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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
THE CIRCUIT BARBER,
Takes Temporary Quarters in Each
village Twice IL Week and
Does His Work.

The circuit preacher everybody has
heard of, but the circuit barber is sure
ly something new, says the Detroit Free
Press
'Out on the road the other day." said
a man who had been out painting signs
In the small towns, Il saw something
unusual. OF course, | always read every
sign | come to; it is my business in
stinct.
'On one front window of an empty
battered old house, at the end of a vii
lage street | read, in great white let.
tiers, the word Saturday. Wondering
what this meant, l glanced at the next
window, on a side porch, and there were
printed on the panes of glass these
words: Shave, five cents-har cut, ten
cents
ut puzzled me to connect the empty
house and the word Saturday with the
other notification. Then decided that
it meant that some travelling barber
would receive men of the village and the
farmers round about on Saturday. In
the village was told that my guess was
correct. The barber was young farm
err In the neighborhood; and on two
other days In the week he visited two
other villages nthe country, on the same
errand of scissors, lather and razor"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
MATHEMATICS AND LAUNCHING
Vast Amount of Calculation Neces
snry in Floating the Great
Vessels.

The launch Of a vessel Is primarily
matter Of mathematics. In ship
Of immense size 1t calls for vast
amount Of calculation before the first
step is taken in the actual work. says
Franklin Matthews, in Outing. In
the first place the specific gravity Of
the vessel must be figured out SO as
to allow for the various strains to
which the hull is subjected on Its
slanting journey into the water, with
It's sudden plunge as the bow drops
from the ways. An enormous amount
of data must be collected to fix this
center of gravity The weight Of all
the material that has gone into the
vessel up to the time of the launching,
the distribution of this weight. the
weight of chains and anchors and
other material placed on board prepar,
atory to the launch must all be con,
sidered. When the center Of gravity
is fixed the successful shipbulder
konws just how to build his launch
ing ways, and just where to strength
en- them. He knows then, by n little
calculation. how long each part of the
vessel will be subjected to certain
strains and how best to prepare for
them. He can figure almost to the sec,
ond how long the ship will be in slid,
ing into the water
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
THE WOMAN OF THIRTY.
AT Th1I Age She No Longer Mnsquer-
AIDES and Has Reached Her
Highest Capacity.

Keith Clark remarks in the Reader
that when one knows the age of woman
one knows the woman. The very fact
that she permits you to know her age
exhibits her character. She no longer
masquerades. She has lost a certain I'M
certainty, an evanescent deicacy. that
was irresistible charm. Women, like
philosophy, are divided into two classes,
the movable and the unknowabe. Also
like philosophy, 1t is the unknowable
woman who is the speculable. Therefore,
to get her at her highest capacity, she
must be unmarried and about 30.
The married woman presents certain
unacceptable telltale data She has chill
dren. and those children have apparent
ages, two facts which go far In deter
mining her annals. If she is unmarried
and not about &c." she is under 30
again an indefinite fact. Being about
30' is indefinite. She may be more OF
less. No one hazards a guess. There
is delightful vagueness in being about
90 1t has nothing to do with dates;
and many of us who from our youth up
have felt no attachment for dates can
forgive the unattached their confessed
Indifference
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
PASSING OF THE PANAMA.
Their Vogue In En- GLAND and America
the Past Two Summers
Merely q Craze.

Strangely enough Panama hats are
not much affected by Englishmen resi-
dent in the lands where they are pro-
duced Their vogue in England and
the United States for the past two sum-
mers was merely a craze. They were
worn by many persons who should have
known better, says the London Outlook.
Panama hats go naturally with white
duck clothing and soft shirts. Cricket
ing or boating flannels will do well
enough, but stiff linen collar or
patent-leather boots bring discredit
upon themselves or upon the Panama
hat. Neither does the Panama go we'll
with fair complexion and light-colored
hair. Your swarthy skin and dark hair
carry the Panama best. Girls who
would wear them should have we'll
formed heads and saucy air. Strict
decorum and the Panama hat go not
well together. Fat men who perspire
steadily and readily should eschew
them, for fat or slim will not wear them
mitch longer. The Panama hat Is dy-
ing. Any specimens which cost three
gulneas or over may be kept as curios
lty' Under that price they may be
burned or converted into baskets.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
The Great Parks of Colorado

