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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
GOOD MINERAL LANDS
Government Finds Coal and Asphalt
Deposits in Indian Territory.
Geological Survey Selecting the Hest
and Most Promising Sections for
Segregation and Future
Sale.

The selection of the coal and asphalt
lands in the Choctaw and ChickaSaw
nations, Indian Territory, for segre-
cation and sale has been completed
This segregation was made under the
direction of the commission to the
Ave civilized tribes by order OF the
secretary OF the interior, and Mr.. Jo-
semi A. Taft, OF the United States geo
logical survey, was assigned to make
the selection.
With three assistants, Mr.. Taft be-
ran work December 1, 1902, and dur
Ing the progress OF the survey traced
the outcrop of the coal beds as &C.
curately as possible through several
thousand square miles of coal-bea,ing
rocks, which had been surveyed during
the preceding five years. Nearly 100
square miles Of new territory were sur
veyed in order 10 complete the geo.
logical work of the Choctaw-Chicka-
saw coal fields. Previous surveys in
this coa! field madc it possible, In the
short time allowed, TO determine the
structure OF the coal and the depths
to which the beds can be economically
mined. Otherwise years instead OF
months would have been required to
select the lands for segregation.
Ten coal beds were found to be OF
economic value and were located for
segregation. The coal In the lands
selected ranged in quality from that
Of high-grade bituminous coking Goals
to medium grade bituminous steaming
Goals that do not coke successfully.
The coal In each bed varies slightly
from point to point both in thickness
and In quality, and also differs In
quality from that OF other beds. The
coal beds vary in inclination beneath
the surface, and extend from the out
crops to depths beyond the, limit. OF
practicable mining. Thus the value OF
the coal in each bed varies according to
quality, thickness and depth beneath
the surface The usual characteristics
governing the value OF coal can be
hscertained in the case of these Goals
only by means Of detailed geological
surveys and practical tests.
The asphalt lands selected contain
asphalt of two general classes To
the larger Of these classes belong the
bituminous semi-liquid deposits which
nre found permeating porous sand
stones and limestones. These occur
both In horizontal beds and in beds
dipping at various angles to the
surface. Deposits Of this nature are
found filing rocks that range in thick
ness from thin beds to beds several
hundred feet thick. The second class
OF asphalt is solid, has the general APP
pcarance Of highly bituminous coal
and is usually clear Of earthly or stony
Impurities. II IS found filing assures
as solid veins pitching stccply into the
earth, and may be mined and shipped
In the same manner as coal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
ELECTRICITY AND WINE.
The Current r. Now Employed In the
Process of Aging tho
Grape Juice.

italian wine merchants have reason
to congratulate themselves on the In
PRODUCTION of the electrical process for
the aging of wines In the wine-pro-
ducing provinces Of Italy. The process
is said to render possible extraordl-
nary notifications IN the bouquet and
body of the vintage, and the suggestion
has been made that it might be en-
ployed with advantage also in the cor
rection of faults frequently apparent
IN California wines arising from the
richness Of the soil on which the grapes
have grown. But the tempering OF
wine is only one Of the many uses to
which electricity is now put in the wine
producing industry. In an establish
ment in Algeria, where the Arab labor
was uncertain and unsatisfactory,
generating plant has been erected for
doing the whole work. The current
from the dynamoi is utilized for Lighting
purposes and for the operation Of sew
en- electric motors ranging from two to
ten effective horsepower. One motor
drives a one-ton crane, which lifts
boxes Of grapes from the ground floor
TO the beating room, three motors oper-
ate the heaters and presses, and the re-
naming three are coupled direct to
centrifugal pumps, which keep the
must moving in the tuns.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
CATS LONG JOURNEY.
Covered Four Miles Eight Times to
Get Her Kittens Back to Her
Old Quarters.

"And the cat came back. l believe
that is the name Of a song popular
some time ago, but ! have evidence of
the fact that there was never truer
saying" said G. II. Chichester, of SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, to a Washington Star man.
"a friend of mine in Syracuse conducts
Il brewery, and a grocer friend pre-
scented him with an old cat and four
kittens that had very recently been
born. The old cat and little ones were
carried to the brewery and securely
locked in. The next morning the cat
and kittens were on the front porch Of
the grocery store waiting toI be let in.
How do you account for that? The
grocery was four miles from the brew
cry, and the kittens were too weak to
walk even q few yards. If the cat car
ried them back in her teeth she must
have done so one at time, making
eight miles for each kitten and 30 miles
for the entire litter, or else she relaycd
them, carrying one n little distance,
then going back after the next and so
on, until the last one had been depos-
tied in her first stopping place, and so
on in short distances until she reached
the store, You can figure out the dis
tancc she travelled in this way"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
BEAVER DAM IN NEW JERSEY.
Curious Conflict between wild AMI
NAL Life and Agriculture Near
Great City.

