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Gov Wilson OF Ken.acky.

While GOV. Wilson Of kentucky was
house bound last winter. owing TO
strained tendon in his leg, he was at.
tended by Jim. who had been general
factotum to many governors, and who
was a source Of much fun among the
state house attaches.
The lame leg caused the governor to
move his Office temporarily 20 the man
sion. where he received many delega-
lions.
On one occasion Mrs Wilson had
waited luncheon for thirty minutes. and
she told his eXcclency that he must
come down and eat with her.
My dear" said Mr. Wilson, Just rs
soon ms | see that delegation of men
down stairs I'll be with you"
Mrs. Wilson was determined, and
said. Jim, you go down and tell them
TO watt
Jim" frowned the governor, as that
worthy started off to obey the mistress
of the mansion-"Jim, you know who is
governor, don't your
"Yas, sir grinned Jim, with seeming
innocence, 'yas, sir, III so down and
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when delicate perfumes were extract
ed from kerosene. Until recently no
one had an Idea the Standard Oh had
designs against the butter and the
oleomargarine industries. 1t is pre-
dicted confidently that within year
the only butter on sale In the Ameri-
can market will bear the Standard
Oil label. and that petroleum butter
also will be an active and aggressive
competitor with creamery butter for
supremacy In the foreign markets
Since the new process was discov-
cred every precaution possible has
been taken by the Standard Oh Off
Gals to prevent the secret leaking. 1t
was only by accident it became public.
The story. which comes from Bayonne,
is that the chemists and Standard OIL
officials were so elated by the discov-
cry that they made eight pounds Of
the butter and put 1t In box to BIO
shipped to John d. Rockefeller When
It came to making out the express slip,
the term Petroleum Butter" was used
That led to inquiries which finally
elected the information that the
Rockefeller corporation is going into
the buttermaking business. Nor did It
end with that. Assertion also was
made that the chemists, in the steps
leading up to the petroleum butter
discovery, also have perfected a cheap
process by which they can convert the
kerosene into sweet milk, with larger
percentage of butter fat than cows
milk possesses. By running the petrol.
cum milk through separators of high
speed all the butter fat, or cream, is
extracted. That leaves the tanks of
the separators filled with rich and
wholesome self-pasteurized buttermilk.
II that IS true, the butter, cream, sweet
milk. buttermilk and cottage cheese
markets soon will be dominated by the
Standard Oil.
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. his socialistic views. In 1903 she was
in St. Petersburg on a visit to her un-
Gle, Robert s. Mccormick, then ambas-
sador from the United States to Rus
STA. There she met Count Gizycki, a
man twice her age, with a reputation
as spendthrift and rake.
The following year Count Gizycki
came to Washington and renewed his
acquaintance with Miss Patterson. His
wooing was fast and furious and the
girl was carried away by his polished
manner and the glitter Of his title.
Despite all objection, In two weeks she
married him. Her mother settled 500
900 a year upon her and she and the
count went to Vienna Then the trou.
BILE began. The counts eXtravagance
and gambling habits at the Austrian
capital plunged him deeper In debt
than before, and because of his dlssl,
pations he became the mock OF Eu-
rope.
In March, 1908, came the crisis. The
countess taxed her husband with his
VAIN hopAso ohu ehO uOUlCkLdu huOCkPu
her down with his fist. They separat-
ed and she went to London with her
baby, tho Countess Felicia. beginning
an action for divorce in Paris, a suit
which ultimately she won. In April.
1905. in connection with her suit she
crossed from London to Paris, leav-
Ing the baby countess in charge of a
nurse just outside the British capital.
In the hope Of stopping the suit for
divorce and Of forcing more money
from his wife, the count made a rush
rip to England, stole the baby and
arried her to Vienna, where he Sc
,reted her In one OF his castles Just
outside the city. The countess was
frantic over the loss of the child and
Employed detectives by the score to
race the baby. Once Felicia Vas To-
pated the authorities interposed so
many barriers against the mother that
he count had ample time to carry the
title countess to castle near ST. Pc
ersburg
Meanwhile Joseph Medill Mccormick
Ind another member Of the Patterson
md Mccormick families were bringing
livery influence to bear on the courts
bf France and Russia to recover Fee
icia legally 1t was not until a secret
compact, which never has been clearly
Explained, was entered into with the
'zar, mainly through the work of for
oer Ambassador Mccormick. that an
imperial decree compelled the count to
i've up the custody of the girl After
recovering her daughter the countess
urried to Cherbourg and sailed for
Few York City. From New York the
arty hurried on to Chicago, where the
COUNTESS Gizycki and the little Coun-
ess Felicia will reside in future,
LEASED to have escaped from the tolls
K a nobleman lost to all sense OF de-
pncy
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PEASANT AND THE DIAMOND.
Monster Stone Found by Antoine in
an Abandoned Prospect.


