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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
A MIGHTY AUTOCRAT.
The Power of the Tsnr OF All The Rus
sia~ AllPrevaiIing In His
Wide Domain.

No one can grasp the fundamental
state of things in Russia without real
izing that there the will of the car is
as the will of God. His land and his
subjects are his, to dispose of as he
may. In Russian battle, not so long
ago, the artillery, imperatively needed
in front, was stopped by deep ditch.
The soldiers flung themselves in until
the ditch was full, and the artillery
galloped over their bodies, says
Youths Companion.
In the world of business it is quite
the same. A Russian administrator
was discussing with Sir Henry Nor
man the military capabilities of the
Trans-Siberian railway, and Norman
said:
There wouldn't he rolling stock
enough to convey masses of troops in
"A short time"
Every engine and carriage in Rus
STA would be put there il necessary, ="
was the answer.
"But that would disorganize the
whole commerce of the country, and
bring tens of thousands to ruin"
You don't understand" said the
official. "lf the car gave the word
to take every railway carriage in Rus
STA, and run it across the Siberian rail
way and throw it into the China sea at
the end, who should prevent him?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM.
They Start In on Small Pay and Have
to Work Veoy Hard to Gain
Advance ent.

Said clever woman, whose sigma
ture is seen daily in one of New
York's leading papers: when
came to this city | did general house
work in journalism. That is why
| am housekeeper-in-chief to-day
You've got to scrub floors before you
can become superintendent OF scrub
bers. In plain English, | shaved to
gain my present position. l posed
models for illustrations, and, if the
models failed, l posed myself. When
anyone disappointed the editor, l
was behind the door ready to pop
out and step into the breach. When
people talk of my weekly salary in
three figures as if it were a gift Of
the gods, | long to tell them of the
days when ten-dollar assignment
meant my earnings for two weeks"
At recent gathering of women
who held editorial positions it was
found that nearly every one in the
rom had started at salary of ten
dollars or less week, says Woman's
Home Companion. One had been
obliged to work a month for moth
ing, just to convince the editor that
woman reporter recognized a news
item as quickly as did a man.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
GREAT INCREASE IN RENTS,
Ihe property OF the Crown In London
Now brings In Large Sums
Of Money.

Among the great ground landlords
in London the crown is one of the
greatest owning properties in various
parts ofthe capital yielding in ground
rents @2,3OO,OOO per annum.
Fifteen years ago the estates pro-
duccd Sl,O0O,OO0; but many leases have
fallen in within that time, and the in
creased rents have been exacted for
renewal fines or for new leases.
The Carlton hotel is striking in
stance of the increased value of
ground in London. Formerly the site
on which the hotel stands was held
from the crown for ground rent
of $500 per annuh; now $2I 900
yearly has to be paid.
In 1896 Earl Spencer, when renew
ing the lease Of his house in st. James
place, had to pay $1,000 per annum in
place Of $3.50 under the original lease,
while Lord Salisbury, who up TO 1895
paid only $50 for the garden of his
house in Arlington street, has his
ground rent raised to 1920, which is
still far from exorbitant as ground
rents go.
In recent years judicious invest
mcnts in ground rents on behalf of the
crown have been made, and when all
old leases fall in and come
to be renewed, it is expected that more
than Sj,OO0,OOO per annum will be re
allied.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
WASH THE BANK NOTES,
Treasury OMcial Advises Bankers TO
C!een Them with Soap
and Water.

'If the bankers of the country
only knew the great difference a lit
tie soap and water makes in a dirty
bank note there would be more clean
money in circulation" said a treas
ury official recently. eff you have
never seen the operation, just spread
a soiled note out upon a marble slab
and use small brush that has been
well soaped, and go to work scrub
bling, lightly, of course. But a few
strokes is necessary to secure a clean
note. give my personal attention to
all the paper money brought into my
household, and l tell you | feel re-
paid for the little work it causes.
II can see every reason why there
should be a person employed in the
banking houses for this particular
duty" continued the official, accord
ing to the New York Mail and Ex-
press. certainly the neglect in do
ing so gives ample cause for com
plants from the patrons concerning
the dirty, oily notes that are too fire.
quently handed to them. They NAV
be full of germs, which, of course
are dangerous; and this risk could
be easily eliminated by the simple
use of soap and water"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
FOR THIRTY-NINE CENTS.
How n Warrington Man WAS Made n
Lawyer without Much
Formally.