Constitute one of her chief glories,
They contain fields, forests, and plains;
they are watered by creeks and rivers,
and contain villages and farm houses;
they have springs and lakes where no
tells and other places of entertainment
are found for those seeking health and
recreation.
To enable people to reach these
favored localities without unnecessary
expenditure of time or money, the
Union Pacific has put into effect very
low rates and splendid train service
from Missouri River to Denver.
Accommodation are provided for all
classes of passengers on these trains,
the equipment including free reclining
chair cars dining cars, buffet smoking
cars, drawing room sleepers day coach
es etc.
Full information furnished on appli-
cation to
w. G.. NEIMYER, G. A.,
1913 South Clark St,
Chicago, Ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
SPANISH PEGGY
A STORY OF YOUNG ILLINOIS
Copyright, 1899, by Herbert 8. Stone l. Co.

and their knowledge of the wide world
so limited, that they and their elders
took primitive delight in telling over
their own adventures. The oftener a
story was repeated the more dignity
it acquired.
Talking about wolves" said young
Green, when nobody had said word
about wolves since the girls entrance,
looking at his sister with sly enjoy
ment, Il was going afoot to the mill
early one morning last summer, and
met two in the path-a black one and
a gray one. | stood still and looked
at them, and they stood still and looked
at me. l knew if I turned to run they
would pull me down in minute.
Finally I whipped out my jack-knife
and cut a rosn-weed, and dashed at
them, yelling with all my might. They
We're so SCARED they ran like sheep"
cor like that wagon that you stopped
before we came to Illinois," retorted his
sister Nancy. when daddy was going
to move from Car'lina he bought new
wagon. We children had never seen
such a thing, and we climbed the
spokes, and William took hold Of the
chain on the tongue. The wagon
started down hill, and everybody let go
but William. The tongue ran into
tree and broke, and left the chain In
his hand. I was going to hold on IL 1t
killed me, mother says he. For II
that wagon had got away, how were
we going to move out to Illinois?'
Speaking about sheep" continued
young Green, as If he had not heard
the wagon story, daddy told Nancy
when she was herding the sheep, that
she must carry bag with her and save
the wool that stuck to the bushes Our
old eve was tame, and 1t was easier to
pick the wool off her back than to
hunt through the bushes. So Nancy
picked the old eve, and came home
with a full poke two nights hand run
ming. The first night daddy praised
her; but the second night he found 1t
out"
Il wasn't ten years old then" re-
membered Nancy; "and my conscience
hurt me worse the first night than
daddy's punishment did the second.
That reminds me, Nancy" said
Lincoln, ''of what your mother told me
Sticky did when he was about ten years
old. He brought in some frozen eggs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
A Bows Wild Ride For Life

With family around expecting him to
die and son riding for life, ~ miles,
to get DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds, w II.
Brown, Of Leesville, Ind, endured
deaths agonies from asthma; but this
wonderful medicine gave instant relief
and soon cured him He writes: II
now sleep sonldly every night. Like
marvellous cures Of Consumption, Pneu-
monia, Bronchitis. Coughs, Colds and
Grip prove its matchlcss merit for all
Throat and Lung troubles Graran
teed bottles soc and SlOO Trial bottles
free at Henry llinrichs drug store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17

WANTED Several persons of char
acter and good reputation in each state
tone in this county required)to repre-
sent and advertise old established
wealthy business house of solid tinan-
cial standing Salary S2l.00 weekly
with expenses additional, all payable
in cash direct on each "Wednesday from
head Office Horse and carriage fur
nished when necessary. Reference
Enclose self addressed envelope,
Colonial, 333 Dearborn St, Chicago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17

