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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
SOLDIERS UNEXPECTED ALLY.
How Mohammedan Holy Man Came to
the Rescue of a British Regiment.

Sir II. {. l'rury Lowe, VIII" recently
died. a veteran OF 'rm"a, the Muuu}.
the Iulll ana EENpuan wars, was one oil
! the leaders of the forced march 10 Cairo,
which made its way for slNty-hve miles
|acro~s the desert and conSnmmated the
victory of Tel-"l kebir. \ curious luci-
dent IS told Of this campaign, The story
Illustrates the absolute and SnperSttlouN
devotion of tn" Arabs To their religion.
Naht l'aSha had concentrated MS forces
near tie English camp. The british sol
di"rs were queerIooklng set in their
rough, loose jackets dusty aud muddy,
their growing boards, their dirty belts
aud helmets: but the strirteot discipline
was maintained The men were Stea"y,
cheerful. patient to endure the scantY
food, filthy water and the heat ana dust.
\ canal ran close to their line of en-
trcnchmcnt from which they got their
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13

The general public has little idea OF
the well-organized plans in operation IN
nearly all large city retail stores TO
check thievery, says the head detect
i've in one of the largest dry goods es-
adjustments BY the systematic pros
ecution Of thieves the losses do not
amount to one-third Of what they did
three years ago.
Every large retail department store
In New York and Chicago has It's regu-
larly organized staff Of detectives whose
duty it is to detect dishonesty in al
most every form inside the store, while
many establishments have a force Of
detectives who watch for thieves who
may seek to rob the establishment S
delivery wagons when out on their
tours. Part Of this force are men and
part women. The employment of WON
en- in this capacity is absolutely neces-
sary. for women can do excellent work
where men would be worse than use
less. For instance, IL male detective
should be seen in the crowd at bar
gain sale or at q counter where an un-
usually large number Of women were
Congregated, the suspicious of any WON
an shoplifter in the crowd would be i'm
mediately aroused and she would trans
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would make a chronic thief OF her by
reason OF the fact that she has been
arrested and badly scared by threat Of
prosecution and Imprisonment, but
whose plea Of kleptomania has been
accepted for the reason that it has
been her first cefense.
In watching suspicious persons and
detecting thieves. secret signals and
words are employed that to the unsus-
picious person, or even to the shop
filters, have no particular meaning, but
which are we'll understood between the
store detectives. foorwalkers and sales
men and salcswomen. Primarily, per
sons against whom there seems to be
reason for suspicion are quickly sized
up by the store employe with whom
they come In contact.
"Of course, many shoplifters study
to dlsarm suspicion both by their gen.
eral appearance and manner of ad-
dress. They exhibit no nervousness,
keep a keen watch of all that Is go
ing on near them. and, possessing plen-
ty Of nerve and self-confidence, per-
form the theft at the most opportune
moment. taking care to make no false
move.
Many shoppers carry suit cases. as
do hundreds of honest shoppers, and
on taking their place at a counter leave
the suit case partly open at their feet
SO that articles may be quietly dropped
therein when the salesperson Is not
looking. A small purchase being made
it is openly placed in the suit case and
the shopifter moves away. Other shop
filters carry 4 folded newspaper in one
hand, and while the saleswoman's at
between it's folds.
when suspicion is directed against
shopper by salesperson, the fact
is quietly conveyed to one of the de
tectives, who approaches seemingly as
il wishing to look at some object with
the intention of purchasing 1t. When
it is shown the detective makes some
objection to It, whereupon the sales
emily for the purpose of showing anoth-
er article of the kind wanted. This
gives the opportunity to speak few
words of explanation.
signals are sometimes given to
salespersous by detectives when they
have reason to be suspicious of a shop
per who is being waited upon at the
time. Again, words of seemingly no i'm
portance are Used by the salespersons
to inform detective or foorwalker
that a shopper has been detected in the
act of stealing.
when possible the shopllfter is led
to the private Office or a room where
persons under suspicion are ques-
toned and searched Once inside, one
Of the male and one of the female de-
tectives are summoned, and the thief
Informed she must submit to be search
ed by the female detective. the floor
walker and the male detective waiting
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
shower of Fish In AussrnIia.

