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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
HARD ROAD TO ALTAR
Sailor Quits Sea to Wed Woman Of
His Choice.
Then Trnmps 500 Miles from BaIti-
more to MnrengO, ILL.,, Where
Dream of His Life Is Finally
Realized.

A letter recently received by Mr.. Her.
man Stuercken, Lutheran missionary
stationed at the immigration pier at
Locust Point, Md, from M. Won Hum
bert, IL former stuker on board one of
the North German Lloyd steamships,
reveals the climax to romantic love
affair which had its inception on the
briny deep. The letter was dated at
Marengo, H., and it contained the an
nouncement of the approaching mar
riage of the writer to Miss Anna Schaef
II, formerly of Germany, but now a
resident of the Illinois town.
The first meeting of the couple took
place several months ago, while Miss
Schaefer was en- route to Baltimore fro n
Bremen on one of the North German
steamships. Won Humbert was a stoker
on the vessel, and once while up on deck
for breathing spell after hours of hard
labor down in the fireroom of the big
ship he saw Miss Schaefer. The two
became attracted to each other, and
their meetings thereafter during the
voyage were quite frequent. BY the
time the steamship reached Baltimore,
Cupid had played havoc with the hearts
of the couple, and Won Humbert decided
then and there to give up his life at sea,
and follow the object of his love to the
western city to which she was en- route.
When the immigrant train bearing
the young woman left the yards at Lo-
Gust Point Won Humbert was also on
board. He did not ride far, however, for
when the conductor came to collect tick
cts Won Humbert did not have one, and
the conductor put him off the train.
" It'll his baggage on his back, Won
Humbert trudged back to Baltimore
disappointed, but still determined to
follow his sweetheart
The man raised 81 on his baggage and
then turned his face westward After
weeks Of tramping and stealing rides on
freight trains he finally reached Maren-
go, Ill, and was received with open
arms by the girl he loved. He obtained
employment, according to the letter,
and is now doing well-so well, in fact
hat the dream of his life since meet
ing Miss Schaefer has now become a
'eality.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
CAN SHOE A HORSE AND COOK.
AccompIis hmcnts of the Only Woman
Blacksmith in the South--OnIy
Eighteen Years Old.

The village Of Pilot Oak, KY, boasts
Of the only woman blacksmith, perhaps,
in the south. Clara Medlin is her name,
and she is only lS.
For more than a year she has been
doing the work Of a farrier and black
smith in her fathers shop. Her hands
baye a grip that an athlete would envy
yet they are neither rough nor coarse.
Jet black hair and dancing black eyes
has she, which are an attraction for the
young men for miles around.
1t is said of Miss Medlin that she can
shoe a horse or weld a tire with ease
and deXterity, and that she has thor
oughly mastered the business in every
detail. In addition, she can paint and
stripe buggy as well as any carriage
painter, and can go into the kitchen and
prepare meal that would tempt the
appetite of any person.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
DISCOVERS ORIGIN OF TITLE.
"Enthcr of His Country" Thought to
Have Been First Applied to
Washington In i170.

Jacob Missioner, a curio collector Of
Lancaster, Pa, recently found among the
effects of an aunt living at Masterson-
Vile, Pa, well-preserved copy of the
Francis Bailey Almanac published in
Lancaster in 1879, in which the express
sion, Father of His Country" was APP
piled TO Gen. George Washington.
On the first page of the almanac, which
Is printed in German, is an allegorical
picture of the discovery Of America and
other historical events AT the top is a
winged female representing Fame. In
one hand she holds a medallion picture
of Washington and in the other trum-
pet, into which she Is speaking.
From the trumpet issue the words:
"Dcs Landos Water" meaning Father
of His Country" So far as known by
historians this was the first printed ap-
pearance of the title as applied to Wash
Ington.
The Bailey almanac has become very
rare publication and there are only a
few copies in existence One Of the few
is in the possession of Gov. Pennypack-
er, of Pennsylvania.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
AN UNFAMILIAR DIALECT.
London Cockncys Talk Anything But
English, Says an American Wom-
an-Visit to "MobIotch."

