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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
FACTS ABOUT ARSENIC.
Poisoning of Cows Leads TO Foundation
of Prosperous Mine.

Arsenic is mined in Japan, Italy, Port.
ugai, Spain, Germany, England, and
within a limited area in the United
states Its Uses are many. As "a polsru
Il has been known from very early times.
| Ihc peasant women Of Austria consume
large quantities. of it, having faith in IL,
virtues as hcauuiIrr, and the men uf
( the same region are addicted 20 its Use
IN the mistaken belief that 1t increases
their bodily strength and endurance.
Arsenic Is n useful mineral 1t Is used
/ IN the manufacture of glass white
metal, Paris green and a great variety
OF pntuts, IN printing calico, in makInS
toilet soaps, cosmetics and complpNiuU
powders. in the manufacture Of fireworks
and as constituent of many alloys. Fur
these and similar purposes between 5000
and 5000 tons are imported into the
lultd States every year. The average
value OF white arsenic may br placed AT
about $50 per ton
1t was only Il few days ago that ar
seulc ore was discovered ia Virginia.
then the mountain top rould the present
mining town of Hrlntuu was almost au
unknown wilderness The story of its
discovery IS most interesting. farmer.
among the foothills of the Blue Ridge
mountains, had cleared a new field there.
for the pasturiug of his COWS. BEFORE
long the animals Sickcncd and died Al
hrst 1t was thought that the trouble lay
III n spring which dubbed from the rocks
III apparent purity. Upon analysis it
was found that tins water contained ar
scnlc in such quantities as To- render IL
dangerous either a. man or beast Upoa
this chance hinged the founding of
prosperous mining town, tn; vs Briutuu.
which speedily became a busy center Of
industry. This mine Is located at the
summit of Il mountain. 1000 feet above
the sea level,
The ore body averages - To- 80 per
cent. pure arsenic. 1t is found IN lis
sure veins. cropping ont at the surface
and extending into the earth for an I'M
known distance. Twenty distinct vein,
have been uncovered, outcroppiug for "a
distance Of seven miles, SO that the de-
posits are extensive enough To- supply the
needs Of the United States when once
the industry shall have been put upon an
extensive basis
From the time when the ore enters the
crushers until the finished products
reaches the casks it is untouched by
human hands II is carried along from
point to point 10y automatic arrange
ments through each process of manu-
facture. The lmpalpnblc dust and pui-
sonous gases generated are SO dangerous
that the atmosphere of the plant has To
he kept pure by artificial means. As a
further precnutluu the works are pro-
vIdcd with hot and cold baths. of which
the men are required TO make use as
soon rs their daily task is completed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
The Ussfulness Of "CentraI.p

The telephone subscriber has come
to regard Central" as an ever avail.
able bureau Of information. The score
OF the ball game. the latest election
returns. the location Of the big fire the
light from which can be seen on the
horizon. and even the exact time, are
all points on which the long suffering
operator must be posted.
The other day, according to the Oper-
ating Bulletin Of the Chicago Tele-
phone Company. a man called I'D a
suburban exchange, and said, despair
In his voice:
MY wife has gone out, leaving word
for me to cook the spinach for dinner.
but I do not know how long to boil IT."
The operator switched the sub
scriber to the supervisor, who had
been to cooking school, and she
promptly told the man all he needed
to know about the treatment of spin.
ach.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

tons To have wholesome soul Won
must have right thinking mind fer ir Is
the impress or the mind that STAMPS the
soul with an everlasting seal
You must have a perfectly adjusted
body TO have an evenly balanced mind.
and this mind in turn will govern the
soul The three are united by ligamcut~
stronger than steel and more inetfacoablr
than adamant.
The bearing qualities of the soil depend
upon blowing and fertiliHing. The best
crops are obtained from the best seeds.
but the seeds, no matter how good. will
not terminate and produce harvest with
out cultivation.
In a state of nature orr lands I'm their
prmcyal richness only produced forests
and wild GRASSES. BY cultivation ON the
same soil We now grow the best products
Of aN Iaud@-tempprato trouic, and even
arctic has been made to contribute of
its stores. We have the apple Of lur-
kestan, the peaches of Persia. ana th.
p"mcgraualcr and figs and oranges Of
Italy, the Wines Of SpaiU and France.
the bananas and hrnalstu'f- Of Hawai-.
the cucalypti Of Australia, and the hardy
percuular ol the frozen north.
On ground that once only raised weeds
and tarrs are roaming cattle 20 supply
the flesh meats of our tables, the descend
ants OF herds that paSturrd ON the plains
Of Iran and the valleys Of the Puuiab
and the Gaugcs. oar great American
bird, the turkey, thought To uo mii-
g'uous 10 our soil first had his home
in the land between the Euphrates amt
TigrjS
As the products are improved by cul-
tlyation. So il is with the mind. Elu-
cation brings the seeds of thought thar
have been produced by the noblcSt mas
tors in the arts and sciences and indus
tries in all ages and all lands and sowS
them in our midst to spring up and
fructify in accordance with the care We
take in cultivation.
Men have done wonderful things with
out eduratun as we understand IL. Lin
coin, though not what the world would
call an educated man, never would hay"
entered I'D" temple Of fame had he not
worked and tuilud To- assist his natural
gifts in bringing out those qualities
which brought him To- the foremost rank
of statesmen and made HIM the wonder
and marvel of succeeding ages.
The school or the college does nor
stamp fins ON education Tie closing
exercises of these institutions are rightly
named commencement The graduates
are only commencing the real cducatolt
of the world. The school and the college
have simply taught the students how tp
study aud aIl the tasks lie before them.
The fields of knowledge are ms houudc~~
rs the fields of space and they produce
all kinds of crops. Gather into Your
grauory what will prove useful and last
ing, what viii sustain You in the combat
of life, and make You a soldier brave and
worthy of Your mission upon earth
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