In communication to the Royal So
ciety of Queensland Douglas Ogilby re-
cords the occurrence of shower Of
fishes which fell In Brisbane during a
severe hailstOrm on Oct. last.
They were identified as the species
known as the trout gudgeon (kretftius
adspersus). Such showers of small fish
are not unknown in other parts Of the
world Sometimes after a heavy rain
they are found swimming about in the
pools formed on the surface of the
fields.
The explanation is that the waters
Of a pond or lake have been drawn up
into the clouds by whirlwind. carry
ing some Of the smaller fry with them
The latter, of course. promptly descend
again in the rain.-London Globe
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lust outside the door If the shoplifter
objects, which she seldom does, know
ing that the game is up, the police de
partment is notified by telephone, and a
city detective sent to the store, when
the thief is placed under arrest, taken
out of the place as quietly as possible
and removed to a police station, where
she is searched by the police matron,
aud charge of theft made against
her The experienced shopifter usually
seeks TO make as little disturbance as
possible when caught, relying upon
ouieter methods Of getting out of her
| dilemma.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
BRINGS PINCHING BUGS.
British steamship Weary OF Battle
with Irrepressible Pests.

Bombay pinching bugs invaded an
Eveless Eden when they climbed
aboard the British freight steamship
Strathairly at Bombay on July Il, says
the New York Herald. To use the
words of the Strathairly's second OIL
GER Mr.. Kelso, 1t was a pinch all the
way over, and the ship came into this
port yesterday literally on a pinch as
well. The pinching bugs Of Bombay
have habit Of biting hard. and for
almost 60 days the sailors on the
Strathairly kept up continuous fight
against the little pests.
Visitors to the Strathairly came off
the ship with one or more Of the bugs
clinging to their clothes. If the visitor
did not watch out for them the bugs
would by easy stages reach the face
Of their victim and then-the pinch
ihg kiss.
Robert van Fossholler. a Transvaal
sailor on board the ship, thought he
had remedy for the bug plague In a
liquid connection with which he liber-
ally sprinkled the focsle quarters. He
drove out the bugs and the other men
Of the crew as we'll. Then Bazin. a
Frenchman, the ships chef, produced
bug powder that was warranted to
kill any bug alive. 1t blew great mon
soons the day after the powder had
been sprinkled over the ship, and as
a result every particle Of food not down
in the stores was made useless.
Captain Herne, Mr.. Duncan, chief Of
ficer. and the second saw no humor in
the situation of the distinguishing
bug plague, and in this view they were
backed up by the crew. Then the
SueZ canal was passed through, and
the bugs continued to multiply. There
was council Of war, and it was de-
cided to ask for advice at Algiers. In
AlglerS the Commandante, or whatever
that officials title was. came aboard
and investigated and departed with a
dozen samples Of the Bombay bug
clinging to his robes.
At quarantine DR.. Doty disinfected
the steamer according to the rules gov
erning ships arriving from far east
ern ports. Everything in the way Of
microbes and germs aboard was official
~ disposed of-eXcept the kissing bugs
They remained as stowaways, and con
tinued with the StrathairE to the Bush
docks, where they promenaded ashore
in pairs and quartets, and visited the
offices on the piers.
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GOES TO SOUTH AFRICA
GEN WILLIAM BOOTH TO SPEND
THREE MONTHS THERE.
Hopes to Complete Plans for Colonizlng
Country with Salvation
lists.