n i''"l ou@iA'a" man WI" ""S oic'
VHe rep eSe" Id 'i't % one % tue ''s
ii'ei'aH'i 'e as'Ne''S ''''S Nl"'y u
no" ne became member 81 'ne p1t
'h Ihe STATE % Nl'GIH'" d hu'"otI oi
years ago says 'he " DIS nlNBlon sur
ne Aau oecaAloh 70 Z" 70 one o. Inc
lhIahd counties OF ihe S''ie 70 make
an e&a in4hauoh OF the county ftc"roS
IN ofaeF 70 ascertain liIe S'ahulHB III
'he county ~ d h"Ihp,r 81 tou"'iS
merchants Upon reaching tHe TulI'
ROAD station he iouha II necessary l"
dfI'e distance OF ten HIIea or more
over d roau "hlch was d mere "Pof
"sy LOT high"ay' heachlnR lhe
county seat ne went 70 lhe cIefh 5 once
ID the courthouse ana pf"cecoeu 70
look over the RECORDS as he had zone
IN many other places without any OBJ
Jecuoh DelhR "hticd' WINE he was
sun on ms hfsl DOOM ne was asked
by one OF me clerks II lie was mem
Der OF the par
NOT ~ virginia lie answered. IN n
tone lhu4caUlhg 'haI ne was member
OF the oar elsewhere
l ia horIH ha'u me young man,
Dut IL I'M" county IL Is against the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
INCREASE IN LUNATICS,
unhed Kingdom In 1902 Was
1851.

The Iunacy returns Of England
show an appalling increase during
the last generation and half, The
number Of registered lunatics in the
United Kingdom in 1859 was 1899;
in 1902 the number had increased to
1861, Of these 11O7l3 being in
England alone, where the yearly In
crease works out about 1000 victims.
The official view is that the increase
Is more important than real; that
the case is rather one OF accumula-
ton; that II there be an increase it
is not out Of proportion to the in
crease Of population.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22

Critics within and Without the Mex
lean army must henceforth be care
full about the remarks regarding the
military establishment of that coun-
try. The penal code has lately been
so amended that it will cover all such
criticisms in the broadcast possible
manner, under the head Of insults,
defamation and ealumny," and the
lightest penalty inflicted for such
oiIcnse is two months in prison. This
new law is especially directed against
the newspapers, which have lately
been sharply criticiling the conduct
OF military affairs in the neighbor-
ing republic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
AMMONIA FOR BURGLARS.
brooklyn Druggist's Encounter
suggests Weapon Which
comes Popular.

A druggist in Brooklyn was held IN
in his store and happened to have a
glass of ammonia on the counter
which he dashed into the visitors face
and the fellow ran, smashing through
a glass door, doing himself great mis-
chief. He had a companion so amazed
he hesitated when a second glass of
the elixir hit him squarely in the nose
with another dose of the aromatic
fluid and paralyzed him with pain and
terror on the spot, so that he was
taken a helpless prisoner. The drug
gist advertised bottles of LIQUID fire
prepared for burglars. and the med
icine became fashionable, saws a re-
cent report. The holdfast robbers
were for awhile discouraged. The
burglar bomb ought to be prepared
for action by an enterprising firm the
bottles of assorted sizes and used ac
cording to directions. which might be
blown into the glass. The banks
should be equipped with the bomb
They are TT short range much more
certain to go TO the right spot than
pistol shots.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
METEORS MAY END WORLD.
There Are Many Travelling Throuph
Space mt Rate of Hundred
Miles ~ Second.

