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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13

Lady's Watch. solid INK. gold
hunting case. a new and very
handsome carved design. with
very fine F-ieve!cd nickel
movement. fully guaranteed
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13

Necklaces ALL diamonds, $3.50
up; others. very new, unique
designs, set with combinations
OF diamonds, pearls and other
precious ston es, $50 to
$4,000.
Chains : For the ian or lorgnet:e,
set at intervals with diamonds,
or combined with other jewels,
SIS to $500.
Diamond Hearts - Solidlv in
crusted with diamonds, $3.50
to $500; others in filisrec de-
signs, from $3.50 up.
Pearl Studs Sets, SIS up.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
Clocks and
Music Boxes.

Cuckoo Clocks. in either light or
dark wood, nicely carved anu
finished: cuckoos hours and hall
hours; q inches high, "a incnes
wide, 5is-inch dial Price. 81.
Other Cuckoo Clocks. $ to SN-
1-Day Boudolr Clocks. dainty and and
lo"el designs. DIT S.Jo. sl.Io, - ana
up TO SIC
s-Day ManteI Clocks. in iron:
bronze. wood. porcelain, onyx and
marble frames. at Si.I5. 50. q, s"O,
E5 ard NJ to 1895.
l5-Day French Regulators. in bevel
plate glass and heavily gilt frames.
at So. 81 30. s32. 3s and Up TO 500.
Music Boxes.
We have two styles of Music
Boxes-cylinder and disc-and are
sole agents for three of the best
makes in the world.
Mira Music Boxes reproduce any
kind of music in good volume and
are fitted with perfect mech
anisnr for regulating the time.
we have several sizes at ST. SO.
S35 and 500.
Stella Music Boxes are noted for
fine quality of musical tone and
expression. They are so simple in
construction that a child can OPP
crate them perfectly. The prices
quoted include 6 discs. $500.
SIS co, 5000 and $1,000.
Cylinder Music Boxes at 5000,
$I7.oO. $22.00 and 5000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
NEGRO A SMALL EATER.
When Well and Regularly Fed the
Hack Man Eats Less Than
the White Man.

There is a very popular, but very
erroneous belief that the negro is
heartier eater than the white man."
said an observant citizen, according
to the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
but after some little observation l
have come to the conclusion that the
negro is really much smaller eater
than u white man. My attention was
called to the matter some time ago
by Senator Anse McLaurin, of Mis-
sissippi, who asked me if l had no.
ticed the fact that negroes, as rule,
when well fed, and when they could
get their meals regularly, ate less
than white men. ! frankly confessed
that l had noticed no such thing, and
said further that | did not believe 1t
was so. OF course, my conclusion
was merely n hasty generalization,
and was due mainly to the popular
belief. My interest in the matter
was reused by the rather firm state
ment made by the Mississippi states
man, and so | made a series of OBJ
servations, the results of which have
been revelati ion, for they have up
set the opinions of lifetime. / am
now in a position to assert that If
the negro is well and regularly fed
he will eat at least a third less than
white man"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
A CHILL FRANCHISE.
Peculiar Qualifications Required OF
voters In Certain I'LL
nOls Town.

What constitutes q legal residence
and entities one to vote has been
often matter OF dispute. In his
"Recollections" John NJ. Palmer tells
an amusing story Of the peculiar
credentials accepted by certain
town In the west.
The town was In Illinois. One of
the qualifications required OF II voter
was residence in the state for six
months previous to the election. On
one occasion n man named Hoskins
appeared for registrations; but when
asked how long he had lived In the
state, confessed that the time was
somewhat less than six months.
The registration officer, after tell
ing him he had not been in the state
long enough, hesitatcd moment,
then asked II he had had the chills."
Yes, l had one yesterday" said
IIoskins. land | feel one coming on
now"
put him down." said the clerk to
his assistant. The chills are rs good
as six months residence"
Mr.. IIoskins's name was thcrcupon
placed on the list.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
Inings done properly at weddfng,

