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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-06
CAPT. THOMAS A. SCOTT
Humble Beginning from Which He Rose
to Be a Typical National Hero

Some sixty years ago there sailed out
of harbor on the thcsapeakr near
the town of Snow Ill., Md, craft
carrying eight cords of wood-aIl on
deck She was what was known as a
bay puugy,' drawing but / feet of
water with mast forward and Il boom
swinging loose. Aft of the stump of Il
hoWSprlt was a fuCastle the size of il
drygoods box, in which slept the cap
tain aud the crew.
Tho captain was Tommy Scott, a lad
of - - strong. we'll built. aud
spriugl the look in his face of one
who was not afraid, and who spoke the
truth, the crew was a negro boy Of IL.
These two supplied the neighhurlug
towns with wood in exchange tor oys-
tcrs and clans.
Some years later straight, clear
eyed young fellow, with chest of iron.
arms like cant-hookS. and thighs dashed
with whipcord and steel shipped aS
common sailor aboard the schooner John
Nlllctts-Capt. Viewer, master. He was
seven years older than when he com
maudcd the pungy, but the look on his
face was still the same-thc look of
man who was not afraid, and who spoke
the truth.
Three years later 1850 now another
vessel doomed IN view. ihiS was the
schooner Thomas Nelson, capt. Thomas
\. Scott master and part owner, loaded
Ia the ScupporS with a cargo of stayc.
bound iuI Barbados She carried but
one paS~ougrr-a slender Maryland girl
with a wedding ring on her finger. which
the captain himself had placed there
three weeks before The voyage took
eighteen days, the sea being smooth and
the wind knily-So kindly that the
slender girl sometimes held the tilisr.
On the voyage back a gale from the
northwest swept the deck aud split the
torcsdl into ribbons. On the tenth day
the navigator and half the crew were
taken down with fever, the navigator
dying as he reached port, Again the
slender girl held the tillcr, standing be-
side the man who was not afraid-this
time with her heart in her mouth
turN-"lght hours the two stood on
deck, taking turns at the pumps and
tlIer ON the twenty day they
sighted the capes and the next morn
INK dropped anchor in the Roanoke.
Many storm have these two ridden out
together since that blind rush from the
Barbados storms of poverty, of death.
of sorrow; many a bright morning. too.
aud welcoming harbur have gladdeucd
their eyes, but there were always four
hands on the tiller. two biz and strong.
and two warm ana tolpjng.-F Hop
kusuu Smith. in Evcrybody'~.
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THE RENAISSANCE OF THE KN1cKERBocKER.

would be invaluable If they could be
equipped and SO maintained
Admittedly 1t would be out Of the
question to have such mounted nurse
corps In desert fighting, such as Eng
fish troops are frequently required to
engage In, but on European battlefelds
there Is no reason why they could not
be used to distinct advantage.
The Islington brigade has been Of
fcially invited to attend the next mill
tary tournament, and it is by no means
improbable that they may ultimately be
the nucleus Of similar corps throughout
the army.
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BRYAN SPEECH SHORT
ADDRESS OF ACCEPTANCE TO CON
TAIN ONLY $500 WORDS.
VIII Go Into Campaign Arguments in
His Later Talks, How
ever.

FAlRNIEW, LINCOLN, Neb., Aug
3-Contrary to expectations, the speech
of acceptance of William jennings
Bryan will be short one He stated
today that by actual count it contained
300 words While the issues of the
campaign will be discussed it is under
stood, they will not be gone into Mt any
great length, his views being reserved
for more elaborate treatment in the sew
eral speeches he intends TO make.
HOT SPRINGS, Va. Aug. 3.-Mem-
bers of the Virginia Bar association, 10
the number of about thirty, called on
Candidate Taft in his offices at the
Homestead hotel this morning. and in
reductions handshaking and Il general
exchange of Fluctuations were INDUCED
III for some time.
There was universal comment by the
lawyers on the splendid physical APP
pcaranCc of the candidate.
Yes" was his reply. lit is true,
was never in better health in my life
1t is this air down here and then my
exercise 1t really does not seem that
there Is much in game Of golf. but it
requires just enough skill to divert the
mind from the walking that is ncces-
sary and in that way one gets real cXrr-
else without the fatigue"
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.. ]. Weeks, BROOKLYN.

