The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-26

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plumbing work in his own house or
building without license from the
state is the opinion Of Attorney General
Stead of Illinois which was gwen III IL
swer to an inquiry by Charles +. tIEne.
city attorney of Aurora. 1t followed the
arrest of one man for alleged violation
of the state act.
Clyne wanted to know if person
working in his own house or building and
not following the trade of plumbing. or
without having received certificate of
license, could lawfully perform plumbing
work.
In giving his opinion the attorney
general declares the act requiring the
licensing of plumbers refers only to those
who make it a business
Because of an address in which ne adj
viscd college students not to fall in love
and not to make dates Prof. Magnus-
son, formerly the most popular instructor
in Augustana college, Rock island, H..
has fallen into disfayor, particularly
among the co-cdS.
Young men," Prof Magnusson salt in
lecturng to the Adelphic society of the
institution, 'let the young women alone.
Let them take care Of themselves.
"TheSc Sunday alliances among The
students of opposite sexes are demOIWI liz
ing to the student in his college work.
Dates for Sunday distract the Students
mind all through the week.
Love affairs have no place in the coll
legc, Get knowledge first and then think
about love if You wantto.'
Isn't he norrjd:' exclaimed pretty
senior after the lecture, and we used to
think he was 50 fine.
Thousands Of dollars worth Of baggage
have been stolen in the last three months
from the Cunard line steamship pier u.
North river. New York. the police say.
the plan of the thieves being to change
the owners label on the baggage and to
substitute for them labels bearing the
names of junk dealers. The Jersey City
and local police have now made three
arrests which they declare bear on the
case.
James Ralston of Jersey City. store
keeper on the pier is locked up here.
charged with the larceny of Il bundle of
wearing apparel, valued at $3.50. Tie
complainant is Hurnus Ravam of
Brooklyn who alleges that the goods
We're taken from the pier. The Jersey
City police have under arrest Max Kahn
and Isaac Sch3etfer. proprlctorS OF
junk shop on the charge that they had
in their place goods taken from the pier.
The Jersey City police say that they
found these goods by the use of search
warrants.
Declaring there is more money in in
surfing lives than in saving souls NM
listers of Pittsburg are fo"saking the
pulpit to engage in the life insurance
business. Within the last two years
score of Tittsburg clergymen have given
up their charges for this work, and all
are making more money, they say, thah
had they remained with the church.
The latest Pittsburg preacher to lay
aside the cloth for the life insurance
Of the Washington Methodist Episcopal
church. He told his congregation hc
had resigned and that his resignation
had been accepted. He said:
Il do not quit from choice, but FROM
necessity. 1t is not altogether a mat
ter of money consideration, but in con-
SidcratiOn of the high cost of living If
ever the opportunity offers | win re-.
enter the ministry, but ut present there
is not Il living in it. The shortage Of
ministers today is occasioncd solely by
the insufficient pay"
Secretary Loeb has an elephant on his
handS-at least part of an elephant-and
derm, 50 far as Loeb knows what to do
with it. 1t is the tail of a huge quadru-
ped that is worrying the secretary.
Ernest Lyon, United States minister
Ia Liberia, is donor of the elephants
tail He explains that only a person
III authority is allowed to use an clc-
plants tail. Lyon declared that as
high of the admniSt"a ton he is en-
titled to carry the emblem of power.
The present is a foot ana half long,
supplied with black, briStling brush at
one end and neat leather handle mt
the other.
Some speculation was INDUCED in at the
executive offices as to what will happen
most high of the administration" way-
ing his elephants tail. Bets We're Of
fered that the executive will declare the
trophy the work Of some African nature
faker, and refuse to touch it, Another
guess was that he viii send Il special
message TO the Liberian Congress ask
ing It to pass a law forbidding the
docking of elephants.
With their ordinary clang and clatter
the wagons Of the Minneapolis fire de-
partment hurried past the Brunswick
hotel Just as James +. Henderson of
Omaha, Neb., was on the point of retir
ing. The latter had removed his shoes
and was sitting in his stockingfeet with
his straw hat still on his head. Acting
on the impulse of the moment, he thrust
his head out of the window to watch
the flying engines. A gust of wind waited
his hat gently over the street and
dropped it on the back Of Il rapidly
moving wagon.
Now it SO happened that Mr.. Hendcr
son had placed a roll of bills amounting
to $40 in the inside band of that same
hat, and he naturally started in pursuit.
He did not take the tire escape or even
stop for his shoes, but went down the
stairs four steps at time. BY the time
he reached the street the wagon was
block down uennenin aYenne uendnr-