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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
COST OF LIVING GOES UP.
Government Bureau Reviews Figures
That Are Startling.

How the cost of living in the United
States is mounting rapidly, although the
same commodities are sold much more
cbeaply for export, is shown in hullc-
tin recently issued by the bureau of la
Dor, entitled Course of Wholesale
Prizes for 1880 10 1909
The value of the statistics is that they
have been carefully collected ON the same
plan that has been pursued for the last
fourteen years, and the deductions are
drawn in the same scientific way that
had made those statistics extremely yalu.
able. The report says that Wholesale
prices, considering all commodities,
reached u higher point in 1909 than at
any other time during the sixteen years
covered 10y the investigation.
The average of all commodities for the
year 1909 was lh.9 per cent above the
average for III" touyour period, 1880 tu
1899. 29.2 per cent. above the low price
in 1897 and 20 per cent. above the aver
age for 1904.
The 1908 average. compared with tho
year Of lowest average prices during the
sixteen years from 1890 TO 1909 in each
of the general groups of commodities.
shows farm products 5S.G per cent. high
or than i'm 1916, food. etc. 23.T per cent.
higher thun in 1896, clothing, 222.0 per
cent. higher than in 1897, fuel and light
ing. 3ol per cent. higher than in 1891;
metals aud implements, AIS per cent.
higher than in 1898; lumber and building
material. IA per cent higher than in
1897; drugs and chemicals. I'll per cent.
higher than in 1898; house furnishing
goods. 90 per cent. higher than in 1897,
aud the articles included in the miSccl.
luucous group. 23.i per cent, higher than
in 1896
Prices reached the highest point in De
ccmber. 1908, when they were 100 per
cent above the average for the ten-ycar
period 1890 to 1890, ana 3&,T per cent.
above the low prices IN 1907 Prices in
December 1903, were 5,G per cent. above
the prices IN December, 1904.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
MICHAEL DAVITT DYING.
Noted Irish Leader in Extremely Critical
Condition-American Relatives
Are Notified

DUBLIN, May IS. Tie condition Of
Michael Dayitt was extremely critical
and grave fears are entertained for his
recovery this morning.
WASHINGTON, II. g.. May 2s.~The
grave condition Of Michael Dayitt was
cahled 10 his relatives iii Washington BY
Mrs. Uayitt. \ cablegram received by
Miss fayitt. sister Sunday announced
he WIS sinking. ANOTHER received In the
afternoon stated That lie Wus very low
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Modern School VS.. Old School.

OF course, whatever may be estab-
lished with reference to the intellectual
product Of the old schools of former
days, door viii still be open for those
who mourn the decline of morals aud
the disappearance Of 'old-fashioned hon
esty" from the land Just now we ARE
right in the midst of lamentations Of this
sort. Those who incline to optimism
have newspapers and frenzied magazines
thrust before their eyes TO be converted
by reports Of investigations into various
forms Of graft We are told that men
occupying positions of trust and honor
have been fonnd wanting in the virtues
which are the very root Of manlincss and
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

JULIET " STRAUSS learn so much about life without
knowing it We take 1t in at the ends of fingers If
we belong to intelligent reading thinking family
get the general information needed about the world and
contemporaneous history and literature, and meantime
we are learning all about cattle and horses and hogs
and poultry; about seed time and harvest about filling
the soil and garnerng the fruit and grain We forget
that all this is knowledge We accustomed to think
that knowledge comes only from books. How mistaken
the idea One branch Of knowledge learned at the finger
tips Is worth all the mental accomplishment In the
world. One must be "brany' person to succeed, but
If in addition branness he adds real knowledge of the
things of life be is thrice armed.
persist that the woman who knows how to make good
bread is the superior of her who merely make bril-
liant recitation in literature history. Neither is to be
desplsed accomplishment, but the bread first
The country town makes aaround people. 1t Is made
up people who know things by experience not hearsay
No idea mistaken than that the city Is
place to learn things The city may be the place go
turn ones learning to account but 1t is In the country
and the country town that learn what Is valuable
know.
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preoTdained.