=. j, Weeks, Il prominent Brooklyn
business man, recently asked To- Ice cN-
cuSed from jury duty on the ground. as
ne stated Ill very we'll written letter,
that he objected to the method of jug.
cling with the law, splitting hairs, ana
granting appeals on any prctrNt.'
y wholesale confrctioncr of New York,
Il friend of Mr. Weeks, said the other
day:
"a good many Americans, seeing how
eNpoditiouSly and chcuply eases ARE
handled abroad, ana how long, and with
what cost to the taxpayers rs well rs to
the contestants, they are dragged out
here. will heartily agree with Mr.. Weeks
I'm glad he wrote his letter. our laws
do need reforming.
But Mr.. NecRs makes no charges
against the judiciary. He doesn't inn
pugn their good faith. 1t is only the syS-
TEN that he falls upon.
He told me yesterday he didn't attack
the judges. He said he held them in no
thief held n brooklyn judg" last month
This judge, he explained, said to the
convicted thief:
What don't understand, Calhoun,
is how it was possible for you tn steal
those broilcrs when they were rooSting
right under their owners window, and
there We're two vicious watchdogs in the
yard
calhoun chuckled and answered;
1t wouldn't do yer n bit o good,
ledge, TO me to 'splain how cotchcd
dem chickens, fo' YOU couldn't do it
yo'Scf if yo' tried fuhty tunes, an w
mout git 80 hide chock full or huckshot.
De hes way TO go ter do, judge, is ter
buy yo' chickens in de open mahket an
when yo' wants ter commit any rascal.
ty, do it up dar on de bench, whah 80.
am at home - New York Sun.
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SECRETLY WEEDS PRINCE
Marie Sulzer, Former Member of Pabst
Stock Company, Bride of Kaiser's
Relative.

BERLIN. July Silt has been an
nounced here that the marriage of Marie
bcnberg. and Prince Joachim AIbrecht,
II relative of Kaiser Wilhelm, was sol
emnized on August II, l.J1. The bride
recently created a scandal in Germany
by paying Baron Biebenbcrg $500 to
make her his wife in order that she
might acquire a title and be eligible to
marry the prince with whom she was in
fatuated. The Kaiser did everything to
dssuade the prince from marrying the
woman, but the baroness obtained II
divorce and was secretly welded to
Prince Joachim Abrccht. The prince
has announced that he and his bride will
come to the United States to live.
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Perhaps the most superstitious class
of people in the United States are the
otherwise hard-headcd, keen-witted
railroad men. They are fatalsts by
circumstances OF a life Of constant dan
ger. Death Is commonplace; acct
dent and injury oil In the days work
and line Of duty. Contempt Of death,
akin to that of the fanatic Mussulman,
but without the allurement Of the
back-eyed houri paradise. is bred by
familiarity, the never-endlng risk Of
life and limb, as told in the grim sta
tistics Of railroad fatalities. Many
bloody campaigns OF great wars show
Fewer casualties than the annual death
and accident report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This makes
life cheap and its risk and sacrifice
for so much per diem an incident. The
railroad man lives in an atmosphere of
the fatal chance and nerve-teasing I'M
certainty. Death may be speeding to-
ward him and around the curve ahead !;
the next pounding OF the massive drlv-
ers may strike broken rail the
tower signal man makes his awful er-
rors In an almost unvarying average !;
the landslide and the tempered switch
are entirely beyond provision. And 1t
Is this domlnancy Of chance, Of the I'M
prevlsed, the unexpected. the unfore-
seen, utterly battling human ingenuity,
that makes the average railroad man
as superstitiously fatallstic as whirl-
ing dervish or a warrior Of the Mad
Mullah.
This environment Of the fatal
chance, emphasizing human futllity and
powerlessness, creates a rich soil for
omen, charm and fetch, and few rail
road men can be found who are not in
oculated with the virus Of protecting
superstition. Press them closely, and
seven out Of ten will confess it In a
half shame-faced, half defiant way.
For instance, 1t is considered most
unlucky among engineers to take an
engine out for Its first run Friday or
on that fatal day to put the finishing
touches to 1t In the shop.
Trainmen, particularly brakemen Of
the old school, believe 1t is bad luck If
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Joaquin Miller.

Joaquin Miller. the poet Of the Sierras,
is something of a reCluSc, and rarely
comes into San Francisco but when he
does he is made a good deal of lion.
ON his last visit h. was one of the
guests ut rather formal dinner at
friends house where he stayed over
night The hostess had known the poet
since childhood SO she felt privileged
next morning To discourse to him of
the beauties of the Partisan gown she
had worn the night before beauties
which seemed to have escaped his OBJ
scryatiun.
Mr. Miller listened to all that she bad
to say and remained silent
but didn't You really like the Dress"
pleaded the lady.
Well replied the poet, Il did like
part of il we'll enough"
| The lady frightened
"ludeedT' she said. What part
"Ihc part you had on answered the
poet; and that ended the discussion
san Franc iSco Call.
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Champ Clark.