An American woman who was lately in
London for the first time is convinced
that whatever the language may be
which the cockneys speak, it Is not Eng
lish. One of her experiences is related
by the Washington Post
The woman wished to see the city all
by herself Somebody told her that if
she went to the terminus of some bus
line--it did not matter whch-and
waited little she would hear the con-
ductor call out the places on the route,
and then could choose that which she
wished to visit.
She found a place where buses were
arriving and departing. and waited. She
heard many curious names, but failed
to understand much that the busmen
said. Every now and then the man on
the step Of bus would call out: Mob
lotch! Moblotch!" and she wondered
what part Of London "Moblotch" might
be- She had never heard of it before,
and she had been studying London for
six months. At last she ventured to
address a conductor who looked ap-
proachable.
"Will you kindly tell me- she said,
Where one takes the bus for Marble
Arch?"
The man looked at her pityingly Her
American accent was thick upon her,
and he perceived also that she must be
deaf. He leaned toward her and drew
a long breath. Then he beloved:
"This is your bus, ma'am," and be.
gan to shout "Moblotch Moblotch!"
The visitor had let seven "Moblotch"
buses go because she never once guessed
that that is the way Marble Arch is pro-
nounced in London.
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Dut this was a matter that could read
lily be remedied by mastermind, and
Kane took care that Stella Dysart
should have plenty of chance to be-
come acquainted with him in the two
weeks he spent under the Baronet's
roof.
Day after day, alth ough a splendid
shot, he would decline to go out with
the other guns; morning after morn
ing found him at her side in long rides
through the Dorset woods and uplands;
night after night in the drawing-room
he strove, like thello, to awaken her
interest by recounting strange tales
of adventure by flood and field of
which, it is but fair to say, he was only
occasionally the hero
Nor were his efforts wholly in vain
Stella Dysart was half-won when her
curiosity was excited and her expecta-
ton aroused by the many moods of
this extraordinary man.
From the instant of their first meet
ing, Rossiter Kane determined to win
her for his wife Thenceforward life
had but one object for him, and if
ever a pure and unsullied affection for
q spotless maiden could redeem a man
and lift him out of his lurid past, here
was certainly such an occasion.
Akin to every other man born of
woman, Rossiter Kane was COM
pound of good and evil, with the evil
predominating at times, not from love
thereof, but from force of circum-
stances.
A modern satirist has registered the
truthful saying that it is easy to be
virtuous on five thousand a year.
Kane the pariah, the outcast, forced
to live by his wits, took life at vast
ly different viewpoint from Kane the
millionaire. A change of fortune
killed off the weeds, and gave the in
nate and dormant good in his charac-
ter chance to fructify.
If he could only have blotted out
certain cruel memories of stratagems
and spells his present outlook would
have been serene and full of promise,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
OLD BABYLONIAN SCHOOL.
Recently Unenrthed by II German
Priest While Excnvating-Let-
tiers Made on Bricks.

Rev. Vincent Scheil, German priest
making excavations in an ancient Baby
Ionia'i city, has unearthed a school just
as it was 1900 years ago in the time of
King Hammurabi.
1t is snail house of sunburnt brick
and stands .NAthe midst of the most
populous distri \ of The city of Seapur,
just opposite I've great temple. 1t has
many inscribed brick, from the cunei-
form Inscriptions on which Father Scheil
has reconstructed the life of the ancient
Babylonian school. One brick says:
He who learns to write well in the
school will shine as the SUM-"
There were seven small rooms in the
school, each with its various kinds of
brick. In one room were found bricks
with grammatical exercises. The schol-
ars evidently sat on the ground in rows
with soft clay bricks in their hands,
painfully forming the hard cuneiform
letters. Father Scheil says the thumb
marks Of the teacher are to be detected
where he smudged over the scholars
mistakes. There was a room where adj
vanced scholtrs learned to write the
elaborate and highly poetical forms of
adulation often seen on Babylonian
monuments Much importace was at
tached to leirning weights and meas
ures, to arithmetic and geometry, but
the chief branches were grammar, writ
Ing and the expression of adulatory
forms.
There is evidence that girls got pretty
much the same education as boys and
Father Scheil found contracts in which
the language and law had been revised
by learned woman named Amat Baon.
There is evidence that pupil was oc-
cupied with learning to write from
seven to fourteen years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
POTATOES COST $375 A PECK.
Famous "SIm Grey" Variety Recently
Sold I'm London for x2J Pound
Small stock ON the Market

