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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-03-28
Cut Fares and Rates Abroad.

New South Wales railways have made
large reductions iu passenger fares and
freight rates
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-03-28

Unpleasant truths always please
lot of people whom they do not con
Germ.
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Pat Was Surprised.

Two Iiishmen got the contract to
cienn II well. Pat tied a rope around
his middle. and Mike lowered him Into
the well When rat was through
cleaning Mike began 10 hoist him up
but when he was halfway up he called
to his companion IN the we'll
"IIeuId on II minnit, Pat. TIL | spit
on me hands" and let 20 of the rope
Naturally Fat descended again a little
too rapidly for comfort. When Mike
renlizcd his blunder. he ran To the well
and called down:
Pat. Pat. are yc deadf'
And his partner replied,
$40. We brainIcss spalpcen; Ofm not
dead, beg rry hut Olm spachless wild
surprise NJ Nc." Judges Library
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"DRAWING THE LONG BOW"
Some Remarkable Exploits Credited to
Shooters of Arrows.

The expression drawing long bow"
does not of necessity mean the telling
of u falschoed 1t sometimes refers to
a wonderful story which may be true
enough, but which is SO marvellous as
10 require II firm trust In the yeraeity
of the narrator to enable the nearer to
believe it. Some of the longest bows
Of this sort have been drawn about
bows and arrows.
These stories began long ago. yir-
gil In the ".laneid" tells of four arch
PRS who We're shooting FOR prize, the
mark being pigeon tied by cord to
the mast of Il ship. The first man hit
the mast. the second cut the cord, and
the third shot the pigeon MS it flew
away. The fourth archer. having
nothing left 10 shoot, drew his bow
and sent his arrow flying toward the
sky With such speed that the friction
of the air set the feathers on fire, and
1t swept on like meteor to disappear
In the clouds.
The stories told of Robin Hoods
archery, illustrated by his wonderful
performance as Ioeksley In SCOTS
"lyanhoe," IRE also Il decided strain
upon modern eredulity The famous
story of William Tell, doubted by
many persons, Is believed by others to
have n foundation of fact There was
n Dane named Foke of whom the same
story Is told. and William Of Cioudes-
ley, an Englshman Is said to have
shot an apple from his sons head
merely To show his experiences.
Most stories of bows and arrows re-
late To the accurate aim of the archers
but Erenchman, Blaise de Nigenene,
tells one that shows the tremendous
force with which m arrow may be pro-
PEELED If the bow be strong and long
enough According to his own account
of the matter he saw Barbarossa, Il
Turk, admiral of ship called the
Grand Solyman, send an arrow from
his bow right through Il cannon ball.
Whether the cannon ball had a hole
through II or not he neglects to inform
U.S. probably not considering SO trihing
matter worth mention
Perhaps the most astounding of all
stories about arrow shooting Is that of
the Indians that used to inhabit Flor
Ida. II Is said that n group of them
would form circle, then one would
throw an ear of Indian corn into the
air The rest would shoot at 1t and
shell II of every grain before II fell to
the ground Sometimes the arrows
would strike II so hard and fast that
II would remain suspended in the air
for several minutes, and the cob never
fell until the last grain had been shot
| away.
1t Is such stories rs this which fully
| Justify the use to which the expression
drawing the long bow" Is sometimes
put Chleago News
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Don't hunt trouble. II will find you.
There Is not The slightest sense back
OF II great denl of hope.
When II man talks about his princl
pies, he usually means his prejudices.
There isn't II great deal of sunshine
In the smile Il man produces when he
loses.
A man IL always willing to lend Il
helping hand, but he does hate to lend
money.
The man who wants to sell II Is usu-
ally the one who has the least political
Influence.
The man who brags usually has Il
lot To say about the things he Is going
TO do. What he has done Is far less
important.
When man stops to listen to two
others arguing, he isn't after lnforma
tlon. lie wants to butt in and air his
own views on one side or the other
Atchison Globe
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Crows WAY of open,no CLAIMS.