The earth is moving around the sun
at the velocity of IS miles second,
while the sun, with all its attendant
planets, is being hurried on toward
the great fiery constellation of Her.
cules at far greater velocity. The
very fact that small meteors exist
proves the possibility Of the existence
in space of meteors of inconceiva BILE
agnitude-even great, black, dead
worlds may lie in our path, like break.
ers in the path Of a ship.
Fifty miles a second is not an un.
usual velocity for heavenly bodies, and
some are known to move at speed
even in excess Of 100 miles a second
500 times the speed of rife ball
Small meteorites, which reach the
earth at a velocity of from 20 to 30
miles second, are instantly consumed
by the friction generated with the at
mosphere. Large meteors, however,
occasionally reach the earth, escaping
destruction from their size, but are
found to have their surfaces fused
from heat generated by the passage
through the atmosphere.
Although it is not probable, says the
Pittsburg Gazette, still it is possible
that the earth may some time encoun-
ter such shower of small meteors,
perhaps in the form of comet, that
the heat of combustion from friction
with our atmosphere and the poison
Gus gases thereby generated might de-
strOy all terrestrial life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
GREkI WEALTH OF BASLE.
Swiss CITY Is the Richest of Its Size
in Europe II Not inthe
World.

The richest city in Europe and prob
ably in the world is Basel-or Basic,
as it used to appear in the school
geogra phies-in Switzerland. The re-
turns published by the tax administra-
tor show the assessed valuation is
more than $llO,O00,0 600 and the total
population is $4,000, an average of
more than 81, 400 for each man, wom-
an and child in the city. The assessed
valuation of Basel equals the total rev
enue Of the $4,000 houses and buildings
in Paris, says the New York World.
OF the $4,000 inhabitants Of Basel,
there are $50 who are rated as million
aires. lnasmuch as the amount is
reckoncd in France this means that
the wealth Of these $50 persons eX-
ceeds 100000. There are 175 who
have between 100000 and 100000
l7O who have 100000 and sos have
from $4,000 to 100000. Within IS
wears the wealth of Basel has increased
500 900, 600, and the population has al
most doubled, which is a most remark
able showing for town that is 100
years Old 1t has always been famous
1t was the important stronghold of
Helyetius in the eleventh century, and
Erasmus died there in the sixteenth
century
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22

A New York street car incident a
few days ago should furnish dread
full warning to women who wear la st
years hats. A tolerably young and
charming woman boarded a subur-
ban car on the other side Of the river,
and after having seated herself dis
covered that her hat was alive. The
next instant saw the millinery on the
floor and the woman standing on the
floor with skirts lifted rather indo-
corously high. Four mice scampered
around the floor of the car in great
CONSERVATION at having been dispos
scssed of their tenement. After the
mice were killed the woman explained
that the hat was an old one which
she had not worn for a year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
Dangerous AcquieAcence.

"What was the cause of Vawdvill
going to the hospital?' asked Flu
Utilities.
San Irish friend was telling him
that the Hibernians Of the country
were going to put stop to actors
impersonating them on the stage.
Vawdvill agreed with him."
'But that didn't cause the fight,
did it?"
"Yes. The Irishman said that the
actors didn't do the Hibernians JUS
tice-and Vawdvill said no comedian
could. When he came to he was in
the ambulance. "-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
- .
WHEN INDIANS FEASTED.
They Had Meat and Vegetables In
Great Variety in Aboriginal
Times.

What did the Indians eat? Gabriel
Thomas writing in 1896 tells up that
"they live chiefly on Maze or Indian
Corn roasted in Ashes sometimes beat
en- boyd with Water, called Hominie.
They have cakes, not unpleasant; also
Beans and Pease, which nourish much,
but the Woods and Rivers afford them
their provision; they eat morning and
evening, their Seats and Tables on the
ground" Mr.. C. C. Abbott tells in
Travels in Tree-Top" Of other veg
etable foods known to the Indians;
the roots Of the golden club, arrowleaf
and ground nut, besides various ber-
berries and nuts.
1t is well known, says Youths Com
panion, that extensive orchards were
planted by these people. 1t may be
added that, in all probability, the tu-
bers of that noble plant, the lotus, were
used as food.
1t is clear that the Delawares were
meat-eaters. 1t needs but little dig
ging on any village site to prove this.
and from single fireplace deep down
in the soil have been taken bones OF the
elk, deer, bear, beaver, raccoon, musk
rat and gray squirrel.
The remains of deer were largely in
excess. and as this statement holds
good of every village site of the In
dams, doubtless they depended more
largely upon the deer than upon all
the others.
II individual tastes varied as they do
among us, we have certainly sufficient
variety here to have met every fancy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
She Il Adaptable to an Astounding
Degree and Is Unframed by
Self-COnsci o us n eSs.

