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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-10
HISTORY OF LEAD PENCILS.
Used in "a Primitive Form Back in
the Middle Ages.

II is difficult to determine the exact
period In which BLACK lead" was first
utilized as an instrument for writing
or drawing, as it has been confused
with other mineral bodies TO which it
bears no relation. The ancients used
lead, but the metal was formed into
fiat plates and the edges Of these plates
used to make the mark. If an orna-
,nenetal design was desired the tran
scriber drew parallel lines and traced
their Illuminated designs, usually
with hard point, but also with soft
lead. That lead was known to the an
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-10
Picture Was All Right,

Kathieen-Well, mother, do you think
It success? Is the painting like me?
Mother-Yes, the portrait Is excel
lent but no one would think that dress
cost your poor father 30 guineas.-Lon
don Tattler.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-10

First Friend see Jack and Molly
have made 1t up again. Why was tile
engagement broken OFF,
Second Friend They had a quarrel
MS To which loved the other the most.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-10

The total quantity Of tea shipped
from India during the year ending with
March 81, 1901. amounted to 2&2,3S694i
pounds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-10

When the members of church can't
say anything else complimentary about
their preacher, they say he Is good
mixer"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-10

The longer we live, the more We adj
mire agreeable people. and the less we
think OF a crouch
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand tweuty-four hours
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02
What OF the Wcathe.?
Charlotte News.

WHdb Va tht nCutucIs
Charlotte News.
The New York Commercial, than
whom there are few better post
| ed on the Industrial condition
and outlook of the country at
large; gives us little philosophy
on the results of the weather on
vegetable crops. For days news
reports have been sent out from
various communities and States
relating to the depredations
made by freezes, SHOWS and frost
on the early crops and the agri
cultural world is growing alarm
ed. Nor is the alarm SO narrowly
confined, for the interests of ev-
cry one are involved.
So changing and sual
has been the course of Nature
in April that even the emotion
less weather man. takes on a
sober look.
The Commercial soliloquizes
thus on the outlook:
"What is going to be the out
come of this cold weather? 1t is O.
question that is asked with q
great deal ofseriousness iustnow
by the horticulturists and t h e
farmers of the country. 1t is the
most unreasonable April in many
years. Thelapse into winter last
week, while appearantly being OF
a purely transitory character,
bore destruction on it's breath in
many quarters. Nor is there any
assurance that the milder atmos-
phere of the present day may not
be shrouded by another snowfall
or a nipping frost before the week
is done. 1t does not,require the
unfailing testimony of "the Oldest
inhabitant' to assure us that it
is almost remarkable. Nature in
the ordinary course of events
had, as usual, provided for the
regular rotation of the seasons.
To all in t e n t S and purposes
Spring had come. The sap went
up in the trees, and the blu d s
sprouted forth. The result is that
the fruit crop of 1907 is going to
be ineXpressibly short. In some
localities there will be nothing
Of it. 1t will be an utter failure.
Truck gardens, promotes of early
'ruits and Vegetables, are the
most direct and immediate sui
'erers. Their losses amount to
of thousands ofdollars;
lor can they well repair them.
Transition from Winter to Sum-
ner is likely to be sudden. AS to
he effect OF the SHOWS and cold
IN the general agricultural situ-
stion of the country, that re-
mains to be calculated. 1t is not
,f consequence, if the finale has
,een reached; but if we are to be
he precipent OF renewed samples
II hold-over Winter weather, the
,eneral crops can hardly escape
is i'll effects. :
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02

Buried to their necks in mud
in the basin OF an old reservoir
in Philadelphia, three boys had
Il narrow escape from death.
After playing near tlfssfeservoir
for several hours the three boys
thought they would run,up and
down the reservoir embarkment.
Although the smoothmud looked
safe to them. the minute they
sepped on the mud they began
to sink The operatives in a mill
nearby, as they were going home
from r.k hrard the boys
screams aud quickly got ropes
and pulled them out. .-Ex>
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02
Il. M.MADLON, d. l.. S.
BALM, Y. {.