Some years ago, says Representative
Champ Clark, he was chatting with Il
number of senator's from the south n
the Senate cloakroom, when Butler If
South Carolina whom Clark then saw
for the first time, came in After in
PRODUCTION 20 several new senators and
representatives, Senator Butler cN-
changed few remarks with them and
then left the room.
one of the Mississippi senator's turned
TO Clark, saying: "ro took at Butler
you'd never suspect he wore a wooden
leg, would youT'
no" exclaimed Mr.. Clark. surprised
"Fact, continued the other. Butler
was an officer in the Confederate army
as you know. II was not long before he
had leg shot off. Before leaving the
hospital be was supplied with an arti
fetal leg Eventually he again went to
the front. and this time bit of she'll
blew his artificial member TO pieces. Just
think, CLARK" rcilectiyely added the scna-
tor, IF Butler had been Union officer
he would now be drawing a double pen
sion from the government. p hiladeI-
phia Ledger.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-06
COWES REGATTA OPENS,
Royalty of Europe Is in Attendance at
Last Social Function of the
Summer Season.

COWES, Aug. The Cowcs regatta,
the concluding event Of the social season,
was opened today under the most favor
able auspices The anchorage off the
town is crowded with yachts represent
ing all nations, among them being the
Kings new cruiser Alexandra, with
members of the royal family aboard;
Emperor Williams racing schooner Me
teor. the Prince of Wales Corisando,
Morton +. Plants Iolnndo, flying the
Stars and Stripes, and many other YES
seis.
The Brynhild finished first and the
Shamrock second in the 23-meter class.
The Britomart won the International
challenge cup in 3:4i;1J. The chimna
was second and the Masona was third.
The Mazinska dropped out Of the races.
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man Of commanding. even beautiful.
presence. and of, perhaps unparalleled
vanity. lie had been called Cby an oppl-
ncnu Il human peacock. After the crre-
monies attending the opening Of the
bridge had been concluded Coukling.
with many others, was at the railway
station waiting to depart; but. though
others were there, he did not mingIe
with them, hut struttcd aud plumed him
self for their benefit, posing that they
might get the full effect of all his majcs-
ty.
one of the station porters was so i'm
pressed that, stepping up to another who
was hurrying by trundling load Of lug
gage, he iorked his thumb in Conklug's
direction ana said:
who's that fellcr:" he asked Is he
the man rs built the bridge"
The other studied the great man mo-
mCnt
"'Thundcr. &c." said he. He. the
man as made the faI>."-rutuam's
Magazine.
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Robert L. PearY.

Explorer reary had just come from
the white house.
You will get there yet an aimir"r
said to him. You become better and
better explorer every Trip.
well" said the other, with a modest
smile, there are tricks in every trade.
of course. and as we live We learn
He smiled
"The longer we live. the more we
learn" said he. II know an old grocer
in Crcssuu who had learned lot. |
stopped before his shop one day aud
looked curiously At a great line of bar
res, barrels Of apples, some marked
with an 4 and some marked with l..
"'Why are these barrels marked diff
ferently, Uncle JOSH | said To the old
man. They seem to be the same kind
of apples
They is the same kind, SON. the old
man replied, but some customers want
4 barrel opened at the top and some at
the bottom.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-06
BISHOP FARLEY
VISITS THE POPE
AMERICAN FINDS HIM IN GOOD
HEALTH AND INTERESTED
IN UNITED STATES.
PRESENTS PONTIFF BIG PURSE
Catholic Church Head Seems in Grief
When He Talks of Confinement
to the Vatican.
SPECIAL BLESSINGS BESTOWED.