Mr.. Justus Won Lengerke recorded
in our columns two years ago the dis
coyery Of colony OF beavers in the
wilds of New Jersey, a region from
which the animal was supposed to have
been exterminatcd long ago, says For
est and Stream. The precise location
Of the colony Mr.. Won Lengerke Judi
ciously withheld, for he was apprehen-
sive that the beaver would prove a
temptation to the trappers. But now
the animals have revealed their where
abouts and forced themselves into pub
lie notice by reason Of their beaver ma
ture and the activity and enterprise
which II has prompted. They have
built dams and overflowed the ada
cent farm lands, and landowners have
at last become tired of DESTROYING
their work, and are now seeking some
measure OF relief. At Mr. Won Len.
gerke's suggestion, The New Jersey leg
islature passed bill for the protection
OF beaver; and the aRgrieved farmers
are thereby restrained. Taken nlto-
gether, this Is a very curious conflict
between wild life and agriculture
within two hours Of New York city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14

From Calcutta comes the strange
news that the skins Of frogs are now
being used to a considerable extent
throughout India for the purpose Of
binding books. Frogs abound in that
country, and bookbinders claim that
their skins can be exquisitely col
ored, and when turned into leather
are plable and durable. The cost OF
dyeing and tanning is, however, some
what greater than in the case OF
ordinary skins, and therefore for the
present only choice books and those
which are not intended to be handled
roughly are covered with frogs
skins.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
sIecu and physIcal Scum u ess.

TO sleep at any moment is undouh-
eddy sign of physical soundness and
Philstine sanity, especially in the mat
ter of the brain and it's functions, says
the Medical Press. A physician would
have little anxiety about the general
condition OF patient who could sleep
at will on railway journey. In these
days. Of hurry and hustle there could
be no more encouraging sight to the
philosopher than railway carriage at
MONDAY full OF sleepy passengers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
SOME POLITICAL PRAYERS.
Singular suppIicntiOns Attributed TO
Chaplains OF Several Legis-
Iatiye bodies.

The Philadelphia Record recalls
some political prayers made by chap
lains of legislative bodies. 1t was
inoffensive, but in poor taste, when
chaplain in the Delaware legislature
prayed: "Oh, Lord, Thy servants are
in a deadlock. Give them the key"
During the last Cuban insurrection a
chaplain In legislature prayed: THAT
the United States might supply with
arms, if necessary, those in Cuba who
were struggling for liberty" and that
we "might insist upon UNFOLDING the
Monroe doctrine" The chaplain of
the Illinois house prayed God to con
tract the capacious nav OF the penal
reformatory institutions OF Illinois.
May they learn to be content with less
money, and may we who refuse to
worship a golden calf also refuse to
worship gold in any FORM"
The chaplain Of a populist conven-
ton in Arkansas prayed that the state
might be delivered from democratic
control. In the Colorado legislature
Dean Peck prayed that the populists
and democrats might be resigned to
their fate. A populist chaplain in
Kansas prayed God to palsy the brain
and still the heart of the reasonable
nspirators," to-wit, the republicans.
In a Massachusetts campaign a min
lister prayed for the triumph OF right
eousness, and then broke out: "Oh,
Lord, what's the use of beating about
the bush? Give US Briggs for gov
ernorD
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
An Odd Ind usdry.

International trade touches rs
many diverse and interesting articles
ms an "old curiosity shop" handles.
One OF the latest and most curious
items is cat-o-nine-tails. A Maine
man lately shipped 200 barrels to
London. Last year he sent $50 bar
rcls. 1t Is odd that there should be
little demand In the United States
for an article which grows so com
monty here, while in London here is
constantly widening market. The
downy floss OF the head of the cat
tail is used for filing hlgh-priced pill
lows and cushions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
FINEST TELESCOPE IN WORLD.
Instrument for Studying the Sun,
Built for SmIthsOn Ian. In StitutiOn,
to lie Exhibited at st. Louis.

