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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-02

A spelling test was given by Miss
Viola Westgate at the Larrabec meet
ing. The following words were given;
restaurant, quorum, pleura, accede, re-
terrible (also spelled referable( charade,
aqueous, cylinder, browse, chasm,
pendulum deceive, ceiling lief, mien,
feign, perceive, bier, supersede, precede,
intercede, concede, ch!orophyll, cognac,
conceit
Answers to quotations in previous
issue
(a) Captain Lawrence commanding
the Chesapeake in the war of 1912.
lb) Commodore Perrys dispatch
announcing the victory on Lake Erie,
1913.
(c) Patrick Henry's oration
(d) General Wolfe on the day before
the battle mt Quebec 1859
(e) Henry Clay in his presidential
campaign 1874.
~ James A. Garfield in New York
at the death of Abraham Lincoln lsGj.
" Liucoln's Gettysburg Speech 1863.
(h) Col John Stark at the battle of
Bennington M.
i Daniel Webster'4 reply to Hayne
GS33.)
ID John Quincy Adamss last words.
(kC Franklin at the signing of the
Declaration, li;G.
ID Louis XIV, King of France.
Watch the movements of Jupiter and
Venus in the western sky.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-02

The Teachers Meetings for the year
closed with the one at Larrabee last
Saturday, Considering the bad roads, it
was well attended.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-02

THE stormy March has come at last,
With winds and clouds and changing
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-02

| hear the rushing of the blast,
That through the snowy valley flies
Bryant
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-02

Watch the movements of Jupiter and
Venus in the western sky.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25
WAR ON PRAIRIE DOGS.
Ferrets Are Exterminating Animals
Which Have Become a Pest
in Kansas.


Topeka, Kan.-Residents of western
counties of Kansas say that an animal
known as the bIack-footed ferret is put.
ting an end to the prairie dog pest. In
stances are cited by d. E. Lantz, field
agent Of the State Agricultural college,
in a recent report On Kansas mammals
The ferret made its appearance in Kan
sas only about two years ago, but Mr..
Lantz had found instances where five
or six of them drove all the prairie dogs
out of county. Mr.. Lantz says of the
ferret:
1T is much larger than an ordinary
weasel, has very long body and is OF
a soiled, yellowish-brown color, with a
black patch on the forehead including
the eyes and extending downward to the
tip Of the nose. II is closely furred, and
its feet are covered with hair above and
below. The feet and legs are black, as IS
also about two inches Of the tip Of the
tail. The ferret is found in the western
third of Kansas and as far out as the
Rocky mountains. It's fnod consists o.
rabbits and prairie dogs. It has come to
be known in the western part Of the
state as the prairie-dog ferret
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

the arrival Of full lines for fall which will
appear been made Of items that
timely As our lines are not yet complete we
mention few.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25
RUSSIAN PEASANTS INCOME
The Average Earnings Of Agricul-
tural Lahorers Only Ten
Dollars q Year.

A Russian correspondent Of the Lon.
don Statist, vouched for by that journal
as Sin a position to have the very bes'
information" asserts that the averaga
revenue Of a peasant in Russia is only
$40 a year, Of which sum he has to pas
$3.50 for the needs Of the government
As the Statist remarks. that may we'll
appear incredible TO the ordinary read
er." How a man can live on less than
three cents a day in Russia or in any
other cold climate is not capable oi
explanation. The strikers in Warsaw,
the correspondent says. work 60 hours
a week, and weavers there earn only
s3.06. while other workers get less
They are not allowed to form unions, a
very necessary restriction when the pas
Is SO meager. Agricultural Iaborers re-
ceive very much less pay. But the czas
receives $4,000 900 annually. with free
palaces and other things. and the grand
dukes. etc. are paid in proportion. Rus
STA will never have what may be called
a settled government under such condi-
tions.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

There are hundreds of ideal lake resorts in
Wisconsin and Michigan easily and quickly reached
from Kansas City by the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25
~ Inatead Il shots.