am now located here for h e
practice of Dentistry, and am ma
king Bridge and Crown work, the
most Intricate work known to the
profession, a speciality.
B@My work is all done under a
positive guarantee-no satisfaction,
no pay. Nothing bu. the hest mate.
rial used in the execution of any Of
my work.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02

Ii a man kills himself he is call
ed a suicide; if be kills a brother
he's called a fratracide; il heskils
some one OF no kin he is q hom-
eide, but if he kills his town by
sending away to buy things he
ought to buy at thome he betomes
the entire lot OF "cides" mixed in
to one. We wonder if people who
continually buy goods away
from home ever think OF the ten.
dpncy Of this nefarious practice.
They are helping to kill the town
IN which they live by destroying
it's business and lowering the
price OF its real estate and driy-
ing out it's population. Enough
people in this business will de-
populate a town in a short time.
-EX.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02
Torture By Savages.

"Speaking of thetorture to which
some Of the savage tribes in h c
Philippines subject their captives,
reminds ne of the intense suffering
| endured for three months from in
hammation of the kidneys," says
w. NJ. Sherman, of Cashing Ne.
Nothing ..elped me mt Itlied Elec
trio Bitters, three bottles of which
completely cured me- Cures Liver
complaint, dyspepsia, blood disor-
ders and malaria, and restores the
weak ard nervous to robust health.
Guaranteed by all druggists. Price
50 cents,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02

Who makes the best liver pillsP The
J. C. Aver Company, OF Lowell, Mass.
They have been making Ayers Pills for
over sixty years. lfyou have the slight.
est doubt. about using these pills, ask
your doctor. Do as he says, always.
---Isds BY the J. c. Aver Co., Lowcll, Mess.-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02
A, A. HolscIaW,
ATTORNEY ATT.AW

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain (itr, Tennessee.
Will practice in all the courts
Of Tennessee. State and Federal.
Special attention given to col
)ections and all other matters of
a legal nature.
Office north east ofcourt house.
Oct. II, 1906, 1v.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02

also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are ont OF order.
What To Do.
There is comfort i'll the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swarnp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain i'll the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
1t corrccts inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant me-
cessity of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-R Root
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the Most dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug.
gists in fifty-cent andfone-dollar sizes.
You may have sample bottle and
book that tells all E.E :
aboutit, bothsent free 1s:s$::ss:a 1s..$:sa
by mail. Address DR.. tsi5S3a MA
Kiltner & Co., Biug- sas.as ssl::.sz:s
haniton, N. Y. When Home Of svamp-Root
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but reriember the
name, DR.. Kilnier's Swamp-Root, and
the address. Binghamton, N. X.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1907-05-02

a asediment or set,
tling indicatesan
unhealthy con-
ditioiI Of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen 1t is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
Doubling Willie.

Many a teacher has found himself
repeating year after year some favor
ite story without considering the
logic of it until called to halt by a
small boy listener So it was with
Mr.. Frisbie when he told his pupils
this year as usual of a certain Roman
athlete who every morning swan the
Tiber three times.
AS the details of this achievement
burst upon him, little Willie Barnes
nudged his next neighbOr and snick-
cred audibly. The professor under
took to rebuke him.
willie" said he, you seem to see
something very humorous in this VIII
you explain to the class what it is?
Do you doubt that he could swim the
river three times?"
mo, sir, it amt that" gasped little
Willie. "But l was wondering WIN
he didn't make it four times, so az
to get back to the side where his
cIo'es were"
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
COAL KILLS WOOL INDUSTRY.
Pennsylvania County Gradually Loses
Business by Discovery.