A Brooklyn man tells of some juvenile
theatricals in which his children were in
tercsted. The children Were giving 4 lit
tie drama Of their own, wherein court
ships and weddings played a leading part
in the plot. 1t appears that during the
progress of the play the brooklyn man
had gone behind the scenes. where he
found his youngest offspring sitting in
corner.
why, Marie" asked he. "have you
been left out Of the play: Why aren't
you with the others
I'm not left out, Indignantly denied
Marie Pm the baby waitu' to he
hormM-I nrner.s Meakly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

y. X. GARFIELD. 10 the dignity OI
his mien in the eyes Of some, and the
out-of-date bicycle he rides and the
manner in which he strides the steel
steed lends a further appearance Of
stiffness to his personality. Garfields
bicycle was probably built four or five
years ago, and he rides with the handle
baIs high up and his back as vertical
as the Washington monument. He was
never known to "scorch,' and probably
could not If he wanted to, on account
of his position on the wheel
The exercise that Mr. Garfield likes
most IS tennis. He can be found two or
three afternoons a week hard at the
game either on the White House court or
on lawn in the northwestern part of
town, and those who nave occasion to
try conclusions with him declare him
a irst-class player. President Roose-
welt likes him either as a partner or an
opponent at tennis and they often dis
cuss the most important matters re-
lating TO the business of the bureau
which Mr.. Garfield has managed since
It's foundation as a branch Of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
At home Mr.. Garfield frequently
plays baseball with his boys, and re-
Gently Mrs. Garfield has become a most
enthusiastic advocate of the game
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield devote a
great deal Of attention to the athletic
training of their children, and enter
with them into all their outdoor
sports. They frequently take eight and
ten-mie walks in the afternoon, and
when they reach home they are as
fresh and buoyant as though they had
been only around the block.
Commissioner Garfield comes honest
ly by his love for athletics, for his
father, the late President Garfield, was
quicker on his feet and Of firmer
muscle than most men of his sedentary
habits
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present Judges-just unjust-rom refusing either to
enforce the penalties to issue mandamus orders until
they have considered and determined the constitutional
ty Of the law and the legality of the action Of the COM
mission Hereunder TO this extent therefore, the ship
pers and peopeare in the hands of the
Judges-just unjust
But there is thing which Congress do. 1t can
the judges from interfering to suspend the orders
of the commission If the railroads refuse to obey those
orders they must Justify themselves if they and take
their chances Of judicial relief in the of the
ecuons for penalties and the proceedings for mandamus
which may be brought against them by the government
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righteousness. An these things are true.
alas. But are they the products of the
modern school? Look ut the men at
whom an indignant public is pointing
the i ger of scorn. Their hair is white,
their eyes have long lost the brightness
We're trained in the thorough schools Of
the past, where the schoolmaster's word
was law, where "ickin and larnin'' went
hand in hand, where the three RS were
the supreme anxiety. The investigators
Of these men who haze brought disgrace
upon this country-they are the products
Of the modern school. Philadelphia was
redeemed from political slavery by the
young mcn Of the city. Almost every
where tie warfare upon graft has lad
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
HUNGARIAN CABINET OUT.
Tariff Question Causes New Troubles for
Francis Joseph-Von Condenhove
May Be Leader.

VIENNA, May 2S.-premer Prince
Conrad Won Iohenlohc- Schillngsfuerst
aud the cabinet have resigned because Of
dissatisfaction with the proposals for
the settlement of the common customs
tariff Of Austria-lIungary. Count Won
Coudcnhove. governor Of Bohemia, has
been summoned to Vienna. 1t is re-
garded MS probable that he will be
charged to form a new ministry
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
A PRAYER IN DEFEAT.