Potatoes at $25 pound! That is what
London dealer was recently charging
for limited quantity Of the famous
into his possession. Two pounds was
the greatest quantity which any single
purchaser could buy. There were less
than 200 pounds on the market and they
were rapidly bought up.
These potatoes were raised by Lord
Carew in Ireland, and received a first
class certificate at the recent trials at
the Royal Horticultural society's garden
at Chiswick
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
Soc
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign of approaching revolt and
serious truuble in your system is ner-
vousness, sleeplessness, or stomach up
sets Electric Bitlers will quickly dis
member the troublesome causes. 1t
never fails TO tone the stomach. regu-
late the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate
the Liver, clarity the blood. Run
down system benefit particularly and
all the usual attending aches vanish
under its searching aud thorough effect
iyeness Electric Bitters is only 50c
N d that is returned if it don't give per
feet satisfaction Guaranteed by Henry
Hnrichs Druggist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24

WANTLD-Several persons of char
acter and good reputation in each state
Zone in this county required)to repre-
sent and advertise old established
wealthy business house Of solid tinan.
cial standing Salary $2l.00 weekly
with expenses additional, all payable
in cash direct on each "Wednesday from
head office. Horse and carriage fur
nished when necessary. References
Enclose self addressed envelope.
Colonial 332 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
For Piles.
Sample mailed free.
One application gives relief.

The continued use OF Hum
phreys' Witch Hazel Oil per-
manently cures Piles or Hem
orrhoids- External or Internal,
Blind or Bleeding, Itching or
Bun hing, Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate-cure certain.
Three Sizes. 25c., soc. aud 800. Sold by
Druggists. or sent prepaid on receipt Of price.
humphrey Medicine Co., Cor. William and
Jc. a Sts., New York.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. %, in use
over 40 years, the only success
full remedy. 81 pervial, or spec
ial package for serious cases, $5.
Sold BY Druggists sent prepaid on receipto price
Humphreys Med. Co., William q John Sts-hy
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
Only the Writer'S Are New.

The magazine publishers announce
that there are more than 5000 new writ
ers OF fiction In the field this year. says
the Washington Post. In ascertaining
the number of writer's of new fiction
drop the ciphers and divide By FIVE.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
For Rent or Sale

A large two story frame house Of sew
enteen rooms with modernimprovements
in good location. suitable for boarding
house or to rent in Flats. Will be let
cheap if taken at once. Enquire at 6l2
North 18th street or at this office.
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Money

We have on hand at all times money
in amounts of $500, $1,000, aud upwards
which we will loan you on first mort
gage security, interest per cent.
Julius Lindstedt ~ Co.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24

Drs. G. w. Seehase and Q. G. Wern
cke, dentists. Parlors in Wernecke x
Schmitz Block II
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tons of managing mammas all through
the season, only to surrender at dis
erection to this mothercss girl whose
thoughts were more for her absent
brother than for the chances of pick
ing up husband.
And, then, OF course, she had not
known him very long or very we'll
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-12-24
Chicago & North Western Railway.
NORTH BOUND

No ayony
and making alta
f isand the
a dior . itleaea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Thirsty Travellers.