Washington, Pa.-Washington coun-
ty people were once wont to point
with pride to the fact that their coun-
ty was the first in the United States
in the production of wool. This proud
boast can no longer be made for the
reason that worthless dogs have driv-
en- many of the leading wool growers
of the county out of business.
Scarcely a day passes that does
not bring some Washington county
farmer to the county seat with his de-
mand for damages for the reason that
his flocks have been raided by dogs.
In the Office of the county commission
ers are pending claims for such losses
which cannot be paid for a year of
more The fund from which such
damages are paid is provided for by
a tax on the dogs of the county.
Sheep once raided by dogs, even
though they escape with their lives,
are never worth anything again. They
become so thoroughly frightened that
in time they die, it is said, from
nervous prostration.
Another reason assigned for the de-
terioratiOn of the industry in Wash
ington county is the fact that men
trained by years of experience in rails
ing sheep are fast disappearing by
reason of old age. The younger gen
Grafton, it is said, is so busy accumu
lating money that they have not the
patience of their fathers, and for that
reason neglect their flocks for other
interests.
In lamenting the decline of the once
foremost industry in the county one
of the old-time woolgrowers made the
remark that it was a sad day fol
Washington county when the discov
cry was made that the vast bitumin
Gus coalbeds with which the entire
county is underlaid might be turned
into money In ten years" said he
I'VE will never even remember tha
Washington county was once the
foremost county in the United States
in the production Of sheep and WOOL
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
cURFEw Law HITS WOMEN.
Indian Territory Teachers Rebel at
Nine O'Clock Order

Muskogee, L I've won't stand
it! Let them go and get old maids
if they want old maid school teach
ers," said a petite young school
teacher to a group of her fellow teach
ers, and she stamped her foot when
she said it.
This was all because the school
board has applied the curfew law to
school teachers of Muskogee From
Tulsa and McAlester comes informa-
ton that the school board at each
place has made similar order.
The boards of education in these
towns have decided that the teachers
in the public schools must cut society
five nights out of the week at least
The boards have given it out that they
do not expect to see the teachers out
after nine o'clock at night through the
school week, and they do not add that
the teachers are at liberty the other
nights.
This order has created a storm in
the towns mentioned Some of the
teachers are in open rebellion, and
say they will go where they please
and when, and some Of them have
done so, but it is noticed they are
waiting with some apprehension for
the next meeting of the board
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
HAULING FARM CROPS
FIGURES ON TRANSPORTATION
BY WAGON.
Interesting Statistics Prepared by De-
partment of Agriculture-AVerage
Cost of Carrying Wheat 19
Cents Per Ton Per Mile.

WashingtOn-At an early date the
United States department Of agricul-
ture will issue Bulletin 40 of the bu-
reau of statistics, prepared by Frank
Andrews, transportation expert of the
division of foreign markets. This
bulletin is a report on the cost of haul
ing crops from nearly 1900 counties
and cover practically the entire farm
ing area of the country.
The average cost to the farmer Of
hauling wheat from farms to ship
ping points is given as nine cents per
100 pounds, the average distance
hauled is 9.4 miles, and the average
wagon load of wheat weighs 1888
pounds. thus containing about 55 bush
els. For cotton the average load is
1,7O2 pounds, distance from shipping
point 11.S miles, and cost of hauling 16
cents per 100 pounds. Reduced to
terms of cost per ton per mile the
rate for wheat is 19 cents and for cot
ton 27 cents.
The highest cost of haul is for
wool, which is carried on an average
1913 miles from farm or ranch to ship
ping point at a rate of "A cents per
100 pounds for the entire distance.
The lowest cost for any one product
is for hemp, which is hauled from
farms to shipping points at an aver.
age cost of six cents per 100 pounds,
the distance hauled being 81 miles
and the average load of he weigh
ing 1898 pounds.
For the entire distance f-ol farn to
shipping point cor cats and barley
are each hauled at al average cost OF
seven cents per 100 poun4s; hay, flax
seed, rye and timothy seed, eight
cents: wheat, potatoes and beans, nine
! cents; tobacco and live hogs, ten
cents; rice, hops ana buckwheat, II
cents; apples and peanuts, II cents;
vegetables (other than potatoes) and
cotton seed. Is cents; cotton and fruit
fother than apples), 16 cents and
wool, A cents.
Except in the case of wool, prac
| tically all costs represent the expense
incurred by farmers in hauling their
own produce. Wool is hauled in the
Rocky mountains largely by regular
freight wagons, and the wool growers
pay for the hauling at varying rates
! per 100 pounds.
The total tonnage of farm products
hauled on country roads in the United
/ Ctotoc &c not I--o.ryp but of y Ipadiuo
products it is estimated that nearly
5O,O00,O00 tons were hauled from
farms during the crop year 1906, al
a cost of about $S5,00O,OO0, or more
than five per cent. of their value al
local markets. Of this traffic, 10000,
600 tons represent the weight of corn
wheat and cotton, and the cost Oi
hauling these three products was
! $70,000,000
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