Let me give you the actual episode
OF Antoine. Antoine was 80 humble a
peasant that wher he left Vierzon and
took up prospecting in South Africa,
nobody asked what his other name
was, Franklin Clarkins says in Every
body's Having no capital save his
muscles. he asked leave to dig, on
shares. claim on the Vaal River with
which one prospector after another
had become discouraged Antoine got
pitiful. He asked the boy to stop work
ing the center and try the side When
the boy did not understand Antoine
impatiently drove his own pick in the
place designated
Suddenly (says one who knew him
on that day. he was spellbound at
sight of a large stone-a diamond. For
some moments he could not move and
could not speak. He feared 1t was an
Illusion, like the mirage Of water
which appears to men long athirst. He
expected 1t to vanish If he winked an
eyelash. Collecting his energies, he
darted forward and clutched the stone.
Such was the tumult within him that
for two days he was unable to eat or
do anything but laugh and cry."
Now, back home in Vierzon, where
he had been peasant, he sits, as you
may see, in comfort and con .ent, with
glass replica of the diamond on the
tip Of his weather vane, for the stone
itself weighed 288 carats in the rough,
100 carats when cut and those who
purchased it paid hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars to possess It.
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BRINGING IN THE GOLD.
How the Precious Metal Is Guarded
and Transported in Alaska,


Six tons and a half of yellow gold,
S3,200,O00 worth of virgin metal, the
largest single shipment ever brought
out from Alaska, was unloaded from
the steamship jefferson Of the Alaska
Steamship Company couple OF weeks
ago" said Fred w, Armstrong of Seat
tie, Wash, to Washington Herald re-
porter.
OF that sum" continued Mr. Arm
strong, $2.S00,00O was sent out by mail
and about 100000 by express, coming
from Fairbanks Circle, Dawson, and
gold was accompanied by several
wealthy mine operators with thou
sands in their clothes, who have come
to attend the Seattle fair.
Receiving less consideration appar-
emily than the trunks and suitcases Of
the passengers, the sacks Of gold were
put ashore at pier by the sling load,
only small number watching the rich
cargo discharging, and many OF them
not realizing that the dirty leather
cious metal
In dust and bricks the treasure was
shipped from the various camps along
the Tanana and Yukon on the steam
boat Victorian OF the White Pass and
Yukon fleet. The spring cleanup II
Central Alaska and the Yukon terrific.
ry started long before the river was
free of ice, and the dumps were re-
lieved Of a rich burden this spring be
fore the first boat was able TO feel lts
way against the ice toward Lake LIE
Barge. On the Victorian a heavy arm
ed guard kept watch night and day to
prevent any possibility of robbery. At
White Horse the gold was shipped by
rail to Skagway, thence to be taken by
the Jefferson and rushed to Seattle.
After singing 100 heavy sacks OF
gold on the deck the consignment was
taken to the postoffice in a dozen mail
wagons which were waiting on the
dock. There were some extra men
from the Office 10 guard the treasure
but the weight Of the pouches. one Of
which two men could barely lift, made
robbery almost an imposslbility.
THE shipment on the Jefferson be-
sides being the largest ever brought
out indicates large cleanup in Alas
ka this summer"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
EARLY DAY RAILWAY