Attention was drawn some time ago
By the Army and Navy Gazette to a
method Of representing artillery fire
By detecting light upon the object
aimed al. at which was tried IN France
last year. A similar system is being
sxpsrimented with in Austria. the solar
rays being reflected upon the object.
These rays are visible to the troops
and to their leaders. as well as to the
umpires. whose decisions are said thus
10 be facilitated. The apparatus IS used
from about zo05 to 3.0o0 yards.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

six months l had
tried three doctors,
but did not get any
better. It was on
my body and on my
feet so thick that
/ could hardly put
q pin on me with
out touching ec-
81.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25
FIRST Published Jnly2s. 1903
Warning Order.

In the United States Commissioner Coart ai
vinita. IL TIE northern District Of the indian
erriforvs
Joe. p scssf Plaintiff.
- No. 3557.
John n ..IIsrisnd Dffendant.
The Defendant. John II Harlani 81 warned to
appear in this Court within thirty days sud au-
srcr ne complaint of - Plaintiff
Ordered 81 Yinifa this z7ih. laf of Juiv 1908.
WADE S. .srANFIEID.
United states CoinrlI sFiorer.
Nrf'niIart 4 pr1trerr. attorneys f1r Plaintiff.
Eeo. \. Foele. Attorney f1r Hor. Resident Defend
anil
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

= cnH Hf4k ~ ICtA4e-+ -'AJ 49, 49,
covered, my eyebrows came out, and
then it got in my eye. then went to
another doctor. He asked me what
] was taking for it, and / told him
Cuticura. He said that was q very
good thing, but that he thought that
my face would be marked for life. But
Cuticura did its work and my face is
now Just as clear as it ever was.
Ny brother-in-law told me about
the wonderful Cuticura remedies.
I took his advice and got the Ointment,
Soap, and Resolvent. / washed with
.ae Cuticura Soap and then applied
tic Ointment, and took Cuticura
Reso.vent as directed In a short
time my face began to get better, and
when had taken one bottle Of
Resolvent / could brush the scales
of my face like a powder. When /
had taken four bottles my face was as
clear as ever.
81 told all my friends about my
remarkable cure. ] feel so thankful
/ want everybody far and wide to
know what Cuticlua can do. It Is q
sure cure for eczema (simed) Mrs.
Emma White, Ga Cherrier Place,
Camden, n. j., April Is, 1905.
conr'.ts E1irrn-l unl Trfr-usl Trraiuf1t for esly
Hurof. from Erea te e-rcisa. from inis1eT e Az.
ccnllrirr u Cu-Irlrl to1r. ltc- Oirins1 1c- Resi-.
q 81 y nay rad ofa clriIit 1nrf 81 oflln Cures.
e. Aiailed E1aa. - Hos d Cars leasu.a--
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

The committee having in charge
the entertainme t Of the annual en-
campuent OF the Confederate Veter-
ans nave about decided to pass it up
for lie ear.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from disordered kid
neys or bladder. Sold by Peoples drug
store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25
DISFIGURED
WITH ECZEMA
Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow
-UnderPhysiciaus Six Months
But Grew Worse = Some Said
Face Would Be Marked for Life
Now Without a BIemish.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
WORK WONDERS.

cas- was a sufferer with eczema
l write to tell you what a great friend
| found in Cuticura Remedies. In
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-08-25

* had diabetes in its worst form, 2
writes Marian Lee of Dunreath, Ind.
II tried eight physicians without re-
lief. Only three bottles Of Foley S
Kidney Cure made me well man.
Sold By Peoples Drug Store. DIV
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Looatad in Vinita.