The American girl is admired and
liked at home and abroad, because she
is the happiest, healthiest and friend
lest of girls. Usually unframed by
any self-consciousness, she is not apol-
ogetic and morbidly sensitive, as are
many girls brought up in the close,
conventional air of European civiliza-
ton. She likes the world, and is alive
to everything beautiful and good in
existence. She is easily pleased, and
her unstudied, fresh enjoyment Of SIM
pie pleasures gives happiness to every
one around her by its simple, whole
some expression through her face, fig
ure and voice, says Woman's Home
Companion.
American girls, when you study
them critically, are not more beautiful
than English or French girls, but some
how an American girl always con-
trives to make pretty picture of her.
self, and neither she nor anyone else
can explain how she does it. She is
adaptable to an astonishing degree,
anu She tdh uiess ioi "aih' al oul-
door game, dinner or ball so as to
make the impression that in each par
ticular garb she is at her best. This
power to change her appearance SO as
to look almost like another person is
one of the American girls chief charms,
and she owes it to her keen appreca-
ton of the people and circumstances
around her. She has Imagination and
intuition, and a genius for fitting her
self to the hour.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
MusicaI Ballot box.

A French genius has invented a
novelty In the form of n musical box
This instrument plays popular tunes
at intervals for the amusement Of
electors while the polls are open, who
to vote. When the hundredth paper
has been dropped in the instrument
will play certain tune. The two
hundredth will start second and
different melody, and SO on.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22

Another man has killed himself be-
cause he feared that he was going to
lose his mind In most Of these
cases, says the Chicago Chronicle,
the deceased had mighty littia mind
20 lose,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN PROBATE-MANTTo COUNTY CorRr.
L In the matter of the estate of Michael
Mullins deceased. 49,
To all whom it may concern Le1Iiers
parliamentary on said estate of Michael Mullins
having been issued to William Mullins on the
9th day of January A. d. 1903 and SIX
months from and after said day bong allowed
and limited for creditors to present their
claims Cor examination and allowance, notice
is hereby given that the undersigned will on
the first Tuesdays Of June and July A, ID. 1893
at the Probate Office in the City of Manitowoc.
in said County receive examine and adjust all
claims and demands Of all persons against
said deceased.
Dated January 6, 1903.
JOHN CHLOUPEK, County Judge
j. 6. Anderson, Attorney.
Publish Jan. s, Is, -, %.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22

1t is a custom in the Belgian parlia-
ment, when a member is making u
long speech, to be supplied with
brandy as a beverage, at the expense
OF the government.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
Knew the Sex.

Mrs. Shapeleigh--I am looking for
something that will enable me to keep
my skirts out of the mud.
Floorwalker-Yes, aam. You will
find the fancy hosiery in the base
ment.-Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
No wiI.tling In Bucno~ Ayres.

Any person caught whistling in the
streets Of Buenos Ayres is liable to
be arrested. The police alone have
the right to whistle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22
Talk and Print.

English is particularly prolific in
slang, perhaps because it has lost the
capacity to make compounds, says
the London Acadamy. Cast your net
in any sea of talk and you will bring
up words that have not yet been
clothed in calf, and, indeed, are
scarcely respectable; but they may
yet found families. 1t was, we be-
lieve, a bus driver who with a side
shout christened the central London
railway as the "two-penny tube"
And now "the tube" is literary.
The Pilot for Job work
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-22

FOR SALE-A three horse power
engine aud boiler just the thing for a
small shop or for farmer who wants "A
small power and boiler that can be
used for a steam cooker, water heater
or other purposes. Will be sold cheap.
Apply at the Pilot office,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-18
SEEKEST THOU FOR
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SUFFERER?
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Celery Compound

Will Give You That Health That
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Who dare deny the assertion that
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Notwithstanding medicine is a life
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pound is the one true and guaranteed
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81 a mnearly sev%enty-ive years old,
and have put off being carried to the
graveyard and gone to farming again,
Paine's Celery Compound is my life
and strength. 1t has raised me from
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health. When | first commenced Win
the compound, / weighed one hundred
pounds, but now | weight one hun
dred and twenty pounds. am wen
and feel well, and my ~neighbors all
congratulate me upon my gooo
healthy looks"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-18
Use of Submarine Boat.