Things done properly at wedufng,
while the prospective groom Is some
thing necessary to complete the pic
ture, but a secondary consideration,
and nothing short of inspiration can
get man through a marriage cere-
mony gracefully.
"In order to impress the bride and
spectators that he Is enthusiastic
about it, he appears with sort OF
frozen grin on his face that you ex-
pect to melt at any moment and run
down his collar. If he is too frightened
to respond in loud voice some Of the
brides girl friends will whisper that
he was unwilling from the first
again. if he replies In loud. stern
voice, another bunch in another direc-
ton Of the church will huddle together
and express how glad they are that
they are not marrying him, while the
attitude of many is that they are sign
ing away their life and ell worth living
for. So think it about time" contin-
ued the thoughtful young man, shat
somebody is writing few hints on how
to behave that we may appear enthus-
iastic about being married without be-
ing ridiculous and target for the peo-
pie to knock at"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
ASSESSING A BRONX LOTLET.
Forty-FOur Square Inches OF Ground
In New York valued Mt Two
Hundred Dollars.

The assessors have been called
upon to assess what is relatively the
most valuable piece of real estate in
the entire city, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser, and have ap-
praised it at 5000 This may seem
a paradox. But 5000 Is full value
for the parcel-and the parcel is in
the Bronx. The "lotlet' IL at the
northeast corner of Third avenue
and One Hundred and Forty ninth
street. 1t is triangular In shape and
measures inches on the avenue, IA
the northeasterly line. 1t, therefore,
contains 40 square inches.
Last May it sold for 5000, or IS
square inch. That would be $3.50 n
square foot, or at the rate of 81 $780,
900 for u full lot of $500 square feet,
price unequaled even in the inan-
cia section of Manhattan. Prior to
the adoption OF the full value as
sessment plan the spot" OF land,
which Is about big enough for man
10 btanu upon On one loD', was 40
sessed at about $50 and the taxes
were about 70 cents. The assessors
evidently read the accounts of the
sale on May 20 last year, tucked the
clippings away for future use and
swooped down on the owner with ap
assessment on January ~ OF 5000.
The taxes this year, therefore, will
be at the $l.45 rate, $500.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
CANOPIED FIELDS.
Many Acres Of Tobacco I'm the Con.
nectlcut Valley Covered with
Zig Tents.

Travellers in the Connecticut valley
may sometimes see many acres covered
with white cheesecloth supported, at
a height Of nine feet from the ground,
on framework of posts and wires.
Under these vast tents Sumatra to-
bacco is grown. Experiments conduct
ed by the department of agriculture
led to the use of this system Of protect
ing the tobacco plants, and the results
have been found excellent. The light,
sandy soil along the Connecticut river
is well suited for the growth of Sumat-
ia tobacco. The United States govern
ment furnishes the seed and super
vises the cultivation, preparation and
sale of the product, the farmers paying
the cost and receiving the profit. That
the great cloth canopies can Withstand
storms was proved a year ago last
July, when hail-storm caused much
damage to crops in open fields, but the
acres Of covered tobacco escaped in
jury. The cost of the shade is from $500
to $500 per acre.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
Treasures OF the Sea.

Divers recently raised from the
Mediterranean, Off Sicily, about thirty
old guns which, they say. belonged to
the Dutch and Spanish ships sunk by
the French in 1870. At any rate, nine
OF the guns are adorned with the
ancient insignia OF the Netherlands.
There Is greater treasure In the sea
than out-of-date guns, and when sub
marine navigation has become safer,
one may expect exploring expeditions
In the great deep which will yield re.
suits as rich as any which crown the
efforts Of explorers on land.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
HARP BURIED WITH HIM.
The TnyorIte Instrument Of nm ohIo
Man Is Placed Within
His Coffn.

Unique rites were performed at the
funeral OF Amos II. Sewell, n man of
ronsid"Is bic wealth, who for SOM
unknown reason had elected to make
his home at the county infrmary at
wilmington, o., for many years. He
was So years Of age aud in his second
childhood had developed a penchant
for collecting musical Instruments,
the French harp being the one he de-
lighted In the most.
While funeral services were being
held at an undertaking establishment
Addison i. Russell, formerly secretary
Of state Of Ohio, asked permission of
those in charge TO place French harp
In the dead mans hands On this re-
quest being granted many Of the
prominent men Of the town who were
present walked up to the casket and
reYerently laid similar Instruments on
tic body, The caskct was then closed
ard the remains borne TO the cemetery
where they were inferred.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
FEWER WOMEN GO TO CHURCH
New York Preacher Declares That
the Attendance Is Fall
Ing on.