ROME, Aug. 3.-Archb>hop Farley
of New York visited the Vatican today
and was received by Pope Plus with
marked distinction. The archbishop pre-
scented the jubilee greeting and Offering
of the New York archdiocese and gave
n satisfactory report of conditions there
The Pope thanked the archbishop for
the Offering of Peters pence and sent
the apostolic benedictiou to the clergy
and laity of New York. The Peter >
pence offering was the largest ever pre-
scented by any American diocese.
The Pope knew all about the celebra-
ton of the New York diocese last April
and said:
Its marvellous what YOU Americans
can do. You make miracles: indeed the
centennial was II most remarkable reli-
gious event. That is the result of a
church breathing free air and enjoying
real liberty and not being restricted.
During the conversation the Pope re
called Mgr. Earley's visit 10 him ut Ven
Ice in 1902. remarking:
1T is quite different now from that
day. Their | was free Here the Pope
sighed as if from grief. Archbishop Far
ley. however. found the Pope in splendid
health and cheerful. Indeed, speaking
with regard to "A cardinal who has not
yet come to see him since the cUnclave.
the Pope said, jokingly:
1T is very unkind of him. lie put me
in prison here and never came again
Mgr. Farley also presented Father G..
Evcrs, the founder of the printers mass
in New York, to which instruction the
pontitf gave him special blessing.
Afterwards the archbishop visited Car
dinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary
of state, with whom he had u long con-
verSation regarding the Conditions of the
church in America.
The archbishop left Rome today for
Frascati by automobile and tomorrow
will 20 to Gastel Gandolfo, on Lake AL
bano. Returning to Rome Thursday,
Archbishop Farley will present to the
Pope the j. J. McGranc pilgrimage, com
prising about POO Americans who left
New York July rs.
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MAY SUPPRESS LABOR.
Consider Abolishing the Fed
Grafton.

PARIS, July 31.--Thc riotng Mt Wig
neuX yesterday has precipitated rather
serious situation owing to the decision
Of the government to arrest the leaders
of the general federation of labor and
possibly suppress the entire organization
ON the ground that it threatens public
order. The reports in the press agree
that NigncuX the agitators deliberately
melted their men to provoke bloolfThcd
and that the troops patiently submitted
for hours to insults and stOniug before
they fired. The conservative papers
unite in demanding the suppression of
the general federation Of labor as II
revolutionary organization which is de
moralizing the country and tcrrorizing
the people.
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LEPER WIFE A RAVING MANIAC
Mrs. Wardell Crazed by Learning That
She Has Dread Disease.

RISBEE Ari2.. Aug. 3.-Gcn. David
X. Wardell aud his wife, the lcpcr whom
he spirited from rU" contagious ward Of
the county hospital no Los Angeles soy
oral nights ugn. grn quurantiuod on 4
mount1inside near Tombstone by order
of the county physician, w. A. Greene.
Cen WarGell and his wife arrived at
Tombstone yesterday morning from
Naco ARR, whore they went from Los
Angeles. Late lust night Or Greene
said that Mrs WgrI"ll was now Il raw
ing mamie, having lost her reason fol.
lowing the examination at Los Angeles
when her physinau- told her she was
afflicted with lopru-A. Mrs Wardcl's
mother. m old resident Of Tombstone
is said to have died Of lcprosy there
many wears ago
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a woman Is the first to enter the train
at the beginning Of the trip. They Will
resort to ruse or diplomacy to avert
such an invitation Of accident They
will stop woman with slow inquiries
about her ticket or destination in order
that a masculine foot will be the first
to ascend the steps. 1t is also consld-
cred bad luck for the train to permit
cripple or hunchback to enter first.
A onearmed man among passengers
upon a train Is also Viewed with sus
picion as an omen Of accident.
Sometimes careless fireman will let
the engine bell toll Such an untowMd
accident means that some member Of
the engineers family Will soon die Old
time engineers will not count the num-
Der Of cars In a train as 1t rounds a
curve. 1t Is considered bad luck.
AS would naturally be expected from
the wide prevalence of the number g
superstition, 1t occupies an important
place among railroad mems omens. 1t
Is the firm conviction Of almost all
railroad men that when one man Is
killed or Injured In railroad work two
other fatalities or accidents Will follow
In rapid succession. 1t Is considered
unlucky, before two or three days have
elapsed, for railroad man to take the
place Of another who has been killed
In an accident.
Engineers SEQ an omen OF death upon
the trip II the headlight Of their en-
CINE accidentally goes out as the en-
CINE Is leaving the roundhouse
A eft-handed engineer Is viewed as
a hoodoo by many trainmen. 1t Is be-
lleved his presence in the cab invites
disaster, and old-time fremen and
brakemen seek transfer to other trains
as soon as left-handed engineer Is put
on their run.
Trainmen dislike the presence Of a
corpse in the baggage or express cars.
just as sailors object to carrying a
corpse on board ship. But 1t Is consid-
cred particularly threatening to load
the coffin on n train with the feet of
the dead person toward the engine. In
recent wreck In North Carolina a
corpse was almost incinerated and
many persons We're killed. 1t Is the
firm belief OF trainmen on the South
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SUES FOR DAMAG
Fola La Toilette Declares She Was
Starred in Play Which Was Never
Produced