Prof. John A. Brashear, OF Ale
gheny, announces that the astronom-
zeal instrument just completed for the
Smithsonian institution, Washington,
ID. c.. will shortly be sent to st. Louis
where the United States government
will have it mounted for exhibition at
the big fair The instrument, which Is
quilt on new basis OF construction,
is technically known as coelostat.
1t Is the largest and most perfect in
strumcnt Of its kind ever constructed
md will be used primarily for the
study OF solar phenomena, such as
sun storms, solar spectrum work, and
other phenomena.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
NEW ELECTRICAL TRUST.
4 Gigantic international Comb M
tlon Is Projected In Germany
by Zig Companies.

Important negotiations will be con-
cluded in Berlin within a few days
for the organization of gigantic
International electrical trust, cmbrac.
ing the American General Electric
company, the British Thomson-Hou-
tton company and the newly-formed
Allgemeine Electricitaets Gesell-
schaft, and the Union company, Of
this city. The new trust proposes
TO obtain control Of the British and
continental markets TO contest the
trust. Siemens & Halske and the Shu-
kert companies recently formed a
combination, ard it is likely the
Westinghouse company will form an
alliance with these.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
FIND INDIAN BURIAL GROUND.
IAbOrers Mt Fort Riley, Kan, Dig Up
Skeletons with Pottery and
other Relies.

Laborers grading in the vicinity OF
the new gun sheds at Fort Riley,
Kan, have unearthed over n dozen
skeletons, probably of Indians, and
many flint hatchets and spearheads,
oddly-shaped pieces of pottery, and
stones probably used for grinding
corn. The bones of the skeletons
are larger than those of the average
sized man. The relics are thought
to be at least 200 years old 1t Is be-
licved that the spot was once bury
.ng ground.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
NO STRAPS IN BERLIN CARS.
senser Is Permit ed to En-
ter the Car.

There is no hanging on to straps in
The street cars of Berlin, even in the
rush hours. The policeregulations for
bid the carrying of q larger number OF
passengers in a car than is authorized,
and that number, which is posted con-
spicuously in every car, ia the same as
the number of seats, plus few per-
mitted to be carried on the front and
rear platforms, usually six persons
on the two platforms, says the New
York Sun.
When all the seats are filed no pas
senger is permitted to enter the car.
Standing in aisles or holding on 70
straps is not permitted. Similarly on
the platforms when six passengers
have found places there.
"This regulation" says Consul Gen.
eral Mason, "often separates a man
and his wife, who are not allowed to
return home by the same car, but IL
has the effect that there is no over
crowding and standing on each others
feet The conductor and motOrman
are instructed to enforce the regula-
ton and they do it without fear or
favor. The conductor is, in this coun-
try. clothed with the authority Of a
policeman on board his car, and can
put off any passenger who misbehaves.
This is probably the meat of the whole
matter. The conductor is a municipal
officer within the prescribed limits Of
his 1utyS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
veuefnble Pa n &C ca.

The humble onion contains a pow.
erful medicinal agent in the form OF
an oil, the sulphide of allyl, and 1t is
the fumes of this oil that cause the
eyes to water when peeling this veg
etablc. When cooked much OF the
allyl Is lost, but other elements con-
tanning sulphur remain intact.
Onions are an excellent remedy for
colds and are also an effectual relief
for chronic bronchitis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
lie Was Thoroughly Aroused.

A man in an apparently moribund
condition was recently taken into a
hospital In Melbourne. Australia, and
in order to revive him an electric
shock was administered. The results
were startling and unexpected. A
demoniac energy was instantaneous
" infused. lie sent the doctor
aprawling on the floor and flung n
couple of assistants out of the win
dow. Then he proceeded to wrecl,
the ward while nurses ran away
shrieking and barricaded themselves.
lie had done $500 worth Of darnags
before the police arrived
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
An Explanation.