LONDON. Aug S,-Gcn. William
Booth, commanderin-chief of the Saliva
ton army, sailed this afternoon from
England for Cape Town on "A tire"
months tour of South Africa. The aged
SalvationiSt The is almost 80 years of
age has mapped out an itinerary that
would tax the strength of a much young.
er man. He intends 10 penetrate 10
many out-of-the-way points which can
be reached only by driving for many
days in the bullock wagons. Will" IN
Rhodesia the general hopes to conclude
arrangements foI coloni2ing that country
10y Salvantionists on "A large scale.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
CHOLERA IS SPREADING,
Asiatic ScouTge Continues to Make
Steady Progress in Southern
Russia

Asiatic cholera continues To- make steady
although as yet not alarming progress
in the Nolga region. The chief crn'er1
of the disease are at Astrakhan and
in Saratov province, notably the cj'r,
of Saratov and Tsaritsyn. According
to the latest official reports dated today
there have been twcnty-nlnn new cases
ana twenty deaths in SaratDv province
two cases i'll Samara province, aud two
cases at kazan. \ passenger on a
he had Travelled Il hundred miles was
found to have the disease, lIr was at
once removed and sent to a hospital,
Five cases of bubonic plaGu" are report
ed among the kirghiz triheSnrn ia As
trakhan province, but this malaly /, not
considered menacing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
ZEPPELIN TO GET
A NEW AIRSHIP.
Kaiser Conveys His Deep Regret for
Destruction of Great Balloon
by Storm

BERLIN, Aug. G,-In addition to the
government grant of Xl25, 900 To Count
Zeppelin for the construction of another
airship, 1t appears probable that he
count will be given even II greater sum
for the construction of new dirigiblp OF
the model of the one that was destroyed
Yesterday and for extensive experiments
with new ideas. The national pride has
made the work If Count Zeppelin its
own, and almost every city i'll the EN-
pire has opened public subscriptions to
raise money for the coant.
TRlEDRICHSIIAFE Aug g
The King of Wurtemberg called on
Count Zeppelin ut his hotel here today
and conveyed to the aeronaut the per
sonal regret of Emperor William over
the destruction yesterday of the count
arship at Echterdngen The Emperor
telegraphed:
| have heard with the deepest regret or
the destruction Of your balloon 10y storm
and ! wish you To know OF my cordial sym.
pathy in your misfortune. All the more
since | and al Germany thought we had
every reason to believe we could congratu-
late you on the glorious realization OF
your splendid. epnch-making achievement
Nevertheless. whit YOU have accomplished
must be recognized As Of the highest order,
ana this must bc comfort to you In this
catastrophe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
TOLSTOI SICK AGAIN.
ment of the Veins as Result 0.
River Bath

ST. pETERSRIR re, Aug S-rount
Leo Tolstoi is again iudISposed because
Of his habitual disregard of the elemeu.
tary rules Of health. At the conclusion
of long walk through the country he
took a bath in the river which caused
enlargement of the veins in one Of his
feet. He has suffered considerable pain.
but he is now a little better and able To
sit up. Ills physician ordered him tu 20
to bed and that the foot bc packed ia
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
GERMANS FIGHT
TO SAVE FOREST
USE ELECTRIC LIGHT TO RID TREES
OF CATERPILLAR PLAGUE WITH
GOOD RESUL1S
PROVES A BIG SUCCESS.
First Trial OF New Scheme Results IA
Destruction of Three Tons OF
Moths.
PROVES A BIG SUCCESS,
PM FORESTS ARE THREATENED.

ZlTTAU, Germany. Aug. Site
Saxon authorities have discovered what
would seem To be an excellent Way tp
put an end 10 the caterpillar plu-u"
which is having such a disastrous rtoc.
on the local forests. They have dj>r"y.
cred method to catch the brown nun
moths that lay the eggs from which TIE
catcrpillarS come III enormous guam.
titles,
Use Electric Light
They make use of what they call thn
electric light trap. This consists of
two large and powerful rctlcCtors placed
over Il deep receptacle and powerful cN-
haust fans. The whole has been erected
on top of the municipal electric plant,
At night two great streams of light are
thrown from the rehcctorS on the wool
ed mountain sides halt a mile distant.
The results have been astonishing The
moths. drawn by the hrlllianey, come
tlurtrriug in thousands along the broad
rays of light. When they get within
a certain distance of the rcilectors thu
exhaust fans take up their work and
with powerful currents of air swirl them
down into the receptacle" On the first
night no less than three tons of mos rs
were caught. 1t has boon decided to
build another trap on the Rathaus tower.
and the fight with the moths will he con
tiuued.
Moths Threaten Trees
The forests of central Europe havn
from time to time been ravagcd by
moths from Russia, whose larvae de
nude the trees of their foliage The
splendid pines of the LauSItz mountain,
are this year threatened with deStruC-
ton
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
FEAR ANOTHER SHOCK.
Mohammedans at Constantine Believe
Earthquake to Be Divine Warning
to Wicked

