davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

ration, and still further, his family,
if it zones with him, receives a month
ly payment for its support. Nothing
is given to women who have no chill
dren, but each child has the right to
nearly three rubles month, or about
$3.50 to 81.
The idea that there is much cruelty
to prisoners in Siberia Is no longer
true. prison official who should at
tempt to be unnecessarily cruel would
be murdered in these days.
Nearly all the work Of Siberian con-
vIcts is performed in the open air.
They are engaged principally in the es'
adjustment of roads. In the improve
ment of lands, the drainage of the soil,
and the construction Of buildings. Be
sides this there are the coal mines,
where political prisoners are compelled
to labor.
The political prisoner Is the worst
used wretch on the face of the earth.
Chained to companion he Is com
PEELED to labor, half-clad, In groups of
five to twelve, with q half-shorn head,
and clothes Of gray cloth, and with one
leg Of white, which is his badge Of
hopeless doom. He has no rights.
While there is some hope for all other
Siberian prisoners, there is none for
him except in death.
1t is little wonder that the detection
of political conspirator in Russia
means usually the suicide Of the vic
tim. Death is preferable to the life OF
political prisoner In Siberia.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
INCIPIEkT SUMPTION.
Now Food Headed or the IuAidious
Disease.

The happy wife of good old-fash-
Toned Michigan farmer says;
'In the spring of 1902 l was taken
sick-a general breaking down. as
It were. was excessively nervous,
could not sleep we'll at night. my food
seemed to do me no good, and | was
so weak | could scarcely walk across
the room.
The doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confinement
and that he very much feared that con-
sumption would set In. For several
months took one kind of medicine az
ter another, but with no good eject
In fact, seemed TO grow worse.
Then determined to quit all med!-
clnes, give up coffee and see what
Grape Nuts food would do for me. l
began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar
and cream and bread aud butter three
times a day.
The effect was surprising. | oegan
to gain hesh and strength forthwith,
my nerves Quieted down and grew nor
mally steady and sound. sweet sleep
came back to me. In six weeks tune
l discharged the hired girl and COM
menced to 10 my own housewotk FOR
a family o. six This was two years
ago. and am doing Ii still, and ENJOY
It," Name given by Postum Co. Lat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's reason. Read the little
book, The Road to MELVILLE" il nkgs.
80
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
A New Being.

Shepard, H., Jan. Sth (SpeciaD-
Mrs. Sarah +. Rowe, who is residing
here, says she feels like "A New Be
ing" although she is in her fifty-sev.
enth year. Why? Because she has
taken Dodds Kidney Pills, that well
known medicine that has put new life
into old bodies, and has come as q
God-send into homes Of sorrow and
suffering. She says:
NO one knows what awful torture
l suffered with rheumatism and Kid.
ney Trouble, until | got cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills. This grand
remedy drove the rheumatism out Of
my body, nothing else ever did me
any good. Dodd's Kidney Pills are
worth one hundred times their price,
for they have made me, though l am
fifty seven years old, a new being.
l am in better shape now than l have
been for many years and | owe it all
to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Favors Tuberculous Marriage.

The marriage of the tuberculous is per-,
haps frowncd upon 10y all physicians, thei
majority OF whom would no doubt advo-i
cate the prohibition of such unions. 1t is
considerable of a surprise, then, to learn.
that DR.. Charles Valentino Of Paris has
declared that these marriages are de-
sirablc. He bases his opinion upon the
well known fact that the disease itself is
rarely if ever transmitted. and that there
is nm immunity possessed by many of the
offspring OF the tuborcuous. He showsI
that though this infection is more FREE
lucnt about the age of 20, its appearance,
In those of tuhorculuus parontagc, II theyl
acquire it At all, is somewhere between
30 and 80. lie acknowledges that whore
one partner alone is infected the other Is
contaminated in 10 Der cent. of the cases.
and that this infant mortality is quite
high. particularly where both parents are
tuhcrculous, but he thinks that these dis
advantages are far outwcghtcd by the
advantage OF breeding mp a race OF I'M
muncs American Medicine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