Mr. Gaylord n. Bebout, Of Waco,
Texas, an attorney just graduated
from Ann Arbor, the State Uniyer-
sity Of Michigan has located in our
city for the practice of law. Mr.. Be-
bout has purchased property and will
move his family here shortly. For
the present he will share Office room
with Chas. B. Rogers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24


posed to give semiofficial denial to them,
but now they are source of consider
able amusement to him. 1t delights
him to spring surprise upon the pub
lie and especially upon the newspa-
per men in regard to new appointments
in the cabinet He still chuckles over
the way he kept the secret of the selec-
ton of Charles J. Bonaparte for the
navy portfolio. He announced this Sc
lection one evening to group Of news
paper correspondents and smiling at
their looks of surprise, he remarked:
well; you will admit that for once the
president scooped' the press"
There is one member of the cabinet
that the political gossips have taken
out of it score of times, but who is
still firmly fixed. This is Secretary OF
the Interior Hitchcock, who has held
his place for over six years. Since the
death of President Mckinley no mention
of a cabinet reconstruction has been
complete without the prediction that
Mr.. Hitchcock would resign. There
have been many changes and with the
exception of Mr. Hitchcock and Secre.
tary Wilson and Secretary Hay those
who served in the Mckinley cabinet
have all returned to private life and pur-
suits. Mr.. Hitchcock's work in the un-
earthing of land frauds and the prose-
cution of those engaged in them make
him one of the most valuable members
of the cabinet, and one on whom Presi-
dent Roosevelt relies for honest admin
istration.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson gives
promise of breaking all records in hold
ing place in presidents cabinett. On
March 9Th last he entered upon his ninth
year as secretary of agriculture. 1t is
believed to be unp1 ecedented in the his
tory of the government that cabinet
officer should serve through two terms
in the same position and enter upon a
third term. II all probability Mr.. Will
son will round out II years as the head
of this very important department of the
government.
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ton to prohibit the nuisance. The ma
iority of servants in public and private
capacity in this city are colored, and
they have long since acquired the tip
ping habit in all its offensiveness. Some
people offer excuse for this on the ground
that the official atmosphere of Washing
ton is in favor of tipping or, some would
mare harshly call it, bribing. There
is no ground for this charge, however,
although in the former days there may
have been system of bribing in public
departments, and in congress to secure
favors and legislation. Diligent search
and investigation in the present day,
however, shows that this system has
gone into disuse.
According to the report of Consul Gen.
7 eral Guenther, at Frankfort, Germany,
bribing is greatly on the increase in coz,
mercial circles in Europe. In recent
communication to the state department
he says: "Bribing employees whOact as
buyers for mercantile houses, or who, in
the capacity of statesmen or sakeswom-
en-. attend to customers in retail shops,
especially in department stores, is an
abuse which has grown In Germany for
some years, and has caused many COM
plants in business circles 1t has be-
come so serious that the chambers OF
commerce and other mercantile bodies
have considered it necessary to discuss
measures for relief.
"The commercial traveller who wishes
to sell to the retail dealer will in many
cases pay employees of the latter COM
missions in consideration for giving the
goods of the bribing house the prefer
sznce, showing them to customers in the
shop, and keeping the goods of other
firms out of view" The trades people
Of Washington conduct a good deal the
same sort Of a system in bribing the serv-
ants Of wealthy families, particularly
at embassies and legations in order to
get the custom of their masters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
ENGLISH OF FOREIGNERS.
Their Efforts at Mastering the Ian.
guage Are oftentimes Very
Ludricous.