The crows that live along the sea-
shore live on sea food. At times they
show Il CULTS dextcrity In picking eat
ablcs from the tossing water With their
bills Their ingenuity, however, Is
taxed by the hard shells Of clans,
which they can neither pry into nor
break with their bills. Like some gills,
the bright crow Will seize II clam and
fly to Il great height and drop 1t on Il
ledge OF rock. That breaks the shell.
and the crow gets the meat. Near
Vancouver. b. G.. the crow rides
around on the backs of hogs that are
roofing In the flow ground OF the tide
The hogs crush the shells OF clans and
mussels In their jaws and then drop
them on the ground In order to sepa-
rate the meat from the shell The
crow Jumps In and gets the meat for
itself. On the other hand, the remark
able story comes from Africa that
crows there carry stones to n consider
able height above IL nest OF ostrich
eggs and let them fall on the tough
shells. and then feed on the exposed
albumen.
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THE HERRING CATCH.
II Is to Northern Europe What the
Wheat Crop Is to America.

II Is to Northern Europe What the
Wheat Crop Is to America.
Today the herring is hardly regarded
by those who can afford nothing else.
and yet 3.o0o,o0o,o00 Of these fish are
needed to supply the annual demand.
How this iuexhaustlble, iimltlcss yield
Of the ocean has swayed the destinies
of nations Is atrklngly set forth In nm
nrtiele by Harold Bolce la Ocean
Despite the unremittlng harvest by
predatory man and gull and cannibal-
iStie cod and shark, the uneonQnered
armies Of herring still continue 10 pop
unte the Atlantic with multiplying
hosts
The Atlantic has been APPLY called
the HERRING pond" lndelibly assoeiat'
ed In the past with the economic and
political history of occidental man-
kind, the herring seems destined TO
survive us one of the greatest factors
In the welfare of western nations. To
day what the wheat crop Is to America
the herring catch Is 10 northern Eau
rope.
Few persons, even among the masses
that consume this fish, realize Its
economic Importance. More than 5000
100000 behring's are captured annually,
according 10 the latcst estimate.
The weight of that annual catch Is
over 100000 tons.
1t would require $4,000 freight cars,
each with capacity of thirty tons. to
haul the herring harvest inland from
the Atlantic.
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SHORTHAND.
rho Quality That Appears to Be Lack.
Tag In All Systems.

Tho Quality That Appears to Be Lack
Jag In All Systems.
The fatality of all systems of short
hand Is thut what seems easy to the
eye of fillal piety may be terribly diff
cult To the cold gaze of Il stranger.
OF the innumerablc systems OF short
hand that were the vogue Il century
ago how many survive today? asks
London writer. Fame and fortune still
await the man or woman who can III
vent II system that will appeal to the
reader as effectively as to the original
writer. Perhaps II we were to redis
cover the lost shorthand writing of the
ancient Romans we might find our
selves on the road toward n solution
OF the problem.
For the Romans We're on affectiOnate
terms with shorthand. Did not Sue
toulus. speaking of Caligua, express
surprise that an emperor of so many
promising parts should nevertheless be
an lgnoramus in shorthand, and did
not Titus Nespasianus pride himself on
his facility in the use of stenography
both for business and amusement? So
fond was he Of the sport that he de.
lighted TO gather his amanuenses
around him in order that they should
tilt against each other in the steno
graphic field. 1t may be that but for
the redseoyery of the art in England
toward the end of the sixteenth CEN
fury the curious Pepys would not have
been moved to write his diary.
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BEYOND The GRAVE.
Victor Hugo's Views on the Question
OF a Future Life.

Victor Hugos Views on the Question
of Future Life.
Victor llugo's opinion on the p,ies.
ton Of life beyond the grave WAS II
remarkable one. The great French
man WAS firmly convinced that he
would meet all his friends In II future
world He WAS equally sure that he
had always existed from the ante
diluvian times. when the Creator plac-
ed him on earth. lie believed that he
woEld exist forever. inasmuel as he
felt in his soul thousands of hymns,
dramas and poems that had never
found expression.
When the atheists would say to him,
"TlIe proof that You will not exist in
the future is that you did not exist In
the past" Hugo would answer:
"Who told you | did not exist In the
past centuries? You viii say that is
the legend of the ages. The poet has
written. Life Is Il fairy tale twice writ
ten lie might have said ii thousand
times written You do not believe In
the doctrine of surviving personalities
for the reason that you do not recollcet
your anterior existence. But how can
the recollection of vanished ages re-
main imprinted on yo.r memory when
YOU do not remember II thousand and
one scenes and events of your pres
cnt life? Since 1902 there have been
ten Victor lIugos in me DO you think
that | can recall all their actions and
all their thoughts?
'"rhe tomb Is dark. and when | shall
have passed the tomb TO emerge into
light once more all these Victor IIugos
will be almost wholly strangers to me.
but II will always bc the same soul :"
Scrap Book
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A DISAPPOINTED SHAH.
Queer Story of Prizefight In an Eng
lish Royal Garden.