CONSTANTINE, Algeria, AUG s.
The people Of Constantine are sim in a
state of terror from the earthquake
shocks Of a few days ago, fearing a rope
tltion and there is in consequence a
steady exodus to the country The Mo-
hammedaus, who regard the continual
ton Of the shocks rs a divine warming
10 the wicked not to sleep in damaged
dwellings,, have assembled in the Gene
terles, whore they PROSTATE Themselves
and pray for hours At time. until over
come by WEAKNESS, they fall asleep
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13
NEW RECORD IN ALPS.
Boston Man Ascends Three Peaks in
Day-Used Lanterns Part
of Time

BERNE, Switzerland. Aur. G.-An I'M.
precedented record in Alpine climbing
was made yesterday by Mr.. Burr Of
Boston. Accompanied by expert guides
he assembled in one day the peaLs Of the
.Jungfrau, the Moench, ana the Giger
The start was made very early in je
morning. and the first mountain was
climbed by the light of lanterns.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13

You people who quarrel easily, re-
member that no quarrel was ever real
~ made up.
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kleptoTnanincs,

AS to the moral responsibility Of
so-called 'kleptomanacs, you viii find
experienced detectives who hold wide
~ divergent opinions on the subject
Some are convinced that many women
steal simply because they cannot resist
the temptation to obtain something for
nothing Certainly many women steal
articles for which they have no use
and who are SO well off financially that
there Is no need to steal. Others hold
the opinion that a thief Is a thief,
whether she he 4 woman in no actual
need or one who steals as means of
living without working. Certain 1t Is
that many an alleged kleptomaninc has
been checked In the course which soon
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13