John" said the funny mans wifi
sternly. did You write this horrit
mother in-law joke in The Week.,
Smoker"
"Yes. my dear. replied John hum
bly,, "but'-
"Well, think you are just too NEAR
for anything. Hasn't my mother al
ways treated you like her own SOM p
eyes, love, know she has, "bu
then
Don't try to excuse yourself. II .
had ever supposed you capable OF sucl
baseness, | never should have married
you. don't see how you will be able
Do look her in the face when she comes
to visit us next week.
"You don't understand, said Johr
desperately. .'She told me that joke
herself. and 1t will tickle her to death
to zee 1t In print San francisco
Examiner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14

There are few more striking facts
than the growing Importance Of
Puget sound customs districts. In
the year that has just closed all the
customs districts Of the United
States showed decline Of exports
and grain products except the Pacific
coast ports, the shipments from
Puget sound ports increasing As per
cent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14
DISCOVERY OF DIR. LOEB.
Celebrated Scientist, Formerly of
Chicago, Succeeds In HybrIdTE-
ing Experiment.

DIR. jacques Loeb, Of the California
university, has succeeded IN fertiliz-
ing the eggs OF a sea urchin with the
sperm OF starfish. Until the sue
cessful outcome Of the experiment
II had been thought impossible to
hybridize animals that were not in
close blood relaticnahip.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-14

Water freezes every night Of the
year at Alto Crucero, IN Bolivia;
while at MONDAY the sun Is hot
enough to blister the flesh.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-29
MEDIUMS AND cLAIRvoYANTs.

MRS. DOCTOR LYONS gives readings re-
in her own home: no letters answered: I0c;
hours from a. m. 70 p. m. seo0A Olive 1t.
MME. NEww. greatest fortune teller In the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-29

AUBERr. 7ssA-Gentlenaen or couples
who desire beautiful suite Of eie-
elegantly furnished roomE. with all
modern improvements: In private fam
lily OF two; with best OF board II de-
sired; should apply OF above number at
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-10
Fashion Hints for Spring.

Novelty suitings show a variety of
styles; the Scotch mixtures, having
bourettes of lustrous angora mohair
are among the smartest.
Mohair will be an extremity popular
material for spring.
In wash fabrics there is a wide as
sortment, and the summer shirt-waist
Or entire costume will be more at
tractive than ever before. Simple
designs continue general favorites.
The shirt-waist costume has at
tanned a prominent place among the
fashionable modes, the ammount of
variation possible in construction ad-
ding materially to it's popularity.
The house jacket continues to en-
JOY favor, and many of the smartest
modes are of this shaping.
Skirts fit smoothly about the hips
and flare at the bottom, though some
pleasing modes show shirrings and
tucks at the hips.
A fancy of the season is the gown
of pale-gray, cafe au lait or pure
white lace and chiffon combined.
And attractive decoration for the
sleeves of the new tailor gowns is
achieved by slashing them at the
back and lacing them across with silk
cord on small buttons.
Points are a feature in skirt deco
ration that will not easily lose their
popularity.
Embroidery is as popular as it has
been for several seasons.-From The
Delineator for March.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-10
THE KIND OF SEEDS THAT
YIELD.

As everybody knows there are good
seeds and and bad seeds, seeds that
grow and seeds that don't grow, seeds
that yield and seeds that don't yield,
and a little thought given now to the
selection of the seed you'll need, will
be found at harvest time to have been
well spent if you select the world
famed Ferry's Seeds-the kind that
always yields. For nearly half a cen
fury Ferry's Seeds have been known
and sown wherever good crops are
grown, until farmer and gardner
alike, have learned to depend upon
their wonderfully reliable growing
and yielding qualities, year after
year to the exclusion of all others.
Unfortunately the seed business
seems to afford a means for many I'M
scrupulous people, who aim to blind
the unwary to quality through little
ness of price and boastful claims,
who in reality have nothing to sub
stantiate their claims, no reputation
at stake, no past record as proof. 1t
is better to pay a little nor for the
seed and he assured of a great deal
more at the harvest by sowing Fer
RVS Seeds. The Seed Annual which
is sent free, postpaid, will be found
unusually interesting and instruc-
tive. Write for it to-day. Addres
D. M. Ferry & o., Detroit, Mich.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-10

pink having a red tinge to a very pale
tint.
That plumes will be a feature of the
spring millinery is evident, and there
exists a preference for antique lace,
some of the most charming hats of
the season being made of it.
The round of Spanish turban is
reproduced in spring materials and
is exceedingly smart when construct
ed of the new mixed straw braids and
trimmed with ribbon, quilts and in
some instances fowers.-From The
Delineator for March.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-10
Early Spring Millinery.