IlAAN ftf bLoN ..
and raked out the Goals and put the
eggs to thaw on her best pewter platter.
She said when she found the meHed
pewter running all over the hearth she
felt discouraged about him.
Ann Rutledge laughed, and flung
one Of her thick auburn braids behind
her shoulder.
Haven't you any tale to tell of Abe,
Minter Grayham?"
Minter Grayham, used to having his
name prolonged by the soft southern
drawl with gentle familiarity, smiled
and shook his head. No one around
the cOoper's fireplace had a sense of
the degradation of poverty or the
triviality of any human experience.
Life in New Salem was full of zest
which they brought from Massa-
chusetts, from Kentucky and Tonnes
see and Carolina mountains, and from
good English ancestry; though 1t was
merely the ordinary pioneer life of
young state.
AS Abe cast on more fuel end the
blaze tiared higher. a scream like
rabbits pierced the doorway, and
something writhed over the step on
the puncheon floor. A furious woman.
the vision of a witch, with beard grow
ing tufted on her long chin, whacked
the writhing object with a crutch az
hard as she could plant the blows.
Ann Rutledge screamed.
Hold on" cried Lincoln in two
CT three long strides. Don't do that"
He received on his arm the last stroke
of the stick, which the woman carried
with her as she ran from him.
oh my dear!" said Ann, brushing
shavings off little girl whom she
helped up from the floor, are you
hurt?'
Sally got me that time!" the child
answered. hopping to balance herself
and laughing while tears ran down her
cheeks. She took my crutch from me
so couldn't run. But I saw this door
open, and goody! I'm In"
And she was born a white woman,"
cried Ann Indignantly. Sally Shick-
shack behaves like savage! You
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
For Piles.
Sample mailed free.
One application gives relief.

The continued use Of Hum
phreys' Witch Hazel Oil per-
manently cures Piles or Hem
orrhoids-External or Internal,
Blind or Bleeding, Itching or
Burning, Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief inmediate-cure certain.
Three Sizes. Csc. soc. aud 900. Sold by
Druggists. or sent prepaid on receipt Of price.
Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and
John Sts., New York.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
Round Trip Rates via Union Pacific

Round Trip Rates via Union Pacific
to many points in the states of Colorado,
Utah, California, Montana, Oregon and
Washington from Missouri River Ter
minals Council Bluffs to Kansas City
inclusive
$l7 80 to Denver. Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, daily to Sept. 80.
$50 80 to Odgen and Salt Lake City
daily to Sept. 80.
"a. 30 to Spokane Sept and 10.
$50. 90 to Portland Tacoma and Sc
attic Aug. IL, Sept. and ID.
800. 90 to San Francisco and Los An
geles oct II TO II, inclusive
For full information address,
w. G.. NEIMYER, G.. A.
1913 S. Clark St Chicago, Ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
Remarkable Gases.

In La Crosse a man has been found
whose father was a Chinaman and
whose mother was n negress, and the
man does not like either rice or water
melons This, remarks the Chicago
Tribune, Is equaled by a man In In
dianapOlis whose mother WAS from
Milwaukee and father from Louisville.
He has a decided antipathy for either
beer or whisky.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
Pleasant To the Taste

One of the most important require
children should be that it is pleasant to
take Bad tasting medicines disturb
the stomach, destroy the appetite and it
is extremely difficult to get children to
take them. The pleasant flavor Of Rs
Go Tonic Laxative Syrup the certain
cure for dyspepsia, constipation, and
biiliousness pleases the most sensitive
persons and is the ideal laxative for
young children. Sold by Henry Hin
richs, Druggist.
Modern dentistry at Ernst Seegers
dental parlOrs North Eiphth street
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17

MANITOWOC-Se Season of 1908
Steamer South TO Milwaukee
and Chicago, Daily except
Saturday and Sunday. 7;S0p. NJ.
Steamer South Milwaukee
and Chicago, Sunday ...... S00a. M.
Steamers for North Algoma
Kewaunee, Sturgeon Bay,
Menominee, Thursday, SAT-
urday and Sunday. ...... 700 p. III
Steamer north
Wednesday ............ 100 p. III.
Office and docks foot of 5th street
G. p. Houghton, Agent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. 20, in use
over 40 years, the only success
full remedy. 81 per vial, or spec
'ial package for serious cases, So.
Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid recepto Of price
Humphreys Med. Co., William & lohn Sts.H NY.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
ADAPTING FOREIGNERS.
How the Little Children Bcgin to Ac-
quirc Knowledge in the
United States.

