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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

ACCORDING to the Chicago papers
there is danger Of potato famine. 1t
is claimed the stock Of old potatoes is
running very low and will soon be ex-
hausted, while the new crop is back
ward and scarce, and the available
supply has already been cornered by
spectators who are practically able
to make their own prices. During the
week in the Chicago market old
potatoes sold for %l0j per bushel and
local dealers declare there is a prospect
they will go much higher before the
scarcity in the supply has been relieved.
The time is recalled some twenty years
ego when a somewhat similar condition
prevailed and the price Of old potatoes
went to 81. 90 per bushel before the new
potatoes came into the market in slffi.
Gent quantities to supply the demand
This price has never been equalled since
that time but on several occasions the
quotations have climbed in the neigh
borhood of $50 and st75 per bushel
and in the opinion Of some of the city
dealers these figures may be reached
There is little indication, however
that the situation will result in an &C
tual fau'Ine of the tubers, for although
he new crop in the south has been
greatly curtailed and delayed by floods,
excessive rains and generally back
ward season, in the north and west
where the bulk Of the potato supply is
secured the growing crop is declared to
be in excellent and promising condition
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years it was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F. j. Cheney q
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys.
tenn. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Address. F. ]. CHENEY q Co., Toledo,
Ohio Sold by Druggists Is cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

THE American protective tariff
league is sending ont literature to
teach those who are jus. coming to be
voters to believe in tariff for the pro-
lection Of trusts and monopoljsts.
They are shrewd and sharp are these
fellows who preach tariff for pay.
They know that if once you get a mans
face twisted awry and his pre- udice
set on one side, his bullheadedness and
prejudice will keep him there. This
principle of consistency, of sticking to
the wrong because in darkness you EN-
braced it, is the secret Of republican
tariff domination today. Mr. Roosevelt
knows it is all wrong SO do nine
tenths of our republican statesmen.
In private conversation they admit it,
But, relying on popular prejudice and
and credulty, they set the tariff above
God rs the giver of every good and per
feet gift The only antidote for this
poisonous teaching is for the reform
league, the tariff reform league and
other like patriotic organizations to
food the land with better and more
truthful literature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

The millionaire industry in this coun
try is thriving 1t is claimed that one
short century ago there was not one
single genuine millionaire In this entire
land, the first one being John Jacob
Aston, whose fortune reached the figure
mentioned about eighty-fye or ninety
years ago At the present time, how
ever il has been figured ont that the
city of New York alone contains 1920
millionaires and there are also few
who are occasionally heard from in
other parts Of the country, Elk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

THE GIT TOGETHERs" il the latest
fractional organization with Republicans
Of the State Adherents Of the move.
ment are members Of the party who are
not pleased with either Stalwart or
La Toilette organization and the aim is
to defeat both. Adjt Gen Boardman,
Of Oshkosh, is the leader selected 10y the
Get Together faction and it is the in
tention to groom him as candidate for
governor With Babcock trotting
Indian agent Jones, Of Mineral Point
in the race and La Toilette an old entry
the contest promises to prove interest
ing and well worth the price Of seat
in the grand stand
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

TROUBLE comes in many forms II
may be a bitter disappointment which
falls upon young life when love has
not been true, or when character has
proved unworthy turning the fair
blossoms of hope to dead leaves under
the feet. There are lives that bear the
pain and hidden memo RES Of such n
grief through long years, making them
sad at heart even when walking in
sweetest sunshine. Or it may be
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

OWNERS Of the Chicago Record Her
aid are to be commended for the prompt
action in bringing to time representa-
tiyes of the Chicago Walters union for
what was claimed TO be an attempt 70
extort money for suppressing boycotting
resolutions against the paper. The men
should be punished, if guilty, and the
union itself should assist in the prosecu
ton. II Is actr Of this character by in
dividual members of the unions that
bring the organizations into disrepute
aud create sentiment that il unfavor-
able
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

HEREAFTER, according to law pass
cd by the late legislature applicants for
special license to wed will have to pay
two dollars for the dispensation. Here
tofore il was left to the judge issuing a
permit no TO the fee collected but now a
regulation price is in effect the state
over. The two dollars goes to the judge
who grants the permit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