CHICAGO, H., July 31.--On behalf
Of Miss Fola La Toilette. daughter Of
United States Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin, a motion To set aside the
bankruptcy of the VIII j. Block Amuse-
ment company has been filed in the
United States district court. That she
was engaged to play 4 role in Il pro-
duction that was never staged and as n
result of which she failed to receive Il
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weekly stipend Of $50 is alleged by the
daughter of the Wisconsin statesman.
Miss La Follete AYERS she was en-
ployed for a period of thirty weeks to
star III the production The amusement
company not only failed To produce the
play, but forgot to release Miss La Fol
lctte from her contract. and the season
passed before the young actress was
able to obtain other employment.
There We're vague promises OF good
things in other plays, Miss La Toilette
alleges, but none were forthcoming and
the amusement company even went into
bankruptcy without the young woman'S
knowledge, she declares.
For all this Miss La Toilette claims
$500 damages.
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BRYAN NOW UNION MAN
Made Honorary Me rter by Lincoln
Typographels-Gov Sheldon
Also Elected

LINCOLN, Ncb. Aug. 3-I.incoln
Typographical union ut its meeting Sun
day voted to make William J. Bryan an
honorary member The action Of the
union was nearly unanimous, such oppo-
sition as there was being on the ground
that the action might be construed MS
bringing politics into the union 10 Off
set this, Gov Sheldon, who is n Rcpub-
lican and friendly TO organized labor,
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street hill. overlooking the Golden Gate,
San Francisco. and will remove to Santa
Barbara. where she has purchased n
country home. Mrs. Stevenson received
SO, 900 for her house which was built
after an original design and was richly
decorated with Samoan tapestry aud
weapons. The house was filled with
South sea curios, and the library con
tanned Stevcnson's books as well aS
many manuscripts of his stories and
novels. 1t was saved during the great
fire by members of the Bohemian club,
old friends of Stevenson. who Carried
water for the purpose in buckets.
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MOUNTED NURSES.
They May Become Feature of the
English Army.

Army nursing may be revolut!onized
as the result Of course Of training
instituted at tho North London Riding
School, where the Islington Drill Bri-
gade Girls Yeomanry, twenty-five
strong, is showing what mounted horses
could do In the field.
The innovation will be brought I'M
officially to the notice Of the British
military department at the next annual
show Of the navy and army, and it ia
believed tho army medical corps will
give the idea more than passing con-
sideration. The work Of the girls brl.
gade is revelation to every army otfi-
Ger who witnesses 1t.
They are trained to all the arts OF
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service In this their work is
to bind up the wounds Of any soldier
found helpless In the field. hoist him
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upon their horses and ride with him to
the field hospital All this they do in
their regular drills with surprising pro
i1ciency.
Army officers are already discussing
the practIcabillty Of the plan. The
most reasonable objection urged is the
question of being able TO mount nurses
where every available horse is needed
for fighting and transport work, Most
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Mrs. BOorman Wells.

I'VE should give these men the treat
mcut they give us" said Mrs. Boorman
Wells. the English Suiragctte, at 4
ladies luncheon at the Plaza.
II know woman III Park lane whose
husband used I" stay out continually till
/ or > O'Clock in the morning.
"Shc cured him
"The last time he came home at dawn
he found her, in low-CuI dinner gown,
yawning over "A novel and cup of tea.
"I t-cr-supposc you'd sit ~
for me, dear" he said.
"'Dh,' She said. 4 haven't been sitting
mp for you, darling I've just come in
myself "
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TALES OF PUBLIC MEN
Sir Thomas Dewar.

Sir Thomas Dewur told an amusing
story at the opening Of Dewar house
concerning liquid which he sampled
in the prohibition state of Maine. e. s.
y. When he asked what it was made
of he was told that the hlcuder took
a gallon of wood alcohol. put VIM
ElasSfuI of glycerine III it to mellow it.
then ground down some plug tobacco.
ana strained it through a cheese cloth
10 give 1t tiayor, and united the whole
win gallon of wafer 1t was called
squirrel whisky because those who
drank it talked nutty and climbed trees"
-LOmlnm Glnhn