In sermon preached at the Col
legiatc church Mt New York city, DR..
Donald Sage Mackay said:
81 believe that more thoughtful, in
tcllectual men are going to church in
New York to-day than there were ten
years ago. On the other hand, pro
portionately, ] believe, fewer women
are attending church than formerly.
This Is especially so among women of
leisure and the so-called society wo-
men, for whom the Sabbath Is crowded
with social engagements. 1t Is also
true largely of the wage-earning wo-
man, who not unnaturally desire the
Sabbath for recreation.
"In the aggregate, OF course, there
nrc more womcnin our churches than
men, but l say, after close observation
and comparison with my brother min
listers, that thoughtful men OF New
York city to-day are on the upward
grade In the matter Of church attend
ance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
ROBINS EARN THEIR CHERRIES
Destroy Insect Pests and save Far
More Fruit Than They ChA
Possibly Consume.

An orchardist at Fulton makes COM
plant against the robins or Jack rob-
ins" as he calls them. He says they
are nipping all the blossoms of his
cherry trees. They just strip the trees,
and the ground beneath them is white
with blossoms. He says the wicked
birds tear the hearts out OF the bios
SONS and then bite the stems in two
and let them fall, and fears that his
cherry crop will be ruined, says the
Portland Oregonian. A member OF the
John Burroughs society who has been
applied to for information on this sub
ject says the orchardist is mistaken;
il the robins do cut Oft any blossoms
it is only defective ones or such as
have insects in them, and that the birds
are doing good instead OF harm. lie
says he puts up nests Of boxes among
his trees to enable birds OF any kind,
even sparrows, to make their homes
on his grounds. He says that birds help
themselves to few cherries when
ripe, but they are welcome to them, as
they have earned them by destroying
insect pests. 1t is hoped that this in
formation will satisfy the orchardist.
1t is doubtless correct, for il robins
were as destructive as he imagnes
there would long ago have ceased to
be any cherries in Oregon, while the
fact is that the cherry crop is large
almost every year, and of great value,
The birds must not be condemned on
false or mistaken testimony.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
TO BUILD IMMENSE STORE.
John WaDamnkcr Plans UuIldInu to
Cost between Three nnd -Four
Millions of Dollars

Plans and specifications OF John
Wanamakcr's new frcproof depart
meut store TO be erected on the block
bounded by East Eighth and Ninth
streets, Fourth avenue and Broadway,
New York city, at cost Of between
$3500,Oo0 and $io0O,OO0 have been
sent the builders. The proposed struc-
ture will be practically sixteen stories
high, with thirteen floors above the
street and an attic, a basement, and
sub-baSement. IT viii have fronts Of
ls7 feet on Fourth avenue. Iss feet on
Brondmay, 327 feet on East Ninth
street, and 339 feet on East Eighth
street. A large auditorium for music
will be fitted up on the second floor,
70 take up C2.D00 square feet Of space.
Each floor viii have a total area Of
1901 coo square feet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28

Gunboats were common on the Mis-
sissippi river forty years ago. In
recent years the river has seldom
hoated ships Of the navy. Conse-
quently, when the monitor Arkansas,
one Of the newest ships OF its class,
steamed up the river recently on its
way to st. Louis, it attracted much at
tcntion. 1t astonished and delighted
the people of Evansville, Ind, by max
ing an excursion up the Ohio as far as
that city, for not since the civil war
had any ship Of the navy touched at
that port. Both the Mississippi and
the Ohio are deep enough to float n
much larger vessel than the Arkansas.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
VENTILATION IN THE HAT.
Good for THE Hair and Adds Not .
Little to the Comfort
OF the Head.