The foreign parents of East side chill
dren realize that knowledge-especi
knowledge Of the language-is power. In
the class room, as on the street, the
conflicting racial characteristics OF the
children OF different nationalities. the
influence of heredity, home life and en-.
vironment, are all strlkingly exempined
says Every body's Magazine. The teach.
ers soon come to realize that the surest
way to spur the Jewish boys on to re.
newed efforts In their studies Is to tell
them constantly stories of the positions
of power and wealth which await boys
who have the education to fiji them, stor
les of other boys who have grown up to
fll such positions.
The dreamy, indOlcnt Italian children
can best be reached by an appeal to their
love of pure scholarship, their apprecia
ton of the artistic, of rhythm and
music, of the beauty Of form and color.
With nothing in their unlovely lives to
awaken a spark OF artistic creativenoss
once given a glimpse Of artistic proceed
ure In the modelling and drawing classes,
they display that marvellous talent for
creation which Is their heritage OF race.
and which has outlived the degradation
OF fifty generations. All the children
OF the East side especially the Hungar-
fans, have a wonderful gift Of language,
slow Rcpnir to Swift Destruction.
An indication of the enormous cost OF
time as well as money involved In at
tempts to repair the damage done by
forest destruction IL given by Mr.,
George w. Rafter. In Water Supply Pa
per No 80, Of the Geological Survey.
Concerning the proposition to reforest
the Croton watershed whereby, II Is
calculated, the daily supply OF New
York city water could be Increased 75,-
600. 900 gallons, Mr.. Rafter says that
100 years would be needed to produce
the full effect OF forestation. and by the
expiration OF that time the original
cost, compounded at three per cent. In
terest, would amount to about $780,
900, 900
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
ChiCagO 4 North Western Railway.
NORTH BOUND

No l7and excertSu No
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No landlm
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-09-17
SOUTH BOUND TRAINS

Train No 6MM ItS a tr
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ntowo Asa Leave
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"You have as much spunk as a boy"
approved Dick. Il like to see little
girl able to hush up crying"
But | am not little girl" said
Peggy. Il am Is years old
Fifteen, Peggy! You can't be Is!
| thought you were about TO-
That's because am so little for my
age. And my name isn't really
Peggy
They called you Peggy"
That's because have peg leg. My
own name is Consuelo Lorimer. And
| have another that the Sacs called
me-"
Everybody who went 20 Minter Gray
hams ol-house, knew that her
name was set down as Consuelo Lori
mer on his book 1t meant nothing in
New Salem, but Yates heard it with
quick interest.
WAS old Don Luis Lorimer, who
used TO be q Spanish governor down
the river I long while ago, any rela-
ton of yours?"
DulChSHdth Dil MS htB utltTtI 50
strong a grunt that all the others
stopped talking and listened.
The young chief knows a heap"
said Shickshack
II only know there was such a gov
ernor, on old Spanish Rround-part
French himself, but his wife was pure
Spanish. I've been to Cape Girardeau
But l don't know whether he has any
living descendants or not
Last grandchild," said Shlckshack.
indicating Peggy Her eyes moved ap-
prehensiyely from white lad To Indian.
To be continued
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-10
ALONE AND DESERTED.

81 am alone in the world; my wife is
gone; have raised a large family and
they have all left me, and now haven't
a child who would give me a drink OF
water if needed it. | am all alone,
and ! suppose will soon shuttle off my
self; and perhaps it will be for the best
if do. 1t is hard to come to this, but
now am selling the last things have
and will board with kind neighbor."
The other day an old man, feeble with
age and troubled with pain, came into
this Office with the above salutation,
and with tears in his eyes recalled the
sad condition his declining years have
found him in. He added that he had
given his children considerable for his
circumstances and yet they only cursed
him because he did not give them more.
We know not what are the conditions
surrounding his case, but the example
is one to make young people think and
weep. Once a young man, straight and
tall, with the flush of life and energy
coursing through his veins, this old man
faced the world and made a place for
himself and wife in it. Their children
were born and raised as we'll as their
abilities and means would allow. They
toiled and loved and loved and toilcd to
bring the children through to their own
independence. And their reward?
Ungratefullness, abandonment, hatred
and curses
Truly, nothing the old man has ever
done for the children has ever merited
this reward. IL he had saved the lives
of his children when small, had reared
and fed them through their helplessness
he was now deserving of the same treat
ment from them. He is old, almost help
less and on the verge of the grave.
His life's work is done and he has only
love to live for, and yet is robbed of
even that.
Are children educated to that end?
Are they growing to despise old age
and ugliness? Are they drifting into
selfshness and degradation to the eN-
tent that they can see an aged father
suffering and alone on the brink of the
grave?
1t may be so in this case, but we do
not believe it is the tendency Of the
times. We do not believe the example
noted is fair one. We think more of
Americas young manhood than that,
and have faith that the future is more
hopeful for old age than solitude, pow
erty and helpless decay.
Let the popular cry be against those
who treat old age so shamefully as this
old man complains Of. -Denison Bulle-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-10
Charles A. Edwards, the noted Wash