Great Britain is among the ,...
the great powers to realize -
OF submarine vessels in futuro
fare. They have therefore
five of them built at once In ~.
spect Great Britain resemble.
people in our country who. whom
feel sick. wait until the last
before seeking a remedy n
them. The majority of them
ever, always keep a bottle of uo....
ter's Stomach Bitters in their mod,o,-
chest, and at the first sign of . A..
ordered stomach take a few doses ui,,
the result that they are always in NJ,
feet health. This is an excellent A.
for you, also. The bitters will No.
itively cure headache, heartburn. son,
stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia. in.
somina, or nervousness. Try a bot,,.
and be convinced of it's value.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-18
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

Weather Bureau report U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture:
Report for the II hours ending 8 p.
m. 18TH meridian time or 500 p. M,
local time:
Winnemucca, March IT:
Mean barometer, 1886.
Maximum temptruare hmrfgo dlu
s Maximum temperature, Al.
Minimum temperature, %.
Normal temperature, AZ.
Prevailing wind, northwest.
Precipitation for "a hours, O.O2.
Minimum temperature, March Is, 20
J. C. HAYDEN,
Observer Weathe" - eau.
WEATHE1. FORECAST.
Tonight fair. Thursday fair.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-18

d. w. S. Porter, dentist. Office on
Bridge street. Il
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-18

in distant parts of the empire
end three to remain at home as a re-
serve. brings before the British pub
lie a clear view of the dangers which
confront them and also a perception
of the cost entailed by the necessity
OF guarding against the menace. Even
at this time it is said that some of the
more far-sighted statesmen are I'M
easy over the advance of Russia in
Persia. The feeling is more acute in
India than in London. and despite
the assurance given in Parliament by
Lord Cranborne that all prospects
point to the early establishment of
an amicable agreement with the Gov
eminent of the Car, dispatches from
Calcutta are to the effect that both
Lord Curzon and General Kitchner are
extremely eager to have the defensive
positions along the entire Indian from
tier greatly strengthened not only as
to Notifications but as to the num-
Der and equipments of the garrisons.
The situation of course is one that
no British statesman can guard
against. Europe has become an arm
ed camp, and Britain must be ready
to defend herself. There is no other
way. 1t is either empire or moth
ing.
While the people talk m~ockingly OF
the Weather Bureau, that institution
takes itself seriously and points to
itself with pride. Just now it is busy
circulating a story in the East that
warnings of the February cold ave
saved "a, OO0, 900 worth of perishable
freight.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-18

nourished and then the outcry OF the
nerves will cease as naturally as a hum
CRY child ceases to cry when fed.
For nervous ome there is no better
tonic and nervine than DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t cures the dis
eases which produce nervousness in
women, irregularity, facilitating drains,
Inflammation, liberation and female
weakness. 1t tranquilizes the nerves,
encourages the appetite, and induces re-
freshing sleep.
rWhen I began taking your medicine l was
not able to stand on my feet ten minutes at a
time" writes Mrs. Hattie Borradaile. of ia
Spring Street, Nashville. Tenn. Had falling
of uterus, and kidney and liver disease, and was
so weak and nervous 1 could not keep still
Would take nervous spells and almost die at
times. / had several different doctors attend
ing. but they could not do me any good. The
last one / had said l would never get up again.
Told him that l was taking your Favorite Pre-
scription and Golden Medical Discovery and
he said, Might just as well take that much
water each day But ! thought l would give the
medicine a fair trial. Before / had finished the
1rst two bottles | was able to get outside til.
house and walk around the yard. / kept a
taking the medicines and they cured me-"
DIR. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.