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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
ST. VINCENT ERUPTION.
Russell After the Volcanoes
Upheaval

In Century Prof. Russell prints
the following bit of personal obser-
walton among his conclusions concern
ing the West Indian eruptions:
THE distribution of hot material
discharged from La soufriere in belt
across the island Of St. Vincent, in
stead of over q V-shaped area as at
Martinique, seemed to have an init
mate connection with the position of
the crater near the summit of La Sou
friere and the influence Of the trade
winds on the distribution of the mate
rial discharged from it. As is we'll
known, the depth of the layer Of the
atmosphere affected by the trade
winds is comparatively shallow. and
above it the air is moving from west
to east. The stones and dust shot
upward from La Soufriere rose
through the trade-wind layer, and
were carried eastward by the upper
air-current. On falling, however,
they again met the influence of the
westwardblowing trades and were
given a slant in a westward direction
sufficient to allow them to pass
through windows and enter houses.
The windows Of some Of the houses
near Georgetown which face east
ward have the appearance of an aban-
doned house which has served as a tar
get for stones, while the westward-fac-
ing windows, or those looking toward
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Keeping a II oster Quiet.

An English artist recently was sum-
moned to appear in court for allowing
a rooster to crow in the morning to
the annoyance Of his neighbors. The
case was amicably settled. A London
newspaper thereupon printed the fol-
lowing; ut is quite possible to keep
fowls and prevent them from crow
ing. All that is needed is slighs
string over the neck and fastened to
the foot. 1t is the habit Of chanticleer
to throw back his head when Growing,
and he will not crow il prevented. as he
may be, by the string from doing so.
The continuance has the great merit
Of inhicting no pain whatever. The
bird scarcely knows of the pressure
Of the string until he tries to crow,
and harmless jerk brings him to or
der"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
NATIONAL DEBT OF PRUSSIA.
In 1900 1t Amounted to About 8, 2OO,-
100000 Marks-How 1t Was
Chiefly Incurred.

An article ON the National Debts Of
the World" appears in the North
American Review. 1t is on The Public
Debt of Prussia" and is from the pen
of DR.. Adolph Wagner, professor Of
political economy in Berlin university.
Prussia appears to be in very happy
case. Summing up his description of
her financial obligations, which were
mainly incurred in purchasing or con-
structing railways, DR.. Wagner says:
state debt, including her
share in the imperial debt, amounted
for the year 1900 to about s,2O0,O00,000
marks, entailing an outlay of about
321 900, 900 marks (not reckoning the
sinking fund Of the imperial debD.
That is to say. it represents about
244 marks Of capital and 9.5 marks Of
annual charges per head of the popula-
ton. against s14 marks and 1875 marks
in Great Britain, and 629 marks and
PIP marks in France. But, in these
latter countries, both the interest and
the repayment of the debt have to
come almost entirely out of the pock-
cts of the people; whereas in Prussia,
as in the whole of Germany, this is en-
tirely achieved by the surplus from the
state railways and other government
property-a surplus so large that it
suffices besides to cover nearly half
the expenditures Of the army and navy,
so that only the other half and the
charges of the civil administration
have to be provided for out of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
CrImInnla' Fingers.

Remarkable testimony to the value
Of the new system Of identifying Grim
inals by their finger impressions was
afforded in the case OF a man charged
at London with theft While in
Holloway prison Che accused had fin.
ger impressions taken, and they were
found to accord with those Of a man
sentenced at Reading in 1899 to six
months had labor for a jewel robbery.
Prisoner, who gave a different name,
admitted that he was the man.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
THE BRITISH LOAD LINE.
Vessels Are Not Permitted to Garry
Surplus Cargoes in English
Waters.