Still hurl me back God, II Thou must,
Thy wrath, see, | shall bear
| have been taught to know the dust
OF battle, ana despair.
Bend not to me this hour O God,
Whore | defeated stand.
! have been sChOolCd to bear thy rod,
And still wait, not unnamed!
But should some white hour of success
Sweep me where, vno-lllic, lead
The widening roads, the clamoriuE press
Then | thy lash shall need
Then. In that hour of triumph keen,
For thcu | ask thine aid;
God OF the weak, on whom | lean,
Keep mo then uunfrHid
Arthur Stringer IN Smart Set.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
VARICOCELE.
Varicocefe Impairs Vitality

want every man afflicted with VAR.
cocele, Blood Poison, Nervo-Vital De.
bility or allied troubles TO come to my
office, where ! will explain to him my
method of curing these diseases. | in.
vite IN particular all men who have be.
come dissatisfied with treatment else.
where. | will explain to you why you
have not been cured, and will demon.
strate to your entire satisfaction why
can cure you safely, quickly, and per.
manently. MY COUNSEL WILL
COST YOU NOTHING, BUT NJ
CHARGES FOR A PERFECT CURE
WILL BE REASONABLE AND NOT
MORE THAN YOU WILL BE WILL,
ING TO PAY lIR THE BENEFITS
CONFERRED. WILL DO 81 YOU
As ! WOULD WANT YOU TO DO
BY ME If OUR CASES WERE
REVERSED.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Laughed Herself to Death.

While listening % the story OF a stout
woman who was asked TO leave a skating
rink, as her frequent falls were a menace
10 tile building. Mrs Polly Ann Jackson
Of Louisville, ny. gave way 20 laughter
which became Mysteries and caused her
death in few minutes. Mrs. jackson
had been an invalid for some time. but
her illness was not considered serious.
She had not laughed 80 heartily in
months rs 1T the story told her which
caused her death.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
In Chicago.

The Stranger-You'ye had great
many cases of highway robbery here
haven't you?
Chicago Ofhcia'--Wa did have quite
a number, but we don't have any now.
The Stranger-How do you prevent
them?
The Olliclal-We arrest every citizen
who leaves his house after nightfall.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., l have called
to ask If you will give me some reml
niscences of your public career"
Senator with dignity Not much
young man, do | propose to let any man
with rake run amuck through my
past history.-Baltimore American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Financial Ups and Downs.

Mrs. Coffin mother died in February,
1900, leaving an estate valued at $500
900 to be divided among her three chill
dren. Mrs Coflin's resources previously
had suffered from the inroads made upon
them by her matrimonial experiences.
She was sued for a cigarette bill in
Chicago, and for jewelry in New York,
for board bills in San Francisco, and for
the education of her children. and other
things. She went into bankruptcy and
was relieved of SJ9, 900 in debts. For n
period she owned Greenacre, a fine coun-
try home near Antioch. III.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

| Cure Nervous Debility, Blood
Poison, Rheumatism. Enlarged
Veins, Fistula. Piles ard Diner
Recta! Diseases, Kidney, Blad.
der and Lingering Ailments.
MAKE NO CHARGE FOR CONsULTA.
TON, whether you take treatment or not
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Relentless Fight Coming.
Rockefeller Gives Million.

NEW ORLEANS, La. May 2S-Dr
Crawford jackson, chairman of the cen
trail juvenile protcCtory committee of
Atlanta, which has started propagan
da for Juvenile courts and greater re
formatory facilities. announces that
John ID. Rockefeller had decided to give
Sl.ooO,ooo toward the building of refnr-
matOrics. This fund must he applied
in the south as well as In the north.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

place when exhausted.
1t is only question of time till our timber Is exhaust
ed Our public domain is al gone and the nation
longer boast that it has homes for all. Where
the immigrants rushing to shores to end up? Not
the land. We have more to offer them. They
must crowd into the cities.
When nation has 100000 people they will have
do something else than exploit natural to
earn a living We will eventually have to meet the
mercal competition England Is meeting oday and have
to such problems she is facing with 100000
unemployed crying for bread with bread to feed
charity does it out to them
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figure in the inves-
tigation and prose
cution of trusts,
has the reputation
of being the most
serious-minded of
liceholder in Wash
ington. The fact
that he carries one
or two books under
his arm to and
from his Office adds
tp tho IipDity pf
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
RAILWAY RATE REMEDY.
BY VIM. E. Chandler.