imprlsonng Passengers at stations
Dress of the Signalmen.
There has just passed away one who
was Immediately associated with our
railway system when it was in its very
crude infancy.
David Stevenson whose death has oc-
CURED in his SSth year. joined the Lon
don X Birmingham railway in June.
1851 and rose 10 the position of goods
manager of the London and North-WeSt-
ern railway. He kept n private diary of
the important events of those early days
when the third class passengers rode in
open carriages, and tickets were torn
from a book.
Mr.. Stevenson told how the roadside
stations were enclosed with lofty iron
ratings. within which the passenger,
were imprisoned until the train arrived
They were then permitted to rush out
to take their places for which they some
times had to ioin in a free fight. Then
the engine gave a prolonged whistle
which Charles Dickens described "a say
ing, Here are go people in the vericst
extremity of danger, and here are their
80 screams all in one The clatter
caused by the stone blocks, which were
used until the wooden sleepcrS replaced
them. added greatly to the unpleasant
ness of the journey
In Mr. Stcycnson's early days the sig
nalmen were actually men signals. They
were attrcd as the policemen of the
period with dress coats huttoued up to
the throat white duck trousers and top
hats. They stood at intervals along the
line and performed with their arms
their worried brains and two flags" alt
the duties of the signal posts by which
they were superseded. Sir Robert Peel.
Lord Brougham and Daniel O'Counell
often rode on the railway. according to
the darist for the novelty Of the scnSa-
tom nmlun Globe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
DO YOU BELIEVE THISp
~ to the Effect That the STAN
I'd OIL Company Will Rival Cow.

tory to the Effect That the STAN
dard Oil Company Will Rival Cow.
The Standard Oil Company has de-
sded to drive the COW and the dairy
Ian out of business, says the New
,ork Press. It's skilled chemists have
discovered a process whereby they
hn make gllt-edge butter as by
roduct OF crude petroleum. II re-
orts are true, plans have been pre-
hred and contracts soon will be let
pr putting up big buttermaking
ant as new departure Of the Stand
I'd Oil works In the Constable Hook
bottom of Beyonne.
1t was thought the limit had been
,ached In the by-product business
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Of poverty and ignorance rather than to relieve
the sufferngs of those who poor and ignorant
Miss Helen Goulds gifts likewise have been widely dis
tributed. She has spent than s0,O00,000 OF the
fortune left her by Jay Gould. her father Perhaps no
methods of moneymaking have been more widely con
demned those of Jay Gould but his daughter has
shown how great blessings from the wise use
of money. She has endowed schools and churches and
has given largely for relief and aid work among the sol
diers sailors the United States army and
Mrs Oliver II. P Belmont, the first wife OF William
X Vanderbilt gave 100000 to the Nassau Hospital at
Mineola L. l. She has been actively interested in diet
kitchens for the poor Of New York. Mrs Belmont
Dtap 10 10 OF fortune
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
MOST RARE OF AUTOGRAPHS.
That of Thomas Lynch. Jr.. Signer
of Declaration, of Great Value.

ihht or IhOmas Lynch, Jr., SiEner
of Declaration, of Great value.
What Is the most expensive auto
graph you ever sold?" inquired the re.
porter
That OF Thomas Lynch, Jr.." an
swered the dealer The reporter look
ed perfectly blank. Never heard Of
him." he confessed
We'll, he was a signer Of the Dec
laration of Independence He signed
1t as proxy for his father, who was III
at the time. Soon after he went to
sea and was never heard Of aagin
Now. autographs OF Declaration sign.
ers are much sought by collectors
None approach, in rarity those Of
Thomas Lynch, Jr. In fact, 80 far as
! know, there Is only one in existence
This is affixed to an autograph let
ter address by Lynch to George Wash.
ington. which lends 1t additional value.
1t was owned at one time by Jared
Sparks, president of Harvard College.
Subsequently 1t passed to Thomas Ad-
dis Emmett, from whom | bought It for
the sum OF $4,000 | sold It to An
gustin DAILY, who was a keen auto.
graph collector, for $4,000 Later EN-,
met repented Of letting the autograph
go from his possession, and secured It
from DAILY for $3.50. presenting 1t af.
terward to the Lenox library. New
York. where 1t now IS"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
His knowledge O. the wo.ld.