The struggle OF foreigners who
have put their faith in dictionaries to
account for English as she is spoke
in New York are sometimes funny.
says the Times. An educated young
Italian asked an American who spoke
his language why the dictionaries were
so badly made.
There are two expressions which |
hear constantly he said, ''and neither
of them is in any dictionary / have
looked into. They are .ahbetchu' and
'idono.'"
His American friend pondered for a
season, and then, with cheerful smile,
told him that "anbetchu' stood for 81
bet you," and 'idono" was Short for
Il don't know
But why" said the Italian, when a
person is leaving, do you call saloon
after him? l can't understand it. I
thought at first it was joke, to insin-
uate that was going to saloon. But
they call it after women. too
"Your saloon my boy replied the
American, lis simply so long, that is
New York dialect for addio, adieu,
adios, auf Wiedersehen, farewell, or
good-by."
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footed and SHE'D all at the same time,
and when one hump was not jamming
him in the back the other hump was
kicking him in the stomach, and if he
had a gum he would shoot the camel, and
the Arabs, and bust up the show.
BY the time dad got so he could stand
up without leaning against a pyramid
the Arabs came up and they all talked
at once, and drew knives, and it seemed
as though they were blaming dad for
something. We found an interpreter
among the tourists, and he talked with
the Arabs, and pointing to the camel dad
had ridden, which was stretched out on
the sand like he was dead, he told dad
the Arabs wanted him to pay for the
camel he had ridden to death, and foun-
dered by letting it drink a wagon load of
water, and then entered in race across
the desert, and the interpreter said dad
better pay, or they would kill him
Dad settled for the camel for hun
dred dollars, and promise of the skin
of the camel, which he was going to take
home and have stuffed. Their a man
who pretended to be a justice of the
peace had dad arrested for driving off
of walk, and he was fined $40 and costs
for that, and then all the Arabs struck
him for money for one thing and an
other, and when he had settled all
around and paid extra for not riding
back to Cairo on the camel. we got
ready to climb up the pyramid. Dad
said he wouldn't ride that camel back
to Cairo for million dollars, for he was
split up SO his legs began where his arms
left off, and he was lame from Genesis
to Revelations.
But never saw such II of people to
pray as these pirates are. Just before
they rob man they get down on their
knees on a rug, and humble something
20 some god, and after they have got you
robbed good and plenty, they get down
and pray, while they are concealing the
money they took from you. Gee, but
when l get home am going to steer
the train robbers and burglars onto the
idea OF always being on praying
grounds.
Well, told dad he hadn't better try to
climb up the pyramid, that would go
up, cause I could climb like goat, and
when l got up to the top would fire a
salute, so everybody would know that a
star spangled American was on deck. but
dad said he would go up or quit the tour
:se business. He said he had come thou
sands of miles to climb the pyramids,
and sit in the shadow of the spinks, and
by ginger he was going to do it, and so
We started.
Well, say, each stone is about four feet
high, and dad couldn't get UP without
help, so an Arab would go up a stone
ahead, and take hold of dads hands. and
two more Arabs would get their Shout
ders under dads pants, and shove. and
he would get up gradually. We got
about half way UP when dad weakened.
and said he didn't care so much about
pyramids as he thought he did. and he
was ready to quit. but the guide and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Crop Report Promising.

Madison. Secretary ]. NJ True, of the
state board of agriculture, has issued
the following report on the condition
of farm crops in Wisconsin: Practically
all of the small grain in the southern di-
vision of the state has been harvested,
and much of it is already instack. A
large part of the oats now. in shock will
be threshed without stacking. In tho
central and northern divisions probably
20 per cent. of the crop is not yet har-
vested. on account, largely, of continue
GUS rains. Some threshing has al
ready been done, and both yield per acre
and quality Of grain are generally sat
isfactory. This is especially true of the
oat crop, which promises large yield
of heavy grain.
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Red Hair.

When red hair makes its appearance
on human head all lukewarmness is
at an end. 1t is either loved or loathed.
It's admirers, with artists in the van. are
almost Historically enthusiastic. They
call it golden, though the gold that
comes out of the earth is not often ex-
actly that shade. A red-haired woman
Is sure of success in some quarter.
however plain her face or insignificant
her figure. The detractors of red hair
say it is sign OF bad temper or immor-
atty or both. and therefore to be scru-
pulously avoided.-Queen.
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Capt. oleson Dead.

