though from pressure
underneath. Gas is escaping from
the assures and a continual kissing
and roaring can be heard. On the ex-
IRENE top of the highest hill there
has been small volcano at work,
raising up large powders and tossing
them aside. Experts state it is a
great oil and gas field and that pres.
sure from a great depth has caused
the commotion. The inhabitants OF
Tulsa are becoming nervous over the
state of affairs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-12
PLANS TOUR OF AMERICA.
Aguinaido, the Released Filipino. 10 Ex-
pected to Join sixto Lopez In Boston
and Deliver Lectures.

Boston, July SIT is reported that
Aguinaldo is coming to Boston. He
may sail at any time for San Fran
cisco and join his lieutenant, Sixto
Lopez, in this city, with whom he will
tour the country, delivering q series
of lectures on the true conditions in
the islands, and making a plea for
the independence Of their country
men. In the campaign, as now
planned, there will be no inflamma-
tory speeches or fiery eloquence. A
simple, plain statement Of facts will
be made, and people will be left to
draw their own conclusions.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-07-12
STRIPPED AND MUTILATED.
Bodies OF Unknown Man, Woman and Two
Children Found In Hut Near
Prudence, OK.

Enid, Ok, July 9.-Great excitement
prevails at Prudence, 30 miles south
west of here. The bodies of a wo-
man and man and two children were
found in an old hut west Of Pru-
dence, mutilated into unacceptable
shapes. They had been stripped OF
all clothing, leaving no way of iden.
tiication, and had been dead several
days when found, being in state OF
putrefaction. 1t is supposed that
they were strangers travelling
through the country and had been
beset by robbers who murdered
them and took their wagon, team and
money and left them in the hut.