A short time since the captain Of a
Dutch vessel here took the singular
step of making application to one Of
the bodies auth orized to assign the
load line to have tho line marked on
the side of the vessel, says London
Fairplay. This was carried out and
the vessel was then aoaded. The
captain found that the disk was sub
merged, and in the coolest way posi-
BILE appears to have waited on the
board of trade officials and to have
asked them for permission for his YES
sci to sail in her overloaded condi-
ton. To his great surprise he was
told by the officials that his vessel
would be detained until the surplus
cargo was taken out of her. He urged
that the load line act applied to British
ships only and that consequently his
vessel could not be interfered with. 1t
was explained to him that the act
referred to foreign as we'll as British
ships and that at any rate he had "giv-
en- himself away" by actually adopting
the British loadline.
The officials visited the Dutch ves-
sci when it was discovered that the
disk had been incorrectly assigned.
being trife higher up the ships side
than it should have been-so that in
fact she was more overloaded than
she even appeared to be. quaint
ty of cargo was ordered to be dis
charged-four times the quantity that
brought the vessel to her incorrectly
assigned loadline. The Dutch captain
Saile ed a sadder man.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Exccutioner Executed

The official executioner of Toxic Is
dead. His death was curious in itself,
and considering his profession, was
little short of remarkable. He was
crossing railway track near Toxic
when he was run down by a fast eI.
press. The body was found by the
track with the head as neatly decapi.
tated MS any which had been cut off
by the official executioner himself.
Otherwise there was not a mark on his
body.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
COMPOSITION OF SEA WATER.
knowledge of 1t May Afford . Means
of Estimating the Age
of the Earth.

At the Canadian institute in Toronto
recently an interesting address was
delivered by Prof. A. b. Macallum on
the composition Of ocean water.
The amount Of sodium in the ocean,
said Prof. Macallum, furnished
means of estimating the period that
had elapsed since the formation Of
watery vapor on the earth. The an.
nual discharge of sodium into the sea
was calculated to be 155,O0O,OO tons,
and the quantity Of that element in the
seas Of the earth was estimated by
Joli at IA ISL 900 900, 900, 900 tons, which,
divided by the former, would give o.
100000 years as the age of the sea wa
ter.
The discharge Of sodium into the
sea had in the past been going on uni
formly, says the Toronto Mail and En-
pire. BY reason of the proportions of
the elements, sodium, potassium, cal
cium and magnesium, in the sea con-
stantly changing AZ n uniform rate
and owing to the facts that in the
vertebrates, e. g., the dog, and in the
blood Of the lobster, etc, certain
fluid was found which contained these
elements in the same proportion as
when their progenitors had left the
sea and taken up their abode on the
land could be calculated how long a
period had elapsed since the verte-
brates had become land animals. That
the proportions Of these elements in
this fluid in these animals had never
changed was due, he thought, to the
influence Of hereditv
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Alum | N q m for Panep

1t is stated that experiments with
aluminium as substitute for paper
are now under way in France. 1t IL
now possible TO roll aluminium into
sheets four-thousandths of an inch
in thickness, in which form IL weigha
less than paper. BY the adoption OF
suitable machinery these sheets can
be made even thinner and can be used
for book and writing paper. The
metal will not oxidize, Ia practically
fire and water proof, and IL indie.
structible by worms. ::
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