The question of judicial review Of
decisions of the Interstate Commerce
Commission making remedial rates
does not seem to be very complicated.
The object Of the shippers is to get
orders fixing such rates which shall
not be at once destroyed either by
the refusal of the railroads to obey
them or by immediate suspensions
of the orders by judges-just or I'M
just There Is no remedy for the
shippers or passengers in refusing to
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pay before they get back their merchandise get
into the cars Therefore, there should be and in the
pending bill two necessary remedies % criminal pen
ae upon the railroads for refusas to obey the orders
the commission and GU the command to the courts
issue mandamus orders to the railroads commanding
them to obey the orders Of the commission.
Now, Il IL easily to be that there IS way to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

willingness to throw money here and there. Kindness
greater thing than that 1t is revelation Of the divine
love. 1t Is willingness to strive
You know that good deal of the downright misery
of your life from petty trials You wrange at
the breakfast table about arrangement CT day
and fretted to the days work. Such little things
up into evil temper darkened outlook heart
and bad blood. Not of these little trials could
have happened If you and | had sense,
and without kindness toward our
brother.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
KINDNESS AND CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
By Dr. John Watson Tan IacIaren

/ decline to believe that any person is
Christian who is unkind. And If you can point
out to me a person who Is thoroughly and gen.
timely kind, then l do not ask what his creed
Is | say the beginning OF Christianity Is in
that man, and an exceedingly good beginning
Do not confound this familiar, homely, but
magnificent fundamental and pervading virtue
of kindness with good humor. easy -goingness
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

The public wouldn't know wat won.
en- some men married If 1t didn'. occa-
sionally see tho Husbands and their
wives together at funerals
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WHY COUNTRY PEOPLE SUCCEED.
By Juliet Y. Strauss.

l was much Interested recently IN a
talk with young friend Of mine who
has made a success Of his life and
whose head Is full of bright ideas.
He says that nearly all Of the
strength of our cities is made up from
the country towns. That two-thirds
of the brainy men of cities are men
who have come from towns or vii
lagos.
His theory as to this state of affairs
is this That in country town we
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
RETRIBUTION FOR
RELATING QUICK
Independent Oil Men Begin Unre!enting
War on Railways and the
Standard.

CLEVELAND, o., May 2S.-The
Leader says that independent oil men
will call upon the railroads this week to
correct the rate discrimination disclosed
at last weeks session of the interstate
commerce commission in this city.
Relentless Fight Coming.
1t will be the first formal notice vi
the Independent oil mems determination
to make a relentless fight to obtain
square DEAL from the railroads In
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

its beginning in the ranks Of young men.
most of them graduated from COLLEGE
within the last ten or twelve years
These young men had ideals and could
not stand idly by while monstrous evils
were threatening to corrode the very
foundations Of democratic institutions
These young men founded good govern
ment clubs, not mindng the SCOTS of
their cynical seniors They organized
vigilance committees to bring To task the
bctrayefs Of public trusts. whom dinl-
dent generation had lifcted into power.
O..ian Il Inng Ill Ifnrnm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
GRACE SMELL ON
SIXTH HONEYMOON,
Much Welded Chicago Woman Marries
Los Angeles Newspaper Man
This Time.