Charles A. Edwards, the noted Wash
ington correspondent, in his current
letter says: "There is some rather
severe criticism of the president here
in political circles in the national cap
ital on account Of the recent naval re-
view. That review ordered by the
president to be held practically in his
back yard in Oyster Bay, partook very
much of the autocratic methods of the
car or the kaiser. No previous presi-
dent ever ordered the ships of the
American navy to come to his home in
order to review them and make a war
like speech to the officers and men OF
the navy. That review, for which there
was no need or warrant, except to make
a hoodlum holiday for the inhabitants Of
Oyster Bay and vicinity, cost the tax,
payers of the country not less thar
$4,000 for powder burned in salutes to
the commander-in-chief of the American
navy. He may next take a notion thai
he wants to review the American army
If he does it will cost the people moi
less than half million dollars to con
centrate the troops for the review
The people need not be surprised al
anything"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-10

September, October, November and
December arc the four months in which
grey and fox squirrels can be lawfully
killed in Iowa. The first day Of Septcm-
Der always marks the beginning of the
open season on ducks, geese and prairie
chickens. The shooting season on the
above game opens on the same day but
does not close at the same time. 1t is
against the law to shoot chickens after
the first day of December and the
squirrels after the first day of January,
although the duck shooter does not
have to dodge the game warden until
the fifteenth day of April. There is
also now on the statutes of Iowa an act
which states that any nonresident Of
the state must take out license before
he can hunt or pursue game in Iowa
This costs him $1,000. In Illinois the
nonresident law makes the license
cost even more.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-10

When we hear of good men and women
going forth to convert the Chinese, the
Hindoos, the Bulgarians, the Armenians,
the Turks, the Polynesians, the Japan
csc, we wonder why they turn their
backs on the outcasts here at home.
We weep over the imaginary sufferings
of the Asiatics and we ignore the real
sufferings of our own neglected millions.
We assume responsibility to the for
eign heather and scorn our actual re-
sponsibility to the pagan savages we
brush up against upon the streets. We
think we hear the walls of the benight-
ed in Ethiopia and Thibet, but the
voices of the damned around the corner
are drowned by the complacent melody
sof our own church bells Washington
Post
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-10

If man is so cross that he cannot
treat his customers with ordinary
courtesy, he should retire from bust
ness. Some of the men who are cross,
are sick men, and cannot be blamed for
being out of humor; but they should not
be in business. The annoying details of
business are the same yesterday, today
and forever. When one generation is
taught common sense and consideration,
another generation comes on and the
entire process of education must be
gone over again. 1t is like a school
teacher, who is compelled to teach
children their A B C's, and although the
teacher may be tired of seeing the
alphabet, it is her duty to be patient
and kind and teach the same old tire
some lessons with enthusiasm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-10
A HOARY LIE EXPOSED.

Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish president Of the
Illinois Central r. r. Co. has been
preaching the utility of trusts and in
dustrial combines. He says they al
ways lower prices, and cites the
Standard Oil Co., which he says has
continually cheapened the price of oil.
AS an answer to this the Springfield,
Mass, Republican publishes the aver
age wholesale price per gallon of REIN
cd oil by years since 1882, when the
Standard took possession of the field
From 1872 to 1881 the price fell from q
cents to SOC.