A NEW insurance movement has been
launched, the Company beingorganlzed
TO insure manufacturers and employers
from loss by strikes, boycott or other
labor troubles. This was to be expect
, and is the natural outgl of the
conditions that have prevailed daring
the past few years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

MANITOWOCs only celebration of the
Fourth will be the Derby matinee and
it should be made success. The Rid
ing and Driving Club has taken upon
itself to arrange the entertainment that
the nations natal day may not 20 un-
observed and the Club should be gwen
liberal support.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

THE United States Fish Commission
has a large undertaking before 1t when
it tries to keep the waters Of the United
States stocked with fish. AT the mouth
Of the Susquehanna the fishing is done
with immense nets operated by steam
tugs. AS a result 900 barrels Of fish is
not an unusual take at single haul.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02
ADVERTISING RATES

One inch per year $500
One inch one insertion pc.
One inch one month 2Oc per issue.
One inch over one month and not les
than three months 15c per issue.
Over three months yearly rate
Locals to 10c per line.
All job work promptly and neatly done
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

WILLIAM JENNING BRYAN has to the
present made no comment on the action
of the Iowa convention in refusing to
retain the Silver issue, 1t is to he ex-
pected that Mr.. Bryan will be free with
criticism of the action, but it will carry
but little weight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

will find you. She will lift you up In
tenderness nurse you and comfort you
till you forget the bitterness of life.
The grandest religion on earth is the
love for mother; the greatest sin is to
dishonor her. Elk
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02
Farm For Sale

Eighty acres of choice farming land
located five miles from Manitowoc on
the River road. Seventy acres is clear
ed, the balence in hard wood and pine
timber. Good buildings, water and
other farming facilities.
For price and terms apply at the
Office of
THE NJ. G.. MADISON SEED Co.
Manitowoc, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

HALF the people in the world think
they could do better and be happier
elsewhere, than where they happened
TO be placed They see only the thorhs,
the drudgerv, and the disagreeable
things IN their own vocation, and only
the flowers in the vocation of others.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

THE lynching Of negroes by the mobs
at Wilmington, Del, and at Belleville'
III. is a blot on the civilization of the
nation. Some stringent laws should be
adopted and enforced to deal with the
law breakers who disgrace humanity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

iowa DEMOCRATS assembled in state
convention last week refused to affirm
the Chicago and Kansas City platforms
and repudiated free silver rs an issue
Government ownership was not favored
Sullivan recognized leader of the gold
democrats was nominated for the gov
ernership by an almost unanimous vote
of the convention. One Of the principal
planks Of the platform declares
1--WE find much In the domestic affairs
OF the nation that ought 70 be changed.
The tariff policy, originally adopted for
the avowed purpose of raising revenue
TO meet the enormous burdens of the
civil war, has been turned to the use of
individual and class interests, until it
has become the creator of countless un-
earned fortunes and the shelter Of h Ugh
combinations of capital, organized in
the form Of trusts, which are strangling
| competition in many of our industries,
destroying individual effort, crushing
ambition largely in every line Of indus
try and already acquiring power, which
enables them to dictate in their own
interest the prices of labor and raw
| material and the cost of transportation
Of finished products.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02
Fourth of July Excursion Rates

Via the North Western Line Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at low rates to
points on the North Western system
within 200 miles of selling station, July
3 and 4, good returning until July 9Th,
inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago &
North Western Ry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

Let us figure with you on the doors,
windows and millwork of any kind that
you contemplate buying Our goods
are always reliable.
MANITOWOC BUILDING SUPPLY Co.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

Iowa Democrats refused to endorse
Willie Hearst, and his socialistic vag'
aries. Tis well.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

tive. Many sudden
deaths are by
il heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the result
Of kidney disease. If
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advancethe
kid ne y poisoned
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

IL AN address at Winfield, Kansas
last week, La Toilette, Wisconsin's er-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

The Eliot is published at SIC York Str.
Subscription $50 per year in ad-
vance. Address all letters and com
lunications to THE PlLOT-NORD
WESTEN PUBLISHING CO.,
MANITOWOC WIS.
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Established 1883.
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY.
Formerly Owned by JOHN NAdLE.