to determine the causes of obscure and
chronic ailments, and to apply remedies
which effect certain. speedy and perma-
nent cures.
X RAY examination in appropriate
cases upon reasonable notice.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Many hundl eds of sufferers pronounc-
ed by other physicians rs hopelessly in
durable, have been restored to health by
DR.. Secrist
Letters of Endorsement from many
prominent clergymen and hundreds of
grateful patients are on file in his Office
The doctor has devoted much time
and attention in the French Hospitals to
the study Of
ALL SPECIAL DISEASES OF MEN,
and has imported many special medi-
cines and appliances necessary to effect
certain cures in the worst cases of
Physical Weakness, Varicocele, Impo-
tency, Nervous Debility, etc.
caused by youthful errors, night losses,
general dissipation, improper treatment
and neglect.
The doctor will forfeit $500 where Il
cure is guaranteed and not effected.
KIDNEY and BLADDER disease
treated by new and eminently success
full methods.
CATARRH in all its various forms;
positive, prompt and permanent cures
always effected.
CLUB FEET, cross eyes and all other
deformities treated with special care
and unfailing success.
NERVOUS DISEASES, Epilepsy and
diseases of the BLOOD AND SKIN al
ways yield to the doctors modern meth
DDS of treatment
PILES cured permanently without de
tention from business and without the
use of the knife.
LUNG TROUBLES receive careful
attention, and are always treated sue
cessfully, when not too long neglected.
DELAY IS DANGEROUS Those
who are chronically ailing should lose
no time in consulting special physician
whose reputation FOR skill is so we'll and
widely known.
Special attention given to
DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN.
No unnecessary exposure. No exam
ination. No sacrifice of modesty.
The doctor does not publish his pa
TENTS names except with their full con-
sent and approval. English French
and German spoken. Address,
DIR. H. G. SECRIST,
Chicago and Milwaukee.
Address all mail to Milwaukee Offices,
N. E Cor Wisconsin and E. Water
Streets
I'd Floor. over &. Nj & st. P. R'y City
Ticket Offices. Elevator at E. Water
st. Entrance, opposite Pabst Building.
Established 1880.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
barred skittlee.

Some time ago the customs auth or.
tiles seized box Of skittles that ar
rived in Constantinople on the plea that
the balls were hard and heavy and
might be used as cannon balls, which
would be exceedingly dangerous. 1t
was not till one Of the embassies h d
taken a lot OF trouble that the balls
were given M
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

The japanese physiognomy is com.
monty thought expressionless by
western nations. The reason is that
1t is always seen in repose. This is a
part Of Japanese education. 1t is,
with them, n mark of the underbred
to permit the face to express any
feeling In public.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

At the present time many valuable
species Of big game in South Africa
are threatened with extinction. 1t
is proposed to establish regulations
for their preservation, and it is sug-
gested that camps should be set apart
for the purpose Of breeding certain
species In order that the country may
bc restocked with game.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
HUMAN ILLS OF ALASKANS.
An English Physician Tells OF the
Diseases Most Prevalent In
That Country.

After q residence of 16 months in
Alaska an English physician has made
report of the diseases which most
afflict the people of that cold region.
There are, he says, two seasons. Win
ter, the season Of pack ice; summer,
the season Of swamps. The winter
lasts for nine months, the summer for
three. Among human maladies cere-
bro-spinal meningitis is very preva-
lent, sometimes in epidemic form some
times in sporadic form. 1t is often diff
cult to distinguish from the cerebral
form Of typhoid. 6corbutus is also
widespread.
rheumatism is frequent and usually
takes the neuralgia type; infamma-
tory rheumatism is rare. Pneumonia
is almost unknown, strange to say.
Affections of the digestion are very
frequent, owing to poor food; nervous
diseases. such as locomotor ataxia,
ETC.. are also frequent. Alcoholism
and the like are prevalent, due to the
ennui of the long winter, but, on the
whole, intemperance Is less harmful
in Alaska than in more southern eli
mates. Insanity Is by no means rare,
and it declares itself most frequently
in winter, owing to ennui, absence of
occupation, lack of exercise and isola-
ton. It's usual form Is acute melan-
cholia, almost always followed by
acute mania. Suicidal mania Is also
frequent. Taken altogether the cata-
logue of Alaskan diseases is long one
and indicates that vigorous physique
and morals Is required to resist them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
An Extraordinary Order

Recently London merchant receiv.
ed from crack regiment an order
for peck offeas. The officers wanted
the "varmints" to put In the bed Of an
unpopular subaltern.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19

WHAT Or. KUTCHIM
DOES NOT DO.