CHICAGO. H.. May 2S.-Nlrs. Grace
Smell Cohin-Conin WalkerC onin-L Lay
man. daughter of the late Amos j. Smell,
who was murdered ut his house, 40
Washington boulevard, on February 5.
lSsS, has just been married for the
sixth time, in Ventura, Cal, according TO
reports published in Los Angeles. Her
latest husband is Hugh NJ. Love, a
young California newspaper man, who
was graduated at Berkeley in 1896.
1t is added that this latest alliance
promises to cap with happiness the long
record of unfortunate matrimonial ven
lures. Although only IS years Of age,
she is believed TO hold the record for
being one Of the most married and often
est divorced women in the world.
Catalogue of Husbands.
The Chronicle of Mrs. layman's mat
rimonial experiences is rs follows:
1ssl-At IS years Of age ran away with
and married Frank Nixon Colin, formerly
coachman and dancing master. Forgiven
10y her father and lived with her husband
for ten years. Three children born.
lS9l-Dlyorccd on grounds of incompau.
ls0s-Rcmltcd TO former husband by plea
Of dest boy. who was fatally Ill. Mar
RED at bedside Of dying child.
loS5-Sccured second divorce from Coffin
on ground Of intoxicatIon.
ls29-Married TO James G. Walker, then
clerk at Virginia hotel. Gave him $1,000,
with which he purchased an interest IN the
Fountain hote', Waukesha, Wis.
l9pl--SeCured divorce from husband In
September on charges of cruelty. She AS
serted that he burned manuscripts repre-
syntlug her literary lahors
l9Ol-RemarriCd to Frank Nixon CONN,
October II Honeymoon at Mctrupolr hotel
iasted four hours. Divorced Coffin Nuycm-
Der II for unknown reason
l9O3-Marriei Perkins A, Laymau, clerk
at Van Nuy's hotel. California.
1906 Married Hugh NJ. Love.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
NATION LIVES PROFLIGATELY.
By James J. Hill.

The nation Is living protligately.
True it is that the nation at large Is
prosperous. We are cutting wide
swath, there is no doubt of that. But
if we get down, however, to closer
examination we will readily see that
sources-exploitng them as fast as
we can without building up indus
tries and trade relations to take their
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

Joe Cantill3n was ordered off the
coaching line ut Minneapolis for talking
back 10 Ovens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
JAMES r. GARFiELD'S HABITS.
A Serious Minded Official, Yet n
Lover of Recreation.

Commissioner James r. Garfield of
the Bureau of Corporations, whose
official acts make him prominent
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Odessa Is Very Anxious.

ODESSA. May 2S.-Au agent Of the
secret police was shot dead in the maip
street here today. The assassin escaped.
There is increasing public apprehension
as a result of the activity # the terror.
lists, the purpose Of whose campaign is
believed to be to compel the granting OF
amnesty. The strike in the harbor con.
tinues. Seventeen Russian steamers are
unable to dcnart
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Conquest 81 II. Great
American Desert

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Makes Home a Fortress.

TCHERNIGONO, May 2S.-In ok.
ncctation of an immcdiatr outbreak of
agragian disorders, Baron Rubin, mar.
shall Of the nobility, has converted his
country house into fortress and has
installed in it garrison composed Of
Ioeushians, warlke race Of the eau.
casus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31
Witte Goes to Germany.
Political Gulf Is Wide.

The debate on the personal liberty bill
was resumed The feature was a speech
made by NJ Chtchegovitof, minister Of
justice, in an exceedingly liberal tone
The speech created much comment, es'
pecially as the government distinctly re.
pudiated all responsibility for the min
ister's conciliatory remarks on Saturday
and in view of the fact that it was ru-
mored that he would be dismissed. The
outcome of the ministers concliatory re
marks was to show how great is the gulf
between Parliament and the ministry.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
We Are Just Overloaded;

in fact we are loaded to theg guards M we want to unload INC gt ready for greater
and grander and more aggr@sivem methods. We now they are bowling or the outside
Some fellows say we are LOSING thousands of dollars, but we cannot help what they say
With us it is Cash W re want, and you get the benefit
You could see in an around our
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-08
Lace Curtain and Drapery Sale

beMHey u will fnd themh here at te Lowest prices ever placed on them. 1T S THE
HARVEST TINE OF YOUR LIFE. We have cut this stock dwn wonderfully in the
last ten lays but we want to cut it still deeper and we promise yu oe and all if you
will visit our store, what w have said is more than true. 1t is printers ink AM is
the medium whereby wes shall each all of thu people, and tits the oyw way we can pour
sunshine Into the city, is to let thu phope know through tec columns oft this paper. We
want to tell you a bit NOR tt we are intresteda great deal in dsposng oft thousands
Of dOurCu ~b~ f