Published by The Pilot-Nord Weston
Publishing Co.
E. w. 1ackey. Editor.
A.C. Schmidt, 1anager.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02
The naamitouce gilnt

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1908.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

sized bottles. You may
have a sample bottle OF
this wonderful new dis
covery and a book that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

sentfree by mail. Address Dr., Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, NY. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
Don't make any mistake lbut remem
Der the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-02

kidneys themselves break down and waste
away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
arrangement Of the kidneys and cure Is
obtained quickest by proper treatment OF
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking DR.. kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
Itcorrects inability to hold urine and scald-
Ing pain In passing it, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
60 often during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect Of Swamp Root Is soon
realized. II stands the highest for its won
derul cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent and once dollar
sized bottles. You may fGG
Lnu 10 ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
REMARKABLE MONKEY.
He Ate with Knife and Fork, Was
Very Polite and Polished His
Mistress' Shoes.

A woman tells OF monkey which
she saw while in Paris, which was SO
well trained in good manners that it
was almost impossible to believe that
he did not understand what was said
to him. The Japan Weekly Mail de-
scribes the animals accomplishments
When the woman met the monkey
suddenly on the stairs one day, the
creature stood in the corner to allow
her to pass, and when she said Good
morning." he took OF his cap and
bowed.
Are you going away?" she asked.
Where Is your passport" Pulling
of his cap, he took from the crown a
paper, opened 1t, and showed it to her.
When some one observed that her dress
was dusty. the courteous monkey took
brush from the table, and carefully
brushed her dress and then her shoes.
When anyone gave him food he al
ways made low bow before taking 1t,
and then ate 1t slowly and daintily.
He had been taught to eat eggs with
q spoon, and to use knife and fork.
He could lock and unlock q drawer,
thread q needle, uneork bottle, and
polish his masters shoes. He seemed
to take great pleasure in gay company,
and paid close attention to the con-
versation, looking in turn at each
speaker as II he understood what was
said
This remarkable monkey was never
placed on exhibition He died at an
early age, of pneumonia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
THE WOMEN LEADERS
Some Who Have Been the Heads of
Great Movements.
Mrs. Stowe, Susan b. Anthony, Flor
ence Nightingale and Clara BAR
tom Are Typical Of
q Class.

Mother" Jones, with her little army Of
textile workers marching on to appeal
to the president in behalf of her par
ticular cause, brings up before us forms
Of other women leaders; leaders, how
ever, whose efforts are regarded in quite
a different light from those Of QuixOtic
Mother" Jones' From time to time,
women Of strong personality, or of
strong emotional tendencies, have come
forth to support great movements. Mrs.
Stoves name comes to mind first of all
when considering the anti-slavery move
ment. Susan B. Anthony's name will
long be associated with "Woman's
Rights" The temperance agitation has
brought into prominence many women
ON both sides of the water, England
having as world-famed worker in this
field Lady Henry Somerset, and America,
Miss Frances Willard. Florence Night
ingale and Clara Barton stand for works
of mercy on the battlefield, as pioneers
in this at present so important and
widely branch Of human
endeavor. Various names and move
ments deserve mention, but space allows
a hurried glance at only a few.
AS child, Mrs Stowe showed remark
able ability as scholar, but the most
widely-known work from her hand,
.'Uncle Toms Cabin speaks rather Of
deep feeling than Of giant intellect. The
strong anti-slavery feeling with which
the book is permeated had its growth
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
BURNING PAPER TRICK,

hold match to the end few seconds
and your friend will drop the strip as II
somebody had knocked it out of his
hand, because the strip has burned his
hand badly. The strip of paper is pre-
pared in the following way:
Take strip of paper 10 inches long
and bend it in the middle, curl both
sides by pulling them through your
thumb and knife held In the hand in
such way that they stand out like two
clock springs. Lay the strips together,
holding the two ends between the
thumb and index finger, and to try it
on yourself light the other end. AS
soon as the paper is burned through the
two parts Of the strip will spring back
over your hand and you will drop them
in hurry.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12