passed an act 10 regulate the hours II
railroad employees with sixteen hours
limit.
Twenty per cent of the population of
Canada earns it's living m connection
with the couutrN'S carrying trade. kaiI-
road employees alone number l2l,OOU.
The mayor or Knoxville. Tenn. recent
ly appointed representatives, of organized
labor to assist IN drafting the new city
charter. and through their efforts it is
expected that the initiative and refer
eudum clause will be inserted.
1t is expected tha; the Australian com
mouWcalth old age pension scheme viii
cost $4,000" yearly. All INDECENT per-
sons over 10 years of age who have re-.
sided in the commonwealth for twenty
years will hc emitted :" pension of
$40 week.
The Indianapolis labor organizations
have recently leased Il farm of thirty
acres west of the city, which they in
tend To improve and use for picuics and
outings, \ park committee has been
formed, with IA view of raising funds for
the purchase of the beautiful natural
park
The annual report Of Ernest Mills,
secretary treasurer for the Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners, which was submitted
to the convention of that organization re
Gently, showed, that the organization lost
more than live thousand members during
the past year. An effort will he made
t" ascertain tn" cause of the decline and
To stop it,
The Eight Hour League Of America
is conducting an agitation among the
a.. oh ttt,l tttr
4 the universal eight hour WOrkday the
| paramount issue of the presidential cam
paign.
4 settlement. affecting fully 10000
mon in Pennsylvania. Ohio Wisconsin,
Michigan, Missouri and Illinois has re-
Gently been reached between the West
cru Ear Iron association and the ANAL
gamat"d Association of Iron, Tin and
Steel workers and the wage scale was
signed for tItc year ending June 30,
1909 By its terms the puddrrs are
given a ,ut IF about eight per cent. in
wages aud the tnishcrs an average OF
about per cent.
The Labor unions of CharIcroi Pa,
have decided to build hospital tor
their sick ana disabled members.
The International steel and Copper
Plate Printers union met IN conycu-
ton in New York City on July 20.
Tn" Woman's Suffrage League of
New York city has asked the support
of the labor organizations i'm its agitJ-
tion for political equity
Associated blacksniths of the
United Kingdom ar" planning an
amalgamaton Of all existing unions IL
IL IL a. 1.
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1"
when detective notes the theft of
any article she follows the thief from
counter to counter and thence out of
the store, where the offender is ar
rested, not by the female detective
but by one of the male detectives of
the establishment, who has been no
tilted hurriedly by one Of the statesmen
or saleswomen, who are uncommonly
quick to take in such situation,
knowing the identity of the men or
women detectives; or by some police
man near the store to whom the female
detective would appeal. The arrest of
a shoplifter never is made inside the
store if it can be avoided, and for two
reasons, one being the proba bility of a
scene being created, which is to be
avoided, while the likelihood of the
case against the shoplifter sticking
when 1t comes up in court Is much
greater # he or she Is found with the
stolen goods in their possession out
side of the building.
1.-The best detectives are those who
are unobtruslve In manner and appear
ance, as to attract attention is the last
thing desired in that work. Then they
have strict orders not to remain at one
spot too long. They are to keep NOV
ing about in a careless way,
zone of the chief deterrents to shop
lifting in the New York department
stores is the fact that it IS known by
these criminals that vigorous and de.
termined steps are now taken to prose
cute them when arrested, and 4 long
stay at Sing Sing or Auburn prison is
q strong nr0hnhilitX
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-13

The Woman's Suffrage League of
New York city has asked the support
of the labor organizations in its agltd-
ton for political equity,
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The Western Federation of MtlD -
has reached an agreement upur
resolution reaflirming the faith - TN.
organization in industrial union = N
and pIedging the members to It's sgD-
port
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-03-13
A Doubtful Proposition.

The single tax proposition is ag-
itating the think tanks of a big
bunch OF our people. We were
requested to reprint an article by
Mr.. Wagnon written for, we think
the Peoples Press, but as the name
was not on the clipping we are not
sure. We published the article last
week to please our friend and to
give our people something to think
about, There are many good feat
ures in this single tax scheme, but
there are SO many adverse contin-
gencies that we are doubtful if it
would have the desired result in
any event, particularly in its pres
ent form,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-03-13
Don't Use Big Words.

The following selection from
that delightful book entitled "One
Hundred Choice Selections was
handed to us by one of our friends
for publication. 1t will be curious
to take up the dictionary and hunt
up the words we may not under
stand and note the difference be-
tween the big long words and the
short, simple ones which we may
use to express the same thoughts.
There is a good lesson in the
"squib" whether we profit by it or
not:
In promulgating your esoteric
cogitations, or articulating your
superficial sentimentalities and am
icable, philosophical or psycholog-
ical observations, beware of plat
itudinous ponderosity. Let your
conversational communications pos
sess a clarified conciseness, COM
pacted comprehensibleness, coales-
cent consistency, and concatenat-
ed cogency. Eschew all conglom-
erations Of natulent garrulity,
jejune babblement, and asinine
affectations. Let your extempor-
aneous descantings and unpremed-
itated expatiations have intelllgi.
bility and veracious vivacity, with
out rhodomontade or thrasonical
bombast. Sedulously avoid all
polysyllabic profundity, pompous
prolixity, psittaceous vacuity,
ventriloquial verbosity and vanil-
oquent vapidity. Shun double.
entendres, prurient jocosity, and
pestiferous profanity, obscurant OF
apparent. In other words, talk
plainly. briefly, naturally, sensibly,
truthfully, purely. Keep from
slang" don't put on airs; say
what you mean; mean what you
say. And don't use big words