Gs An English lady travelling with her
husband In Somalliand $!eils the following
story Of a thunder shower and the tisi-
tors 1t brought: Oscar Graf and his men
noon call, and, having on their best togas.
did not careJto get wet SO came and sat
under the fly 70 our tent. They each
brought a handful of EIears, and shields
space alternately prodding each other or
putting a spear head through the canvas
roof The storm lasted nearly an hour
all ran with wild shouts to tho DIS y
ira ok whence we had come. but viii h
was now rushing river, All the casks
and skins were filed, to the accon1panl-
ponies, sheep and camels-- these last had
had no water for seven days-Were
brought down to drink
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eyes" Billy Postum said, Sandy
Claws comes down the chimney anu
brings 'em presents, too"
'.But we amt got no chimney, nttie
Betty Postum cried.
Yes we has Billy answered Ioon,
ing UP the tall hollow tree Z TO ,whe ~
they could see the stars shining N .mI
sky That's our chimney. Sanay Sia"s
is coming right down there
"Oh! Billy, don't you hope ne orlns
us lot of corn-and some nuts-ses,
an lots Of good things, cause we re
so hungry 100, 100 =
put down her head and Wept. she w" was
very certain that Santa Claus "u ~!
never come near the hollow Tree. ~.
she was mistaken, Old man Coon VINO
was very rich and had more corn tha an
anybody In the woods, happened TO DC
sitting up In that hollow tree where
the little possums were talking, ana {,
heard every word. III surprise eili.
he chuckled. I'll just play SanlL
Claus myself EIe waited till both bah es
and their mother were fast asleep, ana
then he came scratching and clamoerlns
down that hollow tree, with great PACK
on his back, all filled with the good Things
that 'possums and coons love to eat
Well-well-w Those little 'possulns
hadn't hung UP their stockings, because
possums hadn't any stockings put the9
knew in the morning that santa Claus
had visited tho hollow tree. And don
believe there was a happier family any
where, nor a better Christmas dinner
than there was at Widow Possum $!
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Kisses.

Beat the whites OF three eggs until they
are stiff; then SLIT over the eggs three
Quarters Of cupful OF powdered sugar
Mix the sugar in lightly With knife
Cover q board with paper, drop the mix
ture oil 1t by spoonfuls, and place in a
moderate oven, leaving the door open
for thirty or forty minutes to let them
color. Stick two together with lttle
Jelly or jam between thcm.-Harpers
Cook Book.
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Why He Couldn't Play.

During the Siege Of Mafeking one Of
the onieers organized concert, or sng-
song" 10 keep up the spl!ts OF the mon
lie discovered, according to the story, as
II liz toid in ~. ", that the men mad
cause enough for low spirits, says the
Youths Companion.
Hearing OF a sergeant IN the Highland,
ers who was good performer, he asked
the man TO contribute to the concert
"I'm sorry. sir, but ! cannot"
"Why?" asked the officer. You pla!
some Instrument, don't yau?"
u did sir"
"What was 1t
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ANIMAL STORIES
v. FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
How Santa Claus Came to the
'Poss11tn Tree. M

Poor Mrs Gray POSTUM was a widow
and very poor. She had tucked little
Willie Postum and little Betty Postum
away safely In their beds OH Christmas
Eve, and she was sitting ut the door
'of the old hollow log that served them
for d home, and wondering where she
mus dinner. Suddenly she began to u.s.
tensile heard tho little 'posSum brother
and sister talking together.
fH"Oh! Billy. l heard Il little girl say,
a-walkn' along through the woods, that
tomorrow was Christmas, when every
body has nll they wants to cut"
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Only Lack of Funds.

Parliament who ".as so generous that
Il request for financial assistance. was
never refused. But his checks had one
little drawback they were never hon
became known. but It did not aftept Ills
popularity. A visitor to the district.
hearing Of tho members. regularity. ask
public faith in the member was not
shaken. WHY sire. It is because he
shows his willingness to assist but for
lack Of funds" was tho reply.
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African Decoy.

A traveller In Central Africa tells Of a.
native hunter of tho Wnnderloo tribe who
was the possessor of most accomplished
donkey. which,. with an. antelopes horqs
strapped to Its head. its body covered with
its master intended to stalk that day. was
the means of deludlng muny an ,unwary
creature into falling q victim to the oois-
oncd arrows Of the hunter crouching be-
h0nd his four-footed assistant
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] DAILY FASHION HINTS.
MISSES, DRESSING sAcoUEs

No. 44s3--This ID the day OF the Dress.
1nu acknowledgements flowing, tight
hitting long OF short styles--but DRESSING
sacdues just tho came. Every ono nus
her ono particular style, aid for those
rho like tho fitted ones best we, offer
the design Illustrated. The back Is nd-
dusted bS SLIGHT gathers at tho whist Inc T.,
nna All underarln gore. rho loose, frotlts
may BIO belted down II preferred. a pref
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quest OF tho Prinlnte to get his ass stance
about a certain bill when he dlsllked. He
returned to the House ct Lords, saying,
Its nj right my lords. I've seen the
Archbishop, and he says he'll see tho
- blll.'As n matter Of fact all the
adJectives had been supplied quite n the
ordinary run of conversation BY tho Duke.
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Miss Pattle Russell. No, 216 East Frank
lin Street, left last night for Brlstoi, va,
and will spend the holiday season with
her brother, Professor L. Fl. Russell Of
that city.
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Y Mrs. Margaret Whitehead Neville. VINO
Is with Mrs. Leake at No. 5OS East Grace
Street, and who has been very SICK
has improved and will be glad to see her
friends.
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Miss Ruby Bodeker will be the Christ
mas guest Of Mrs. Preston Leroy Roper
OF Petersburg.
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OF HUMAN INTEREST;
STORIES OF THE DAY
Swearing by ProXeY,