dergo a correctional punishment, he is
placed at the disposal of the COM
mune, which decides whether it will
retake or exile him. In the latter case,
he is transported to a province in East
ern Siberia for five years. AT the end
of that time he has the right to seek
permission from any commune, and If
granted, to re-enter Russia But fire.
quently he prefers to remain in East
ern Siberia, because the country is
very rich and agriculture is extensive.
Transportation has existed to Siberia
nearly 100 years. At first those who
had been condemned for capital oifens-
es were pardoned and sent there, and
then Russia transported thither those
condemned to hard labor, who went
with their families after having under
gone punishment with labor in Euro
pean Russia. This transportation took
place principally in the Province OF
Transfarkal, because there were lands
there rich in silver mines. Later gold
mines were discovered. This tract is
really what was known as ancient Da-
houria. which forms part of the STEP
pes of Mongolia, and whose population
consisted formerly of Bourates, a no
madic race.
When in 1859. the Province of DO
houria, after a treaty with China, be-
came part Of the Russian empire,
the convicts We're put to work in the
mines.
There is also a Russian penal colony
on the Island OF Saghalien, situated
at the extreme east Of Siberia
at the mouth of the Amour River. 1t
has special governor, who attends to
the administration of the prison. No
liberated colonists exist on the isl
and.
When a Russian exile becomes free
prisoner he continues to receive food
rations, clothing. farming tools. cat.
tie and horses. His food rations and
his clothing are allowed him for two
years, or until the two and onc-half
acres of land given him by the govern
ment can be made to support him.
At the end of ten years the colonist
passes from the condition of n trans
ported colonist to the state of free
colonist. He can engage In commerce
and all industrial pursuits, and can
travel all over Siberia. But he can
not return to Russia proper without a
pardon.
All women sentenced to forced labor
are sent to the island of Saghalien
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

the capital city of the empire had been
built over for the purpose. But In time
this prison fell into a state Of entire
Reorganization. and, Notwithstanding
Improvements made upon it, it at last
could be no longer maintained.
In proceeding with the preliminary
studies for the construction Of Il new
prison III st. Petersburg, in conform
ity to the scale of puniShments of the
new Russian code. it. was necessary
that the prison should be built on the
cellular plan. Prison officials do not,
as rule, in other countries, like the
cellular, or solitary imprisonment plan,
as 1t induces nervousness and mad
ness.
BY freak of Russian justice, emf
nently proper, the convicts of the en-
pire We're put to work in demolishing
the old building, which had been used
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

as prison, while they We're also used
to build the new structure. Then all
the other prison and correctional insti-
tutions were put in requisition to make
doors, windows, locks, bells, iron beds,
kitchen utensils, furniture for the cells
and the prison office. as well as the
mattresses for the use of unfortunates
to follow in imprisonment the men who
had built their prison home.
The prison itself consists of large
main building of stone and iron, which
is fanked by a dozen smaller build
ings. AS it is situated on the River
Neva, only partial wall of stone
surrounds it. The main or entrance
building is two stories in height. In
it are the quarters of the prison guards.
the reception rooms, and the rooms Of
the officers Of the institution. Then
comes the prison itself. 1t is five sto-
ries in height and contains five tiers Of
cells, which are reached by light iron
ornamental stairways and corridors.
Each tier Of cells numbers 400, and
they are about the size of those in the
New York prison at Sing Sing. Pris-
oners are CARRIED in a yellow cloth cos
tune, and wear skull caps. They are
always kept at work, usually on public
improvements. from a. IN. to 6 D. m,
with an hours cessation from labor for
dinner. Their food is coarse in the ex-
IRENE, and consists mostly Of dry
bread, meat, vegetables and milk.
Prisoners do all the work Of clean
ing the institution, as well as in the
kitchen and the bakery. They also run
the prisons electric light system.
There are three buildings connected
with the prison which are known as
hospital departments; while there is
also a separate hospital building for
those who are seized with infectious
dlsease s.
Next in the order of Russian prison
systems comes that of Siberia, that
great field for the novelist and the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
RANCH FOR SHARING BIG GAME.
Where Elk, Buffalo and Deer Were
Caught for Geological Gardens.