"Some customers have nonsensical
notions about the proper way to venti-
late u hat" said a fashionable halter,
to New York Times man. 'In fact,
they are so whimsical about it that we
make the hats without ventilator
and try to suit the wishes Of the GUS
toner after he has handed his money
to the salesman. Many customers will
not have hat ventilated at all. Well,
they miss a great deal of comfort and
take long chances for badness in old
age. The English style, and the only
one that some buyers will adopt, is
ring Of perforated holes in the crown
Of the hat. In my opinion, IT is just as
well to have no ventilator at all as to
put it there. The best way is to have
two holes, one on each side of the hat,
just above the band. Then you get
good circulation all the time. There
are ways Of punching the holes artis-
tically so that they do not detract from
the appearance Of the hat. But you
would be surprised at the number of
men who will not have them, some be-
cause it is not fashionable, and others
because they think the hat will not
wear so we'll"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
PLAN TO SAVE FRENCH BABIES
Presidcn NOOsevelt's belief In In rye
Families Not Generally
shared In Paris.
nolyclipic has lust been opcne,.

A polytechnic has just been opene.
the Rue Marcadct by Baron Henri de
Rothschild, who proposes TO give lee.
lures to medical students and doctors
on the treatment OF newborn children,
among whom mortality is great In
France. In competition with the de
crease In population, this interesting
proposal it is hoped will have great in,
fuence on providing the requisite
number of recruits for the army
Rooscvelts advice to mothers to have
large families is not viewed with favor
here. An endeavor must be made &c
save few brought into the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
HIGH PRICES ABROAD
England Suffers In the Same Direc.
ton as United States.
FOodstufYs, Iron and Textiles Arc
Higher Than Ever Before-Ex-
ports from United King
dom Somewhat Larger.

1t appears that high prices are quite
as much the rule in England as in the
United States at the present time.
Prof. Sauerbeck's annual statement,
"Prices of Commodit ties" published in
the Journal Of the British Royal sta
tistical society, for March 81, 1903, just
received by the treasury bureau of
statistics, shows high prices in food
stuffs, in iron, and in textiles, during
the year 1902. The statement begins
with series of Index number" tables,
showing index prices for groups Of ar
ticles from 1898 to 1902. The index
number for the group designated
vegetable food" stands at G3 for the
year 1909, against 60 in 1899 and SO in
1896; that for animal food" stands
81 in 1902 against II in 1893 and 70 in
1896; that for minerals stands at 50
in 1902 against7O in 1898, and 60 in 1895;
that for textiles" stands at 81 in 1902
against 81 in 1895, and 90 in 1895; and
the index number for the group desig-
mated "sundry materials" stands at II
40 %'v~i al h4A'b W III 1910, anu Us III
1897. Commenting upoi. these figures,
the statement says: Meat was dear
during the greater part of the year,
and beef ruled in June and July higher
than at any time since 1889.
Scotch pig iron rose from 49s. per ton
10 SIS. 4d. in September, and dropped
to 53s. Sd. at the end of the year.
Flax was higher in the summer,
but lost the advance later on. Jute was
dearer in the second half Of the year;
fine wool advanced $50 per cent.
six ruled also higher. Tallow, palm oil
and nitrate were dearer."
Commenting upon commercial condi-
tlons, the report says: THE exports
from the United Kingdom were some
what larger, which was principally
due TO the American demand for iron
and some other commodities, and to
the greater exports TO South Africa.
The shipments, on the other hand, to
india, Australasia, Japan and Argen-
Una were smaller. In Germany, Aus
tr1a and Russia the depression con
tinued throughout the year, and
France was affected by coal strike in
the last quarter. The corn crops of
the world were large, and the supply
OF some other commodities. particular
~ sugar, coffee and cotton, was very
heavy"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A book Of 174 pages on coffee and it,
substitutes has been published in Ber-
lin.
A writer in Charities places the
number Of crippled children who APP
piled for relief at the New York hos
pitfalls during the visit OF DR.. Lorenz
at 5000, nearly all of whom were sent
away because Of the inadequacy OF the
hospitals for their care.
Allegheny City has municipal light
ing plant which cost $325,OOO. Pitts
burg gets Its gas and electricity from
private companies. Allegheny City
expends $4,000 q year for electric
lighting and Pittsburg $25O,OOO. The
population Of Allegheny is 10000 and
OF Pittsburg $4,000.
There are three kinds of money in
use in Havana, Spanish gold, Spanish
silver, and American. All American
currency, silver, paper copper and
gold, is rated as gold. Prices are given
in Spanish silver first, then in Spanish
gold and finally ip American. Every
merchant expects to be beaten down in
the price OF his wares, and he Is
amazed il a purchaser pays the first
asking price without complaint.
In Chicopee Falls, Mass, Is colony
Of Scotch people. They have worked
on "putters" and drivers" since they
were children. They came from Scot
land to work in the big golf stick fac
tories Of Chicopee Falls, for this is
where most Of the golf sticks are
made. 1t is very natural that this
Scottish colony Of workers should be
the "hands" OF the factory; for you
know that the game Of golf is of Scot
tish origin. The sticks are made of
the best Of hickory and the whole
country Is searched for it.
Now that the hanson has almost en-
tirely displaced the close cab in their
city, Londoners are beginning to real
lie that for some persons and under
some conditions the hanson is both In
convenient and risky. Says one writer:
"If the window is up the conveyance
Is horribly draughty. and to ride with
the window down is to sit in a stuffy
atmosphere and to court disaster in
case Of the horse falling, an accident
which occurs very frequently, owing
to the abominable condition in which
the roadways generally are"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
INDIANS TOO RICH TO WORK.
Sorry Plight Of Oklah Omn Red Men
Who Are Plainly Failing Into
bad Ways.