Archbishop Howley who lived In the
eighteenth century, most unjustly got tho
reputation Of swearing like TROOPER,
is that the Duke OF Cumberland. who
fought the battle of Culloden and who
was unspeakably profane. once Went in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24

Mr.. Eugene B. Sydnor left Richmond
Tuesday evening for Wilkesboroush ~.
G., where he will visit his sisters.
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Of December 2eth, is a musical artist Of
ability.
The concert will be the most attractive
musical event Of tho Christmas holidays
in Richmond.
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Friends OF Miss Jane Minor will regret
to hear that though her condition Is moro
favorable than It has been, she Is sun
quite sick In her home. No. 4lo West
Grace Street
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Mrs. Robert Page Grymes left yester-
day to spend Christmas with her daugh-
ter at Winterpock, Va.
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Personal Mention.

= 4 D . ~
Personal Mention.
Miss Pattle Russell. No, 21e East Frank
lin street left last night for Bristol, Va,
and will spend the holiday season with
her brother, Professor L. Fl. Russell, of
that city.
) Mrs. Margaret Whitehead Neville. who
Is with Mrs. Leake at No. ooS East Grace
Street, and who has been very SICK,
has improved and will be glad to see her
friends.
Miss Ruby Bodcker will be the Christ
mas guest of Mrs Preston Leroy Roper
OF Petersburg.
Mr.. Eugene B. Sydnor left Richmond
Tuesday evening for Wilkesboroush N.
c., where he will visit his sisters.
Mrs, Hannah II, Bloomberg OF NO .
South Morris Street, who has been under
DR.. Tompklns' care for blood poisoning,
is somewhat improved.
Mr.. Edgar T. Bowling will go to Dur
ham, N. c., for, the Christmas holidays,
Mrs. Robert Page Grymes leit SeSler-
day TO spend Christmas with her daugh-
ter at Nyinterpock, Va.
Friends OF Miss Jane Minor will regret
to hear that though her condition is more
favorable than 1t has been, she Is still
quite sick In her home. NO. 4lo West
Grace Street.
Mrs. Robert G. Scott. as her numerous
friends will be glad to hear, has returned
ia Richmond from Philadelphia for the
winter.
Mrs. Scott will be joined by Miss kitty
Scott McGivra her daughter, and her
little granddaughter, Grace Plummer
McGilvra.
HISS Anna Belle Forbes, the second
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w, S. Forbes,
viii sing Sunday night In the Grove
| Avenue Baptist Church, Miss Forbes
has been studying for the past two
! years in New York. and she has very
/ fine voice
Mrs. Alfred Magll Randolph, Jr, so
\ pleasantly remembered as Miss Bessie
/ Pace, who has t,sen absent In England
4 for some time, with her husband, is OIL
a visit to Richmond.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Glasgow arc guests
of Mr. John P. Branch.
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Mrs. Hannah II, Bloomberg, OF NO. .
South Morris Street who has been under
DR.. Tompkins' care for blood poisoning.
is somewhat improved.
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Mr., Edgar Y. Bowling will go to Dur
ham, N. c., for,the Christmas holidays.
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Every member of the Columbia Guar
tstte to appear with Bischolf al the con-
cert Ia the Y. NJ C.. a. hall the evening
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Weddings of Yesterday.

The Misses Kidwell' will have their
Dancing class as usual on Saturday af-
ternoon next, the day after Christmas.
They will give a german al Northsi de
Hall, Tuesday night, December cath
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n, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Address. ..........,.....
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Mrs. Robert G. Scott. as her numerous
friends will be glad to hear, has returned
ia Richmond from Philadelphia for the