lish Royal Garden.
In his book of memories Major ten
eral Sir Owen Tudor Burns tells II
story of the first visit OF n shah to
Great Britain
The shah wanted TO see a priZehght
with blood After much anxious
thought and consultation with Lord
was arranged In the buckingham pal.
ace stables. To take place quietly half
an hour before the shah WAS To receive
Lord Shaftcshury aud The archbishops
and bishops with Il memorial asking
him To protect the interests of the
Christians in Persia
But the shah slept late. The prize
fighters overlappcd the prelates. 4
footman made Il mistake in opening
the door. ArchbiShops and bishops fol
lowing the shah In Il moment found
themselves more or less In ring
round the two prizetighters. The
bishops hustled back to the reception
room, the fight was stopped. the shah
WIS angry and disappointed. and Lord
ShatteSbury was heard shouting: a
pri1efght In the garden of the queens
palace forsooth. | will dcnounce you
all over the Kingdom" Mutual expla
nations followed the matter was set
eight we sent special messages to the
exporters To keep ii ont Of the press,
md WAS later on privileged 10 cx.
plain il all to the queen, who took the
matter much more calmly than her
lord chamberlain. once back. how
ever inside buckingham palace, we
NIL smoethed our RULED feathers an,
listened to Il most gloomy Grafton from
Lord Shnftcshury.
The shah. angry at the Interruption
of his pri2efight. turned round TO Sill
Henry Rnwiinson and growled in Per
sim Hang the Christians In Persia
Tell them they're all right" Rawlin
son translated that Into IA long, clio
quent and beautiful reply To the depu-
tatiou. while doubtless the disappoint
ed boxers were having II consolation
scrap IN the stables. Lord Shaftcs
bury did not denounee them. though
the shah's bear leaders lived In terror
for some days.
The lord chamberlain blamed me |
blamed the shah. the shah blamed the
eQucrrY the equerry blamed the fpet
man. the foatinan blamed every one
all round. and we gave the prlzeiight
ers t. apiece, with Il resolution writ
ten In blood that never would nny OF
as again arrange II przefghi even fot
a shah of slahs. in II roynl palace gar
den
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THE GREEN SUN.
Il Was Noticed and Commented Upon
by the Ancient Egyptians.

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TEACHING MONKEYS.
1imple Acts That Are Too Difficult
For Simians to Learn.

or olnldnS Learn.
II would be II very simple matter for
Il fourteen months old child to learn
to pull In. by means of very light
toy wooden rake. an object which 1t
could not reach with its hands. and vet
Jimmie. n very tame Rhesas monkey
of mine, writes John Il. Watson in
The World Today. spent many days In
trying to learn this simple act and
had not learned 10 manipulate the rake
when our patience ran out. Jimmie
was kept moderately hungry ut the
time of the experiments; he MAS teth-
cred lust out of reach of somc very
tempting food (malaEa grapes \ light
top wooden rake WAS given hint In
stnctlvely he grasped II. bit II, then
dropped 1t and began stralnlng ut his
tether and reaching out rs far as posi-
hle With his forcleg. making vain eff
forts To scratch In his food The rake
WAS then put around one of the grapes,
and the handle extended toward Jim
ME Instantly he grasped the handle
rs before and lerked II. and the grape
rolled Within fehcn OF MS paw. MT
rake was dropped and forgotten aud
the faithful paw utilized for the cont
pletlon of the act,
Now what happens when the grape
has been eaten The rake Is still with
In his reach, and the grapes are dill
outside the pale Does he perceive the
relationship existing between food
ont of reach rake will lengthen paw
ergo. use rakeT' Not Jimmie And he
Is the brightest of six Az long as you
will kindly hook the blade Of the rake
around the grape and extend the han
die toward him he VIII condcscend to
pull In the rake and consequently the
grape. but he has never yet both
pushed out and then pulled In the rake
OF his own initiative
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though the dampness always maue /.