4 newly appointed Scottish minister
ou his first Sunday of office. had reason
To complain of the poorness of the col.
lection Mon" replied one Of the elders,
they are rlose-vera close. Rat" conf
dentially. "the aud meeuiSter he pur
three or four SaNpence into the plate
hisser. just to gle them start, OF
course. hc took the saNpeuces ava with
him afterwards" The new minister
tried the same plan, bur the next sun
day he again had to report dismal fail
ure. The total collection was not only
small but be was grieve,i 20 find that his
own siNpeuces were missing. I'VE may be
a better preacher than the auld meenisr
ter" exclaimed the elder, hut If ye had
half the knowledge 8 the world an a
yer ain flock in particular. ye'd he done
what he did an glued the sixpenCes TO
the plate"- Dundee Advertiser.
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in advancing the Of suffrage to which she
recently became convert Her daughter the Duchess
of Marlborough formerly Consueo Vanderbilt is also
known for her philanthropes among the London poor
Miss Giula Morosni, daughter and heress Of the ia
banker who passed away about year spends
large In aiding children in New York, especially
Christmas time She gives largely also to charitable
institutions. Mrs, Harold F. Mccormick Of Chicago.
formerly Miss Edith Rockefeller, had much to DO with
direction Of the charitable work done by her father
D. Rockefeller before she married and is said
to spend largely though quietly, in aid Of many
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
Secretary A. f. Palmer,

AprOpos Of examinations and their ter
rors, a. Il. Palmer, secretary of the de
partmcnt of education of New York, told
at recent dinner an odd story of Il
young African prince.
This prince" said Mr.. Palmer Ten
tered Yale or Harvard forget which
and amused himself with motor cars and
bulldogs till examination time drew
near,
Examination time frightened the
young prince horribly. He began TO
study, and he cabled him to the King
his father:
Examination next week Most diff
fcult. Implorc aid Of gods in my behalf,
IA few days later this reply came
back from the harbarous west coast
monarch:
"'Rites performed. Fourteen picked
youths, all sons of noblcs have been
sacrificed. Omcns propitiouS.'
"Yct, would you believe it, Mr.. Pal
mor concluded. The young prince
funked. Washington Star
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
WRIGHT MAKES FLIGHT
Orville Gives Exhibition with Aeroplane
Before Interested Throng in
Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN, Sept. 1,-Oryille Wright
gave an exhibition fight in his zero
plane at the Tempelhof parade ground
this afternoon. Ambassador and Mrs.
Hin, Consul General and Mrs. rhack
ara, and the members Of the embassy
were at the starting place. The parade
ground was filled with an interested
thrOnE.
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Speaker Joe Cannon,

Speaker Cannon, although past -
years old seems to stand the tariff
grind with less wear and tear than any
member Of the House over which he pre-
sides. While scycn-cighths of the mem
hers Of the House have been away at
summer resorts and watering places. Tn
Gle Joe has remained in Washington and
has dared the hot sun to do his worst
lie has lost none Of his fouducss for
jokes.
"Why is it that the House always has
a blind chaplain" he was asked by IA
visitor. who dropped in at the speakers
rooms one day this week.
It's case of necessity" he said, conf
doutially. "brcmsc ii the chapluius could
srr the fellows ho has To- pray for hrd
throw mp his job, Cincinnati CONNER.
clad Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09
HOCH DER ZEPPELIN |!

Who iSs K sails der atmosphere
As light as foam on stein OF beer.
Und has Chnn Bull knoCkknced init fear
Mcinscf-- Count Yep.
Who iSs it always in smash,
Una in der trees ISIS going crash,
IND SwearS der German three en- dash.
Mcinscf-Count Yep.
Who patches VI, mis- clOud machine
Ind buys more Chou u. gaSolCno.
tnd sails again, calm und serene
McinsClf-tOunt Yep.
who heats all sky men In a flight.
All but does Yankee Brothers Wright
Who does admit deyre ausges ightt
MciuSclr- Count Yep.
Denver Republican.
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title, none has been
a C c o mpanled by
more mental and
physical m | s 9 r Y
than that of Flea
nor Patterson. Of
Chicago. and Count
Gizycki, of Russian
Poland. The shat
tered romance be
gan six years ago.
Eleanor Patterson
was the educated
a n d sw eet-faced
daughter Of Robert
w. Patterson, pub
Usher Of the Chica-
go Tribune, and a
sister of Joseph Me
dill Patterson, a
young millionaire
- 4
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Natural Deduction,

Il tell you, said the moralizer.
honesty pays In the long run
According to that" rejoined the de
moralizer. Il suppose dishonesty pays
best for q short distance"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09

At a baseball game in Chicago the
gatekceper hurried to Comiskey, leader
OF the White Sox, and said: Umpire
Hurst is here with two friends. Shall
pass 'em I'M" IAN umpire with two
friends gasped Comiskey. Sure -
ArgOnaut
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Ansvs6 AsAf ~
Nf AnS
rfh sgH1s


Of the The expedition
with the aid Zeppelin
ATTITUDES will be island
VNN4I Spzbergn the 1910
thrilled electrified with
Philadelphia
confident of
the arctic which gallant all nations struggled and died will
theological which
Zeppelin fIergesell expedition
expedition
Zeppelin es the
Strasburg
scientist that
the They
scientific
polewhich everybody
objective of the expedition
easily
of Zeppelin H.
Whtsuntide
will depend wholly
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Tho Iate 2 L Barnum.