The Pottawattamie, Shawnee and
kickapoo Indians, OF Oklahoma, are
suffering from too much ready cash, ac-
cording to the report Of Charles Ii.
Dickson, supervisor of Indian schools.
The Indians, like the average citizens,
DO not work for the Joy of it, says the
Washington Post. and, having means
20 enable them to live in idleness, are
rapidly becoming worthless. In the
course OF a report to the interior de-
partment. Supervisor Dickson says:
Under this agency, according to al
lotment rolls, there are 1865 citizen
Pottawattamies, 631 absentee Shaw
nees and 2S5 Mexican Kickapoos, a to-
tai OF ASH. The condition of these
Indians has been one of retrogression
for several years. 1t is not more than
ten or IL years since these Indians
were industrious, contented and happy
They had their own homes, their
horses, chickens and pigs, and the
drinking of intoxicants was almost I'M
known among them. Since the curse
of leasing their lands has been inau-
gurated little by little the Indians have
been leasing their allotments, dispos-
ing OF their personal property, and
gradually falling into habits of idle
ness and vice.
Prom habits of industry and thrift
these Indians. or most of them, have
become idlers and Migrants on the face
of the earth. The best friends of the
Indians are those who are in favor of
compelling them to work. Work is the
salvation OF these Indians, and their
only salvation. The leasing of lands
has proved to be a great calamity for
n majority of them. 1t would be a
thousand times better for them il the
leasing OF lands was prevented and the
proposition presented to them fatty
to work or starve."
Officials Of the Indian bureau do not
question the complete accuracy Of Mr..
Dickson's reports. The Indians have
more land than they can farm, and
they are leasing 1t for good rentals.
The Indian has nothing to do but to
spend his rent roll in gambling and
drunkenness.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
MacnrOnl with GRAVY.

This is nice supper dish when
meat Is not desired. Blanch three
ounces Of macaroni by throwing it
into boiling water and cooking for
five minutes; drain, place in a clean
stewpan and cover with good gravy
of sauce; simmer for three-quarters
of an hour, when the gravy should
be all absorbed; stir in two table
spoonfuls of grated cheese, bit of
butter, and two tablespoonfuls OF
good tomato sauce. Serve very hot in
a deep dish with grated cheese.-De-
troit Free Press
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-28
CARRIED A COIN IN HIS LEG,
frehch soldier Relieved OF IA sou Inn
bedded ~ His Flesh Thirty
Two Years.

The proverb Of the bad penny has
had curious corroboratIon. A French
sou, coin about the size and value
Of cent, has just been extracted from
q soldiers leg after remaining there
thirty-two years. Lecuxer is the
soldiers name and lie served IN the war
Of 1870. This sou, which hears the
effigy Of Napoleon III and the date
1856, was In his pocketbook when he
was struck by German bullet, which
drove the coin into his thigh. The
ball was extracted, but the sou was
left. Latterly tumor formed and the
coin had TO be cut out 1t will be pre-.