Where Elk, Buffalo and Deer Were
Caught for Geological Gardens.
+ The Dick Rock ranch mt Hcnry's Lake.
in this state, has been sold The ranch
was located by Vie Smith Of Anaconda,
and his partner. Dick Rock in 1880.
Smith was i'll at the death of the race
of buffalo on the plains of Montana and
Dakota, and ut the time became
acquainted with Rock, who was proba
bly, the fastest man Oh the plains with n
sllnning knife. Rock thought nothing of
taking off the skins of from fifty to sixty
buffalo in one day, with no tackle or
facilities whatever, save his knife and
two swift hands, backed by brawny
arms. With the passing of the buffalo
and after the Indian troubles had been
;lon gone and had to seek new fields.
Smith made trip east and in the
parks and zoos there saw many of the
animals he was accustomed to see run
nlng, wild. He was astonished to learn
Of the fabulous sums lnid by the col
lectors of game for show purposes and
game preserves. Then he conceived the
idea OF supplying this market, and with
Rock he took up the ranch at Henry 5
Lake.
The plan they tried the first winter
was to run down the elk in the deep
SNOW, the hunters being upborne by the
Norwegian skis. Though Il success, it
was attended with great hardship and
labor, not only in capturing the elk and
roping them, but also III getting them
back to the ranch after they were once
taken.
Then they hit on more willy plan.
High corrals were built during the sum
rer. When winter came they placed
wild hay and tempting food i'll the en-
closures. They left down the bars on
one side. Then Vic and his partner, on
skis, would locate Il herd of elk and
drive them ahead like cattle, as the ami
mails were unable to make speed in TIE
snow. The elk were stcered into the
traps and bars put up. Then it was only
necessary to feed them until sold. They
were shipped to all parts of the country,
but the best market was found among
the rich men OF New York, who stocked
their preserves in the Adirondacks from
the Rocky mountain ranch. Elk sold for
from $50 to 500; mountain sheep, $3.50;
bears. $50: deer, $50 each. and the "ur
chascrs paid the freight and bore the tx
pense of getting the animals TO the rail
road.
During their five years of partnership
they captured in all 30I elk. $50 deer. -
mountain goats. - bears and n few
moose. Last of all, they took in three
buffalo calves. Then Vic sold out and
Rock continued the business alone. The
calves grow up. Dick thought they had
become reconcled to their life of con
fncment One day in an unguardcd mo-
ment. he ventuTed 600 near one of the
buffalocs. 1t attacked him and gorcd
him to death The animals were after
ward sold to United States Senator
Clark Of Montana and are now pointed
ont as one Of the attractions at Colum-
ha gardens in Butte. Butte Cor. Seattle
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Cupid and Science Unite.

Cupid and science forced a partnership
in the case of Miss Harriet A. Boyd,
Americas leading woman archa oligist,
and Prof. Charles +. Halves, Cambridge
university, England, also famous au-
thority on the same subject. They will
be married at Haverford next March. d
Miss Harriet \. Boyd will soon give up
the chair of archaeology ut Smiths col
legc, New York. She has announced her;
engagement to her family and friends.
The circumstances Of Miss Boyd's COURT
snip were romantic and in keeping with
her remarkable career of travel and ex-
ploraton. On the island of Crete she
first met Prof. Halves last summer. To-
gcther they pursued their excavations in
buried prehistoric cities. Between them
they discovered love. In August, how.
ever, Miss Boyd went to London To study,
at the British museum and Prof. HawesI
renewed his wooing. Just before Miss
Boyd sailed for this country their en-
gagement was announced to the sell
entist's friends. 1t was arranged that hei
come TO America in March, when thsi
wedding will take place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
KILLS SELF ON A PRAIRIE
First Chicago Shirt Manufacturer Shoots
His Horse After Riding Far Out
of Colorado Springs.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. Sc. Crane
Wilson of the shirt manufacturing com
pany of Wilson brothers committed sui
eide yesterday afternoon in lonely spot
on the prairie, eight miles east of Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, by shooting himself
through the head with Il revolver. lie
was 80 years old.
The horse which he rode from Colo
rad Springs to the scene, n thorough bred
single footcr, which he recently had pur-
chased for $500, had been shot in the
neck by its master. He evidently in
tended to kill the animal before killing
himself. The horse was still alive and
standing by Mr.. Wilson's body.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Round Clock with Shakespeare.