Oshkosh. Capt. Ole Oleson. twice
postmaster of this city, prominent in
its political and business life for many
years, veteran of the civil war and the
close friend and confidant of the late
United States Senator Sawyer, is dead
of apoplexy The shock came Sunday
evening. Capt. Oleson had not been
feeling well for some time, but on
Sunday, when he took dinner, as was
his wont, with his daughter, Mrs. John
Harmon, he remarked that he seemed
to have regained his usual excellent
condition as to health and that he was
feeling better than he had for some
time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin. Former Edi-
tor of 4.PecI's gun" Author of Peck S
Bad Boy" Etc.)
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph 3. Bowles)
Cairo, Egypt.-My Dear Old Geezer:
| broke off my last letter in sight Of the
pyramids, when was left alone on the
desert, my jackass having stampeded
with the camels, on account OF my fire.
works, and l presume you think | was
all in, but got to the pyramids before
the stampeded caravan did. / saw a car
coming along, and just got aboard and
in ten minutes / was at the base OF
the big pyramid, and the camel with dad
on between the humps, was humping
himself half mile away, trying to get
there, and the other camels, with the
Arabs, were stretched out like horses
in a race, behind, and my jackass was
right next to dads camel, braying and
occasionally kicking dads camel in the
Stats.
There were about a hundred tourists
around the base of the big pyramid, all
looking towards the stampede Of the
camels, and | told them my dad, the
great American millionaire, was on the
runaway camel in advance, and asked
them to form line across the trail and
save dad, but when the camel came near
er was ashamed of dad. He had his
arms around the the front hump of the
camel, and he was yelling for help to
stop his menagerie, and his legs were
flying in the air, and every time they
came down they kicked hole in the side
of the camel.
Well, sir, thought dad was brave
man, but he blatted like calf, and when
the camel stopped and went to eating a
clump Of grass dad opened his eyes, and
when he saw that the procession had
stopped he rolled off his camel like a
bag of wheat, and stuck in the sand and
began to say prayer, but when he saw
me standing there, laughing he stopped
praying, and said to me: 81 thought you
were blown up when that jackass kicked
the can Of dynamite. You have more
lives than a cat. Now, get q hustle on
you and we will climb that pyramid, and
then quit this blasted country" and dad
sat down on hummock and began to
pull himself together, after the most
fearful ride he ever had. He said the
camel loped. trotted, galloped, single
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Bomb for Governor.

Muskegon, Mich.-Orin Steinhoff, a
young farmer, reports here that he
found an internal machine, loaded
with explosives capable of killing 20
men. in the Lake Michigan shore north
of here and that it was addressed to
Gov. La Toilette of Wisconsin. Stein
hoff says he was walking along the
beach near the Silver lake resort, 40
miles above here, when a white OBJ
ject almost buried in the sand attract
ed his attention. He pulled the OBJ
ject from the sands and found it to be
a box foot long, with "To Gov. La
Toilette, Madison, Wis, care of execu-
tive mansion" family inscribed on it's
top.
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them something they steal all you got
You are in luck if you get away without
having leprosy, or the plague, or chol-
era. or fieas.
So we went back to Cairo, and there
was the worst commotion you ever saw,
about my fireworks in the tomb. The
papers said that an American dynamiter
had attempted to blow up the great pyr-
amid, and take possession of the country
and place it under the American flag,
and that the conspirators were spotted
and would be arrested and put in irons
as soon as they got back from trip on
the Nile
Well, sir, dad found his career would
close right here, and that he would prob
ably spend the balance of his life in an
Egyptian prison if we didn't get out, SO
we made sneak and got into our hotel
and bought DISCUSSES and are going to
get out of here tonight, and try to get
to Gibraltar, or somewhere in sight Of
home. Dad is disguised as shiek, with
whiskers and white robe, like a bath
robe, and am going to travel with him
as an Egyptian girl till we get through
the Suez canal
Gee, but I wouldn't be a niger girl
only to save dad. Your innocent.
HENNERY.
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Well, sir, after dad had doctored all
night to get the camel rheumatism and
spinal meningitis out of his system, we
took trip by boat on the Nile, and saw
the banks where the people grow crops
by irrigation, and where an English
syndicate has built big dam, so the
whole valley can be irrigated, and tell
you it will not be long before Egypt will
raise everything used in the world on
that desert, and every other country
that raises food to sell will be busted up
in business, but it is disgusting to take
trip on the Nile, cause all the natives
are dirty and sick with contagious dis
eases, and they are lazy and crippled,
and beg for living, and if you don't give