Flowers reign almost supreme in
the more dressy millinery creations,
with tiimy tulle, lace or chiffon intro
dUced as a foundation or as trim
ming.
That the low almost fat hat will
continue in favor is assured, but
higher crowns will be a feature of
some of the later hats, as a distinct
change is demanded by many, even
though it is not becoming.
The new tricorne has the brim roll
co up straight at the back and gradu-
"ted to a peak in the front. A veri-
table bed of geraniums is a new
SPRING hat in tricorne shape with the
crown low and formed of the shaded
Eed blossoms, while the brim is softly
rolled and entirely covered with pink
seranIums which shade from deep
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-10
WOMAN'S WORK
Motherhood.

The night throbs on, but let me pray,
dear Lord,
Brush off his name a moment from
my mouth.
To Thee mine eyes would turn, but
they 60 back,
Back to my arm beside me where he
lay
So little, Lord, so little and so warm!
I cannot think that Thou had'st need
of him.
He is so little, Lord, he cannot sing.
He cannot praise Thee; all his lips
had learned
Was to hold fast my kisses in the
night.
Give him to me-he is not happy
He had not felt his life; his lovely
Just knew me for his mother and he
died.
Hast Thou an angel there to mother
him?
[ say he loves me best-if he forgets,
If Thou allow it that my child for
gets,
And runs not out to meet me when I
come
What are my curses to Thee? Thou
hast heard
The curse of AbeTs mother, and since
then
We have not ceased to threaten at
Thy throne.
To threat and pray Thee that Thou
hold them still
In lncn cry of us.
See Thou tend him we'll.
Thou God of all the mothers! If he
lJtH
One of his kisses-ah my heart, my
heart,
Do angels kiss in heaven? Give him
back!
Forgive me, Lord, but l am sick with
grief,
And tried to tears and cold to COM
forting,
Thou art wise, I know, and tender,
aye, and good,
Thou hast my child and he is safe
with Thee.
And I believe
All God, my,chiId shall go
Orphaned and among the angels! All
alone.
So little and alone! He knows not
Thee,
lie only knows his mother-give him
back.
Josephine Dodge Daskam, in
Ncribncr's Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-10

Judge VIM. T. Zenor, of Washington,
d. c., writes from 2l3 n. Capital street,
Washington, d. c.:
al take pleasure in saying that can
cheerfully recommend the use of Peruna
as a remedy for catarrhal trouble and a
most excellent tonic for general condi-
tons. WIN. T. Zenor
Mrs. Amanda Morrill,, 100 Reid street,
Elizabeth, n. j., writes;
al have been sick over two years with
nervous prostration and general debil-
ity, and heart trouble. Have had four
uoctors; all said that could not get
we'll. 1 had not walked step in nine
months, suffering with partial paralysis
and paIpifafion of the heart every
other day, and had become so reduced
in flesh as TO be a mere skeleton,
weighing only IS pounds.
up to this date l have taken Peruna
for seven months. 1t has saved my life
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-10

his sent the truth home TO him and
cropping blindly his fingers closed over
Saunders's. God forgive me- he whis-
pered, ''ye're man, and lin a
damn"
Don't swear Peter" said the Parson,
getting weakly to his feet. Il only
what's that?"
Faint and clear in the distance sounded
the notes of a bugle Thank Cod"
cried the Lieutenant, the relief at last"
The men about him burst into a mighty
cheer, but the Parson. his hand in Pete
kelly's and his eyes on the flag, with a
sigh of content, fell prone beside the
color-bearer.
When Pete Kelly, convalescent came
forth from the hospital, the first person
his eyes rested upon was Tim Leary Just
arisen from the fever that had kept him
in Manila since the day the Mcpherson
landed.
How are yez, Peter?" he said smiling.
II hear we've seen some fighting; how s
Parson, did he face ut?"
Tim" said the gaunt Peter, sternly,
I've seen some fighting. as ye say
which yez didn't, praise God-and the
Parson is WELL" but, laying a huge paw
on the little mans shoulder IF | liver
hear yez speak of me frin, Mister
George Saunders, with that sneer in yer
voice again, I'll break yer jaw for yez
it's proud we ought to be for the privilege
of coming over in the ship with such a
man-see"'
Tim looking aghast into the menacing
face of mis- friend" "-[Wiliam
Forster Brown in the New England
Magazine.