He does no. fright
en- people into doctor
Ing by holding up .
plea OF a speedy death
before their eyes. He
Toes not urge the sick
10 take treatment
when he knows them
TO be incurable, Nei-
Their does he by false
pretenses hold the
sick under his care
month after month
while doing them 40
good.
He does not per-
suade helpless NJ
curableS TO doctor
out the last month of
their lives, or give up
their last dime for
medicine.
He does not take
patients under . 30
called false
pretending TO charge
only for medicine and
taking " b q tie yer
amount he can get,
or make the object of
his life to extortmou.
ey from the sick.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-02-19
Doctor SeCrist will Come to
Manitowoc at the HOTEL WILLIAMS
Tuesday, March 3
And One Day Only in Every Four
Weeks Thereafter.

The doctor wonderful power of dag
nosis, greatest of all gifts, enables him
to determine the causes of obscure and
chronic ailments, and to apply remedies
which effect certain. speedy and perma-
nent cures.
X RAY examination in appropriate
cases upon reasonable notice.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
STAB PROVED MORTAL
AFTER A WEEK,
Negro who Was Cut by White Man
Died from Wound.

From a wound inflicted Sunday a
week ago. William alias Joe Small.
negro, died yesterday afternoon at
his home on Green street, near CASTOR,
in Shinebone alley.
The negro was stabbed in the neck
as Henry Hendrix, who made his es-
cape Immediately after the cutting. No
trace of Smalls assailant could be
found and the physician who attended
the negro reported to the police that
he was out of all danger.
The ARRAY occurred on Jones and
Prendergast streets, and occasioned a
great deal of excitement in the vicinity
of the Union Station. Hendrix left
the neigh borhood at once and Small
was taken to his home in the police
ambulance. 1t was reported to the
police at that time that the negro had
insulted the white man and provoked
the quarrel that resulted in his being
cut.
Hendrix and a companion were
standing on the corner of the street
when Small put in an appearance. 1t
is alleged that the negro had been
drinking and that he was not only in
solent to the white man, but brushed
against him. Hendrix is said to have
been drinking also, and when the in
suit was offered by Small he pulled his
knife. 1t is believed that Hendrix has
left the city, but the officers think
that when he learns of the death of
the negro. he Will return and sur
render
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
THREW BOILING WATER
OVER WOMAN
Nancy Wright Badly ScaIded in
Fight with Paramour.

With a caldron of boiling water,
David Williams, negro. almost scald-
ed Nancy Wright to death in house
on Oglethorpe avenue, near East Broad
street, yesterday morning. The woman
is at the Georgia Infrmary in serious
condition.
Williams and the woman were living
together, and spats between them were
nothing unusual. Angry words were
passed yesterday over some trivial mat
ter, and then blows were struck. The
boiling water was-neXt brought into
play, with the result that the woman
was badly burned about the body.
The fight between the pair aroused
Cleary hurried to the scene. He ar
rived in the room a moment after the
woman had been scalded and made
Williams a prisoner; The police ambu-
lance was summoned and the woman
was removed to the Georgia Infirmary.
She suffered intense pain, and no state
ment could be secured from her. r.
Williams is charged with assaulting
and scalding the woman. He declares
that he is not guilty of the offense, and
that she attempted to scald him. They
had been engaged in dispute, he re-
lates, when she seized the vessel of
boiling water and attempted to empty
it upon him. Williams says that dur
ing the scuffle for the possession of the
water It was spilled over the woman,
and that he did not dash it upon her.
He will be given a preliminary exami-
nation in Police Court Just as soon as
Nancys condition warrants her being
removed from the hospital.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
REVEALS BEGUN IN
METHODIST CHURCHES

Revival services were held last night
in all the Methodist churches of the
city, with the exception of Epworth
Church.
At Trinity and Grace Church the
special services will be continued
throughout the entire week, a special
sermon being preached every night at
8 o'clock The subject of the sermon
at Trinity Church last night was THE
Truth of the Bible as a Means of
Grace" At Grace Church the subject
was THE Rugged Road that Runs to
Ruin" Large congregations were in
attendance at both the services.
At Wesley Monumental Church re-
vival services have been held every
Sunday night for some time, and are
still being continued. The subject last
night was The Loneliness of Sim" A
large congregation was in attendance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
PASSING OF BILDO
CANAL WILL FORM THE FOUNDA-
TON OF A DRIVEWAY.
THIS IS PART OF PLAN
WHAT A CHANGE IN THE SEWER
AGE SYSTEM WILL MEAN.