though the dampness always maze /,
the curlier She turned into the pas
ture after dismounting to open heavy
gate, and as she rode along she re
moved her cap and, transferring her
hairpins to her mouth, let the reins fall
ON Ginger's neck while she shook out
her long hair and prepared TO coil 1t
more closely. But Ginger gave sud
den jerk. aud in calling Whoa" the
pins fell from her mouth into the mud
and water. Then she laughed long and
heartily and gave the wind its will
with her hair No one would see her
anyway.
As she neared the slough she felt
very warm and unfastened her habit
ut the throat. Ginger was plunglng
and suortiny through the mud and
stopped once with jerk that almost
threw the girl from her saddle. The
wind caught at her dress. and before
she realized ii the two luckless letters
We're spread out IN the mud. 1t was
no laughing matter. for Richard would
be sure to find them. and the mud was
SO deep she could not possibly dis
mount She drove Ginger MS close to
them as possible and was leaning
over reaching for them so attentively
that she did not see Richard till lie
rode up almost against her.
Her eyes met his. defantly conscious
of her floating hair and her soiled face
and above all the telltale letters. She
wished her writing was finer she
could see that hateful u love you"
from where she now was. He lifted
his hat and was getting down to hand
her the letters when she stopped him
"Richard Copeland. YOU 20 right
away. Don't touch them. will get
them myself"
you can't You'd get stuck In the
mud Let me-"
"If YOU do, I'll-hate YOU
You do anyway, and, besides, won't
look mt whatever II Is you seem to
value so" He coolly dismounted, but
she sprang down ahead of him and
snatehed ut them. sinking To her knees
In the slnsh. Ginger started. and Rich
ard called whoa" but gave the poor
beast u sly cut with his whip that sent
her on n mad gallon for home. lie
held Colonel Nv the Birdie Edith
faced him.
Nov Edith" he said. hate me or
not. You will have to get on Colonel
and be taken home. Come-dear"
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Unfortunate ROYALTY,

Horse accidents cnused he death Of
William | and William Ill, William
II and Richard were killed by ar
rows, Richard III WINS slain In battle.
Charles WAS bchcaded. Edward H..
Richard II and Edward v were muir
dered n surlcit OF lamprcys cost Henry
! his life, poison or n snrfcit of peaches
killed John, poison Is suspected 10 ha 20
been administered TO Edward VI, and
the dcnth of Henry VI. Is by some his
torians laid To the charge of Richard.
duke af Gloucester London STANDARD
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THE BLACK SEA.
| Its Waters So Badly Poisoned That
life Is Practically impossible.


Life Is Practically impossible.
Few persons. probably. other than
those engaged In the pursuit of sci
encc. are aware that the Black sen
presents an interest of It's own To the
zoologist and the geologist shared by
no other part of the ocenn nj the pres
cut day.
Throughout the greater part Of the
ocean the bottom Is the dwelling place
of Il number of creatures whose bHsi-
ness II Is 10 consume the bodies of the
members of the surface fauna which
after death sink to the bottoms In the
Black sea however, says the Field. ow
Ing 10 special geological events, such
scaypugers are totally wanting over
the greater pnrt of the hottom SO that
the carcasscs of the creatures which
| full from above are left Ia deconlpoSe,
| which they speedily do ut the com
paratlvely high temperature of the
water
| by their decomposition two soluble
compounds, carbonate of ammonia and
sulphureted hydrogen. are developed
| In enormous quantities, while no free
lime, except such ms Is introduced from
the Mediterranean, Is left. The vol
ume of sulphnreted hydrogen IL so
great as 10 poison the water from
the greatest depth q 227 fathomsl TO
within about II hundred fathonls Of the
surface 10 such II degree that life, cx-
cept for Il few bacteria. Is absolutely
impossible,
The circumstance has double inter
est first. that II Is absolutely unique
Mt the present day. and. secondly. that
Ii seems 10 offer mn almost exact paral
lei 10 the state of affairs that existed
ut the Theoretically remote epoch
when the oldest known scdimcntary
rocks were laid down MS mud on the
ancient sen bottom
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His Poem ON a Qon.