which will make the line of the fold come
a little below the right-hand point. Then
you will have figure two.
Take figure two and double the fold
back upon and under itself, and you will
have figure three, SO that the top sloping
line will be exactly even with tie left
or longer line, which will give you the
semi-triangular figure Of number
four
Cut the paper along the dotted lines
II you want very sharp pointed star
cut it higher toward the left point, but
leave the right-hand point of cutting
the same. By practicing with pieces OF
paper you can soon get it correct. The
star can be made on scale of as large
size as is wanted by preserving the pro
portion of one or two.-Washingtos
Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
TROUBLE IN B1RDLAND.
Sparrow That Tried to Jump . Wood.
Decker's Claim Had Close Els.
cape from. Death.

Last spring couple OF red-headed
a telegraph pole in one Of the rural sec
lions of eastern Pennsylvania. The
pole was an old one, having been spliced,
and the birds began to dig out hole at
this point. Perhaps they thought when
they sounded the spot that there was a
rotten place within where it would be
easy work making nest But they
were doomed to be disappointed, for
the pole was firm one, and the build
ing Of their home progressed slowly.
They were gritty, however, and relieved
each other at short intervals, and the
tap, tap" of their bills went on steadily
from sunrise to sunset. Their per-
severance won out at last, and they had
home that they might call their own.
For the first time in several weeks they
left the spot together, probably to cele-
brate the finishing of the nest While
they were away sparrow CHANGED to
discover the hole, and proceeded at once
to jump the claim during the absence
of the rightful owners. When the wood
peckers returned from their celebration
they discovered the sparrow Juggling
straw into their home as fast as it could
be carried. II birds can swear, those
two woodpeckers did when they went
for that sparrow with blood in their
eyes. From their actions it was plain
ly to be seen that they tried to impress
the interloper with the fact that they
hadn't been working on that hole for a
month for the fun of the thing The
sparrow was lucky to escape with his
life.-Golden Days.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12

committee of congress wanted a design
worked up, Washington, who was a
member Of the committee, suggested the
deft- fingered Betsy. She accepted the
commission and members of her family
made the flags for the United States for
sixty years. Oddly enough these flags
were made of English bunting, and with
English thread, until some time in 1870,
when Gen. Ben Butler established a
bunting factory. He then got the con-
tract to furnish bunting to the United
States for its flags, and it was not till
that time that the flags became all Amer
lean.
It is quite easy to make Betsy's star.
though 1t has often been disputed that
1t could be done. Follow directions ex-
actly, training the eye as to evenness of
fold, and yon can soon do the folding
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
TRICK WITH MATCHES.
An Amusing Experiment and One
That Never Fails to Create
Lot of Surprise.

In plate or basin filled with water
place eight matches in the form OF q
star, as shown in the accompanying
picture, taking care that only the lower
part OF each match shall become wet,
and next prepare a magician's wand in
such manner that 1t will resemble a
short ebony staff with two ivory tips.
A suitable ebony staff can be made by
putting a coat of black varnish on
small tin tube, and as substitutes for
the ivory tips small cylindrical piece
Of soap and another of sugar must be
used. Seeing these white objects at tho
two ends of the staff, the audience can
readily be made to believe that they
are ivory tips.
If you want the matches to come to-
gether, all that is necessary is to dip
the sugar tipped end Of the wand III the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-12
MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN GAIT.
Present Head Of the Woman Suffraaists.

she has seen her cause considerably adj
vanced none will deny.
During the Crimean war, Miss Flor
ence Nightingale exerted her womanly
energies to lessen the sufferings entailed
by that war, and owing to her zeal and
fearlessness great reforms were effected
In the care of wounded soldiers. When
4 grateful host desired to present her
/ testimonial of $3.50, 900, she refused
to accept 1t, but suggested the fund be
subscribed to an institution for the train.
ing of nurses. In our own country, re-
forms in the care of soldiers were es-
tablished by Miss Clara Barton, whose
talents came into active play during the
civil war. Then when the Franco Ger
man war called for nurses, she aided the
Red Cross in its work abroad. For her
services she was decorated with the
golden cross OF Baden and the iron cross
of Germany. In 1881, she became presi-
dent OF the American Red Cross society.