Closing of the Drainage Canal VIII
he Followed by the Construction
of sixty Foot Driveway-This Is
Part of the Scheme of Director
Gadsden-Building of Sewer in
Perry Lane Will Re the Beginning
of One of the biggest Pieces of
Improvement Ever Started in Sa-
Vannah.
With the closing of the Bilbo canal,
and this is practically assured, will be-
gin the construction of a sixty-foot
driveway from a point at about Wheat
on street to Bolton street.
This driveway is a part of the plan
Of Director of Public Works George
NJ. Gadsden for changing the sewerage
system and abolishing Bilbo canal 1t
will be three or four years, however,
before it can be worked out in it's en-
tirety, for the reason that Bilbo will
have to be used for at least a year, to
drain Collinsville. even after the sewer
age system has been changed.
Mr.. Gadsden has not cared to discuss
his plan before presenting it to City
Council, but it is known that drive
way that will be in the path of hun
dreds of people, employed on the Coast
Line wharves and in the railroad yards,
is considered in the general scheme. If
the necessary appropriation is made by
City Council, and there appears to be
no doubt but that it will be, it will
mean one of the biggest pieces of i'm
provement that has ever been under
taken in Savannah.
The construction of a sewer in Perry
lane to be the main sewer of the city
will mean a perfect drainage of the
city, far less complicated system
than the one now in use; the feasibil-
ity of filling up and closing the Bilbo
canal within the city limits, of depress-
ing the tracks of the Atlantic Coast
Line and abolishing grade crossings;
and the construction of a driveway
that would mean a great deal for not
only the East Side but, for the entire
city.
The plan has been worked on quietly
by Mr.. Gadsden for months and he will
be ready with his figures before the
close of the present year. The plan
OF the director of public works pro-
vides that if the city does not wish
to fill the canal Immediately after it
has been put out of commission cinders
and sand from streets that are being
graded, can be hauled to the canal and
emptied in. This would mean that a
foundation for the driveway could be
completed in a year or two without
cost to the city
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-05
NEGRO IN STRIPES
WILL PROSECUTE.
Chaingang Birds Friend Misap-
prOpriated Amount of Fine.

Chaingang Birds Friend Misap-
propriated Amount of Fine.
For the theft of 500 from a man
serving a term on the county chain
gang, Tom Holmes, a negro well known
to the police. was arrested yesterday
by Mounted Patrolman Lange, and is
held at the police station house on a
charge of larceny after trust.
The victim was Ben Evans. located
at camp No. g. and the story he tells
plants Holmes firmly in the double
dyed william class. The superintendent
of police received a letter from Evans
on Saturday asking for the arrest of
Holmes. The letter was written at the
changing camp and was taken to po-
lice headquarters by one of the coun-
ty officers.
Evans related that after he had been
sentenced he got Holmes to get $40
with which to pay his fine. He had
known Holmes for a long while and
considered him a friend. Later he saw
the man who stated that the money
had been paid into the hands of the
solicitor general and that he had re-
ceipt for it.
Evans waited patiently for his re-
lease from custody. He was advised by
one Of the guards that if the money
had really been paid by Holmes dis
charge would have been sent at once
to the camp by the solicitor. Then it
was that Evans decided to ask the po-
lice to help him out. Holmes will be
arraigned before Recorder Myrick in
Police Court this morning and his
friend in stripes will appear against
him.