Not many lovers of Shakespeare
works know that a quotation can b,
made from them for each hour of the
day But such is the case. as the fol
lowing proves:
The bell then beating one-"Hamlet." Act l.
Sure, Luciano, it is two o'clock-"ComeJy
of Eros Act H.
The clock hath stricken three-"Juius
Caesar" Act III.
nichmond--IIow far into the morning is it,
lords?
Lords-Upon the stroke of four -"Richarl
Ill" Act V.
At five o'clock
| shah receive the money for the same
Comedy of Errors" Act ".
prospcro--iIow's the day?
Ariel--On the sixth hous, at the which time
my lord,
You said our work should cease.
The Tempest" Act V.
Let's soc. think It's. now some seven
o'clock The Tanning of the Shrew. $
Act ".
The eighth hour.
Re that the uttermost?
Julius Caesar" Act ii.
Its supper time, my lord:
It's nine O'clock" Richard III" Act Y.
parolcs-Ten o'clock; within these three
hours twill be time enough to 20
home
--''Ali's Well That Ends Well" Act ".
Ford--Elcyen o'clock the hour.
Merry Wives of Windsor" Act ".
Hamlct-What hour now?
Horatlo--I think 1t lacks Of twelve.
Hamlet - Act l.
Detroit News Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

Like the men, the women must under
go one-third of their punishment in
prison, but the island Is considered
as a prison surrounded by floating
walls, so that each prisoner, male or
female, brought from Russia, is set
at liberty in Saghalien. and his or her
punishment consists only in obliga-
tory work.
The male convict has the right to
construct a small house upon small
tract of land. and to work on his own
account. The convict always receives
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
RUSS IN CHRISTMAS PEACE
Ideal Weather and Absence of Trouble
Mark Day-American Damage
Claims Being Prepared.

ST. PETERSBURG, Ian. Slime
snow sitting down from a cold sky fur
nishcd IDEAL weather for the Russian
Christmas, so far as st. Petersburg was
concerned. An the thcaters and other
places of public amusement, even the
restaurants were closed, and the day was
given up to the Droverbial Russian hos
pitaIity. The dissensions which have
torn the country seemed to have disap-
peared for the moment. The day passed
quietly and without untoward incident.
The religious services in the churches
were largely attended. At the palace ut
Tsarskce Selo the Emperor himself pre-
sided at the Christmas tree. Later, ac-
companed by the imperial children, his
majesty visited the quarters of his inn
perial Cossack escort to the members Of
which he distributed presents.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
A Modern Robinson Crusoe.

John J. Robinsc-., now Of Manila but
formerly of the 500, is from all accounts
n man without country. Robinson
came to the United States from Canada
a decade ago, and in 1896 took out his
first naturalization papers, renouncing
allegiance to the British sovereign.
Later he went to the Philippines in the
service of Uncle Sam. Robinson now
writes that he is anxious to become II
full-nedged citizen, but is unable 10 take
out his second papers for the reason that
the Philippines do not constitute a conn
try state or territory. Thus, his status
is peculiar. He is neither a member Of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
DULUTH AIR LINE TO
NEW ORLEANS REAL !?
Milwaukee Road Has Now Purchased,
Says Rumor, the Proposed Duluth
Glencoe Manlato Road

DULUTH. Mimi. Jan. S.-Thc pro-
posed Duluth, St. Cloud, Glencoe and
Mankato road, Il proposition of several
years standing, is reported to have
passed into the hands of the Milwaukee
road, and that the company is making
surveys for extending the road from Al
bert Lea to Duluth, a distance of 2S7
miles. This road has been talked of for
so long that it has taken its place with
the proposed air line from Duluth to
New Orleans.
CROOKSTON, MINI, Jan. S.News
from Stephen, Marshall county tells Of
the appearance there of several crews of
Great Northern surveyors who have been
running Il direct line from Grand Forks
northward on the east side of the river
to Drayton, passing midway between
Olsen and Alvarado. The surveyors re-
fused To divulge any information.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Save a Suicide.