The ethereal being with the unshorn
locks WAS shown Into the editorial
sanctum.
II have written poem ON tie dog"
he said.
Whose dog" demanded the editor
fercely.
ut IL not on any particular dog" fa!-
tered the poet.
DO you mean to say that you took
advantage Of the dog because 1t was
not particular and wrote your poem
on IT,
81 am afraid that you do not I'M
dcrstand Inc. was inspired by the
dogs fidelity"
III the dog was faithful, why should
you hurt its feelings by writing n
poem on 1t? Did you have the poor
brute shaved and tattoo the verses on
Its back. or did you brand them onY
Perhaps YOU
But the poet had fed London Tit.
Bits.
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Labor.

The doctrine Of the farm Is merely
this. that every man ought to stand in
primary relations With the work of the
world. ought 10 do II himself aud not
to suffer the accident of his hnNng II
purse In his pocket. or his having been
bred Ia some dishonorable or injurious
craft. Ia sever him from those duties
aud for this reason, that labor l. cod =
education. thai he only Is n sincere
learner. ne only can become master
who learns the secret Of labor aud who
by real cunning EFFORTS from nature lts
scepter Emerson
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a Dncinr's Assistant

doctor whose large practice has
made an assistant necessary was told
that the man he selected WINS hardly
competent.
Hes good enough for whit ! want
him for" said the doctor. II don't
expect him 10 prescribe for my pa
TENTS, but 10 listen 10 their gossip. In
many cases the privilege of talking
over his troubles with the doctor con
stitutcs the biggest part Of patients
cure ! haven't time to listen to all
these complaints myself; hence the
need of an assistant. This man Is
good booking aud sympathetic. Callers
will readily unburden their hearts 10
hlGi. then when they nre rp0dy for
rcal medical advice he can pass them
on to me :" Columbus Dispatch
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Biblical Reparteo.

Justice jeremiah Back of Pennsyl-
eania IN reviewing II case that came
up from tho court Of his old friend
Judge Moses Hampton, remarked,
surely Mo=es must have been VIII
derlus In the wilderness when he
made his decision" and sent the case
Iacl, Ia tb' lower court Judge IIamp-
ton on IT. second triad remarked that
although re would have 10 submit to
higher aulholi' lie sin thought he
was right in pite Of The lamentations
Of Jercmlnh
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at isn't necessary to 90 to the Wal
dorf to see the nobility" said the man
about town. 'Go down on Second ave-
nue. to the Hungarian restaurants
there The proprietor Of one IL an
exIled baron. the pianist Is n prince
the violinisi Is duke. the waiter with
the mustaclIOs was titled landown-
or In his own country. and each ana
every one Of the patrons. myself ex-
cepted. IS n scion of Russian. German
or Hungarian nobility. banished for
some /, ,son or other to the wilds OF
New York - New York Press
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A French Joke.

Here Is French joke thai is rather
English IN character; The Marquis de
Faviercs. not olious for his impecuni-
osity. called on II man of means nam
ed Barnard and said
"Monsietr. | am going to astonish
you. am the Marquis de favieres. !
do not know YOU. and come to Dor
row 800 louis
"Monsletr. Barnard replied. Il am
going to asst )nish you much more. l
know you. and | am going to lend
them" Lipplncott's Magazine.
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He Could Walk.

All are not soldiers who wear II uni
form, ms General Lew Wallace found
out al Fort lbonrlson. He Naw foHl
soldiers carrying n NTH. who seemed
TO he wounded.
Cant that man walk without assist
anceT asked Wallace.
ooh, no. said the men lie is
dying
Just then Il shell exploded near by
and the -four men dropped their hurdei
and fled The man who was supposed
to he wounded leaped 10 his feet anc
ran even faster than the others
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"Manml, asked lftlc Emersonla
OsgoodsoIl who translated the Ri
blef"
THE accepted version of It, my
dear" answered her mother, "ls tie
work Of learned Englishneh
"Englsllmen' Then that Is why
there IL no Epistle 10 the Bostonians"
Exchange.
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He Liked the Family.

Dick proposed To me last night"
"Whnt did yon tell him
81 said he had better ask mamma
And what do You think the wretcl
said"
"Goodness knows"
'1Ic said he had asked her already
and she wouldn't have him"
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MI h. Acctrlent loo

George We'll, life is worth living
after alt lack Whn's happened
George | went TO a railway station
10 see my sister off, and by some
chance Harry Hanson was there to
see his sister off. and in the rush and
noise and confusion we got mixed, and
Rugged his sister and he Rugged
mine Philadelphia Inquirer.