PRETTY GIRLS pvNr soLoNs.
Using New Methods 10 Secure Woman
Suffrage in Iowa.

Des Moines. Ta.-Satisfied now that
arguments will do no good, Iowa wom-
en- have determined to try blandish-
ments in order to get a law through
the legislature giving them the right
to vote. Petitions. submitted annual
ly for 20 years have been met with
refusals. Last year the women came
nearest to success since the beginning
of the agitaiOn-the house passed it,
and it might have passed in the SEN
ate if the legislature hadn't adjourned
before the bill was reached.
This year the women have enlisted
the aid of all the pretty girls and
women in the sta.e They have used
up all the argument and logic they
possessed in a pamphlet which has
been placed in the hands of every
member. Now they have something
better. A series Of banQuets have
been arranged for all the doubtful
members Of the legislature and al
ready innumeIaJ-e little dinners and
suppers have by-I given and the plan
is apparently working nicely. Pretty
girls are using their Establishments
upon the bachelors of the legislature.
Smiles and, perhaps who knows,
kisses are being utilized in place of
arguments with the men who won't
see. Influence is being used with the
wives and daughters OF the legisla-
tors and also the sWeetheaTts. All
have combined in one final campaign
for wOman's rights And this year
the women-the Political Equality
clubs of the state-feel confident of
success. If they don't succeed this
time-well, they won't give up, but
they will feel nightly discouraged.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
FEELS PAIN IN BURIED HAND.
Relief Comes When Fingers Are Ex-
humed and Strengthened Out.

GaIlipolis, O-The case of Robert
Wolf of Couch, w. Va, is another link
in the theory that the several mem
bers of the human body do not rest
painlessly in the grave unless put
away in a perfectly natural position.
Mr.. Wolf, while out hunting, shot his
right hand, mangling it badly. Doc
tors rom Point Pleasant were sum-
moled and amputated the hand above
the wrist The member was buried
but for some time afterward the in
jured man was restless and could not
sleep, and was worried. He did not
complain about his arm hurting him,
but said that his hand panied him
very much. He showed his relatives
with his left hand the shape his right
hand was in when it was buried.
The pain increasing, and Mr.. Wolf
still complaining, Mr.. Phillip Wolf, a
brother, and another went to the place
where the hand was buried, dug up
the box, and found the hand cramped
in exactly the position described by
Mr.. Wolf The fingers were carefully
Strengthened out and the hand placed
back in the box in such manner that
there was no pressure anywhere and
reburied The injured man at once
became easier and said that his hand
did not hurt him except for a slight
feeling above the thumb.
Physicians explain that the sensa-
ton of a severed arm or foot being in
place, when in fact it is cut OFF and
buried is caused by the nerves at the
end of the wound They do not eX-
plain, however, how man may think
his fingers hurt him when he no longer
has them
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
GIRL BARBER is BUSY.
Young and Old Men of Ohio Town
Are Acting Real Giddy.

Hamilton, O.-After completing a
course of study in a tonsorial acad-
emy in Cincinnati, Miss Minnie
Boone, aged %, a prepossessing
young woman of Maud's Station, But
Ter county, returned to her native
village last week and opened up a
neat tonsorial parlor in the staid old
Butler county hamlet
Success marked the first days bust
ness, and Miss Boone has made a ten
strike. It is even limited that the
men of Maud's Station love to Iinger
in the comfort of the barber chair,
and the run on hair tonics made by
some of the bachelor residents has
been a matter of comment.
Sea foams are all the rage, and the
old time shampoo is being revived.
Facial massage is also growing popu-
lar. and instead of the hitherto week
" Saturday afternoon visit to the
man barber of the village of Maud's
1t is said that some of the youths and
''old bucks" have taken to having
their faces shaved and whiskers
trimmed two and even three times a
week.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
CACTUS is GOOD FODDER.
Scientists Prove Value of Burbank's
Latest Plant Development.