George w. Oles of Winsted. Conn.
who weighs about $50 pounds, took NOR
phine with suicidal intent and then
asked a nciGhbor to drive him to his
native home in Colebrook. where he
wished to die. The ueghbor took him
to a doctor. who warned the men with
Oles to keep him awake. Oles became
unconscious. and as it was no easy task
To carry him a wheebarrow was pro-
cured. Strong men took turns wheeling
and iolting the man up and down Main
street. while High Sheriff G. G. Middle
brooks kept beating his head with wet
towels After an hour of this treat
ment Oles wanted to fight. He is now
out of danger
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

as the most barbarous and unciviliZed
nation ON the globe.
Aside from the political prisons Of
Siberia it only needs a glance at one
prison in the entire system Of the en-
pire to understand them all. Accord
ing to NJ. Wraskoy the Russian empire
had seen the necessity for prison for
short-term convicts since 1860, when
a wine warehouse Of the epoch Of En-
press Anna, in the Viborg quarter Of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Manufacture Of Horseshoe Nails.

and history, too" remarked Doc Bellen-
gee, travelling salesman. For instance.
you hear that the automobile has put
the horse down. Well, listen to the
comment of facts.
"ln 1894 twenty-sevcn tons of nails
for shoes were turned out daily for
American consumption. That quantity
would shoe POO 1000 horses a day. In
1904 the quantity had increased to for
ty-onc tons daily, showing that 100000
horses were being shod every twenty
four hours As "A matter of fact, me-
chanical inventions have not decreased
the use of horses at all. Railway trains
haven't done it, street cars haven't, au-
tomobles won't. People travel more.
that's all.--l\ansas City Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
A Real Haunted House.

Residents of Shayertown, in Delaware
county, \. V, are greatly excited over
haunted house in which ghosts hold
nightly revel The ghosts have not been
seen as yet, but many persons declare
that balls of fire rise from the ground
and drift slowly into the house. Others
say that lights have been seen about
the house and shouts and laughter have
been heard The house was once occu-
pied by the late Levi d. Shaver
Several parties have started out at
night to enter the house and defy the
ghosts, but have been scared away By
the noises and the balls of fire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
SEPARATE SCHOOL LAW VALID.
Kansas Decision Paves Way for Segrega-
ton of Negro Children.

TOPEKA, Kan. IAN. S-The state
supreme court has decided that the law
passed by the last Legislature providing
for separate high schools for the whites
and negroes at Kansas City. Kan. is
valid. The decision paves the way for
the Legislature to pass IN act separating
the whites from the negroes in all the
schools of the state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
The Right Beginning.

II want to do great things" ex-
claimed the ambitious young man to
the old financier. How, sir would
YOU advise me to 20 at it?'
ITO begin with" drawled the elder
" Millionaire, calmly, Il would advise
you first to accomplish something
small."-Detroit Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Barefoot to Cure His Heart.

B.red of all footgear. his trousers
rolled up 10 his knees, Benjamin Alex,
member of one of the leading tailoring
firms of La Crosse. Wis, stood in front
of his establishment recently and
cleared the walk of heavy fall of
snow. The cold had no effect on him.
for he is taking nature cure for heart
disease. Baths at 40 degrees. and regu-
lar trips barefooted in the snow are his
treatments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

the brides home in st. Paul
The bridal party and guests went to The
Union station, where the bride aud
groom were to take n train for La
Crosse The bride got safely aboard the
train but the groom, delugcd with rice,
become bcwildcred and was left behind.
The pair were reunited N La Crosse.
twonty.four hours later,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11

| Cure Nervous Debility, Blood
Poison. Rheumatism, Enlarged
Veins, fistuIa, Piles and Otner
Rectal Diseases, Kidney. B!ad-
der and Lingering Ailments.
| MAKE NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTA.
TON. whether you take treatment Or not
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
FIRE CAUSES 100000 LOSS
Des Moines Restaurant Totally Destroyed
and Big Block Is Damaged-May
Be an Incendiary.

DIES MONIES. Ia, Jan. Sire of
probably incendiary origin broke out in
the kitchen of the Morris cafe early to-
day, totally destroying the cafe and caus-
ing 100000 damage TO the block aud
contents Most of the loss is covered by
insurance.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Separate Couple with Rice.

4 heavy homhardment with rice result
cd in the temporary separation of Mr..
and Mrs. +. w. Miller Immediately after
they were joined in the bonds Of matri-
mony. Mr.. Miller and Miss Jessie VIII
kinson niece Of Randolph Wilkin-
son. general solicitor for the Great
Northern railroad, were married at
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-01-11
Hazinp Kills a Schoolboy.

UILLIARDS, O., Jan. SIT devel-
oped that Cecil Leap, l6-year-old high
school boy. who died, is the victim of
hazers from an upper class. He was
bounced on Il rail until he dropped from
exhaustion on the school ground. For
five days he lay fighting for life.