As most Of us know, l.. II. Barnum
died but few months after his com
pcttor in the SHOW business, Adam
Iorepaugh.
When Barnum arrived Mt the pearly
gates he was welcomed 10y Forepangh
who exclaimed eXultingly, "Well, Pete,
| got ahead of YOU this time"
L. II. did not answer but smiled as
he pointed to large bill posted near
The main entrance. II read:
wait for Barnum-Coming Soon. -
Success Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09

When your ship finally comes in
tho cargo will be more valuable for
your long walt
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ONCE MORE A FAILURE,

eiKn Title Burden.
Many as have been the disastrous
failures among marriages between rich
American girls and European men of
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Willing to Face Tests.

lie said there was no land around the
pole, only n sea which he was unable 70
sound, as he had no instruments fo- that
purpose. Mr.. Cook said he was willing
that all his observations should be sub
mitted to any scientific authority for eX-
animation and said he trusted his claim
be tested by his figures.
"Dr. Cook told the correspondent that
he had seen nothing Of the expedition Of
Commander Peary."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-09

Five Australian states are DESTROYS
OF borrowing on an extensive scale for
railway construction and other public
works. the total amount desired eeip.
$50, O00,000
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women the United States is the endowment of Leland
Stanford. Jr University with s30000000 by Mrs, Leland
Stanford This institution started in 1885. in mem
DRY of the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford by Mr.
Stanford. His will gave the university s2,500000, and
the $50 900 O0o gift his widow disposed nearly the
whole residue of the estate.
Mrs Russell Sage probably is the most prominent Of
living phlanthropsts. She is dsposing OF the
sos 100000 that her husband acquired In fifty years
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widely
spent v-henu ed for the of
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President Charles A. ComiskeY.

tell the gemmen to wait. sar'-Lippi.-
colts.
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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

John. Twill you give me nickel
II I'm good all day. dad?
John, Sr.-No, my son, | want you
to be good for nothing.
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dalton with 100000 is the largest single charity the
the
eradicate possible
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NOTED WOMEN CHING AWAY
HUGE AMERICAN FORTUNES


lean women, Win llttIe dwelling on the re
picture-the quiet, unostentatous giving
away Of millions Of dollars annually by
philanthropically inclined members OF the
sex Foremost among the gifts made by
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Your neighbors are very sura 10
come down to your expectations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25
POETRY AND PARENTS.

~ /oU never can tell whether poetry rs loadeo w
not said Columbia professor d'-raulD-
upon the Muse, "aud what poet writes ]" ll'
moments Of his fine frenzy rolling may Zoe su'-epnD
Of changes which would make him curse thc pen u'
lac but know whence Il pointed Now. lsten TO A"
c0uplet:-
Help MS 10 save free conscience FROM ile l'"
OF hireling wolves whose gospel Is moir m'"'
III sounds Ike some Kind Of q family poem o'''u
a. with paw and NAV coming in 10 make tl' iD| ~'.
DO you Imagine The poet when he wrote the hn,' t',
thought of the parents represented in such "a I'D,
way. ana how the meaning OF the whole lhns -
be changed by changing the meaning ot ihe tnu w. ~
OF the two llnesi Was he a beginner ou' Ho ~
was not beginner lie had written SEVERN W.
classy things. lie was John Milton. You l'",tI..Ds
De- wrote Paradise Lost and two or three olh'i ma
of considerable merit. though he never qulle =,
the six best sellers list aud these fWo lines n ,n
quoted close his sonnet 10 Lord Protector Ifo~"'''
written Ia lGJ2"
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killing Of the obnoxious General jackson. They gal
loped on with many lightsome jest. and the young
lawyer amused the party from time TO time with ex-
hbitiOns Of his skill He had his new dueng pistol,
a graceful weapon Of proved accuracy. with which
he hit indicated mark time and again along the
road.