Berkshire, Cal.-Experiments just
completed by NJ. E. Jaffa, head of the
department of nutrition and foods at
the university, show that a new spe-
cies of thornless cactus has proper
ties as fodder for cattle which will
equal many of the desert grasses. The
tests were made at the request of Lu-
ther Burbank, the originator of the
new species of plant, and have
proved to the full the great Importance
of the new plant as a fodder for cattle
in the waste lan0s. Prof. Jaffas report
on the experiment has just been COM
pleted, and will be forwarded to Bur
bank in a few days.
A short time ago five species Of the
plant were sent to the agricultural
station here to determine the food
value. The series of experiments car
ried on by Prof Jaffa show that the
new plant carries nutritiye powers
equal to three-QuarteTs that Of al
falfa.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

when he was sent to his present berth
in New Bedford.
Young Quigley became a messenger
boy. and in his spare time he was al
ways at the key listening and trying
to reproduce the dots and dashes on
a dummy key nearby. He learned
with remarkable rapidity, and he is
now one of the fastest senders in the
service In sending long press dis
patches he is especially proficient.
When, early last autumn, Dick
was drafted from the Newport office
to go to New Bedford his parents,
having in mind his youth, demurred.
In an emergency, however, they per-
mitted him to go temporarily. Then
they consented to his taking the place
permanently if he could come home
to report every Saturday. This was
acquiesced in, and young Quigley
spends every Sunday with his parents
here.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

He receives more than any other
composer ever did for his works
PucCini is one of the most popular
of contemporary composers, but he
receives for La Boheme," "Tosca"
and Madame Butterfly" at the Met
rOp0litan only $3.50 for every perform
anCe. They are operas that last an
entire evening.
When the production of "SalOme"
was first suggested to the intendant
Of the Royal opera in Berlin he
would have none Of it. "Feursnoth"
had aroused the indignation of the
empress and had not won success
with the public sufficient to compen-
safe for her displeasure.
The composer determined that the
Royal opera house should take his
opera. So he composed two military
marches, Through his influence as
conductor of the Royal opera house
he managed to have himself invited
TO court The emperor wanted TO
hear the new military compositions.
Strauss stepped to the piano to play
them
Would your majesty permit that /
remove my coat?' the pianist asked.
His majesty gave permission, and
The composer set to work to play
The music as well as he could. He
put SO much effort into it that the
emperor was delighted.
.l was not long after that musical
Session that "salome" was pro
Aoleed fit for production at the
Royal Prussiau theater.
The composer lives in Charlotten-
burg. and his life is as quiet as the
sintouia Domestica" indicated. He
is man Of very abstemious habits
and drinks only a glass or two of
Deer every day. Wine he takes only
al formal dinners. Three or four
CIGARETTES give him all the tobacco
he needs.
Ills summers are spent in Mar
-aEetstein, in the Bavarian Tyrol.
tie does much of his work there, al
-olsh he devotes nearly every even
ing When he does not conduct at the
opera to composition at home, be-
=.AaIng usually at seven and contin-
alg until midnight.
lie carries a miniature score ALWAYS
WIN him and composes with a pencil.
i- is never necessary for him to revise
.-e work, which is finished when he
puts his ideas on paper.
lie frequently sits surrounded by
MS family and friends. especially in
me summer, and composes while they
a1 about him. His passion is skat,
."th NE plays in his hours of diver
..e- lie has often confessed that
Is writing for money and hopes as
5.'A as possible TO write an opera
.--'N VIII enable him to travel and
compose withoJ, being disturbed by
MS routine duties as conductor.