house amt got all the charts this
cruise. Why, there are more real live
fish in dry dock when it is pumped
out than there are In them there har-
Dor craft that go out with a cargo Of
landlubbers and come back with all
the ballast in their foretops. Them
fish get shanghaied in the undertow
when the dry dock is opened, and
when she is pumped out and all closed
they are left marooned on the bottom.
This dog. he just goes down and gets
'em.
Rags is all right. He's low in the
freeboard, bout a foot of draught, and
three feet in length, and his armor
plate he must have swiped by jumping
in glue pot and then rolling in a
rag yard. But he's cute He got
job here on his face two years ago
from the marine guard. And that dog
can laugh. mister-leastwise he never
stopped since he run afoul Of govern
ment rations. He goes around the yard
every time picket is posted and secs
them marines do their duty
When he was piped off that the
Massey was being floated that dog full
steams down to the dock He shinnies
down the steps leading to the bottom
and takes an observation between the
keel blocks, Then he footed his siren
quick as falling Off a yard Rags
dove his bow In tween the keel blocks
Up he comes with four-inch Teller
in his teeth He flung It contemptu-
ous-like on the dry floor. Then he
dove again and flung a six-inch Teller.
Mister, he puts six of them in a row,
and then he just turns around, and
whacks them dead with his tail. Sure,
he's great dog. All the seacops will
have fish for supper Want an am
davy?"-New York Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
Letters Registered 1000 Years Ago.

Transitions, recently published, Of
some of the latest papyri found in Egypt
lead us, according to Corriere della Sera.
precisely into an Office where letters
were registered more than two thousand
years ago. Among other things found
was a statement of account, later used
in wrapping mummy belonging to the
time of Ptolemaeus Thiadelphus. On the
back of this papyrus, the front being oc-
cuped by entries made by the bookkeep-
er of creat estate in relation to re-
ceipts and distribution OF wheat and
barley, this statement is followed by
postal diary which certainly was kept
quite ui.-ll4,y The diary h"st;.s with
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

the sixteenth and ends with the twenty
third Of a month not named, and men
tons the arrival and further travel of
letters forwarded from a local postoflce.
An entry says: "On the DIST day of the
month at the fifth hour the postal rider
escorting the mail from the south de-
liyered to the postal clerk Phanias ut
this station two letters. These letters
We're later delivered by assistant post
master Horos TO the postal rider Niko-
demos. who departed with them for the
north. The papyrus relates also that
the chief officials of the local postohice
which was perhaps in the neighborhood
of Ptolemais, We're the two brothers
Phoenix. who were known also under
lie sohri~ let Of hundred acre men"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
BROKAWS FAR APART.
Defendant in Divorce Proceedings Says
Reconciliation with Wife Is Out
of Question.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-"Next week
may see the Brokaw VS.. Brokaw case
completed, and it may not" was the
indefinite forecast made today by counsel
in Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw's suit for n
separation from her husband. w. Gould
Brokaw. If Mr.. Brokaw himself took
the witness stand the case it was said
was likely to be further drawn out. Mr.
Baldwin has indicated that if he gets
lengthy cross-examination. There was
break In the narration of events in
the married life of the couple, court hay-
ing adjourned over to Monday. Mean
While reconciliation rumors persisted
The rumors were secuted by both sides.
"A reunion with Mrs. Brokaw now is
out Of the question" was Mr.. Brokaw's
positive declaration.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
NIGHTRIDER JURY CAN'T AGREE
Judge Sends Jurors Back to Room De
spite Split of to 3.

UNION CITY, Tenn, Dec. 1S-The
jury in the case Of Carrot johnson and
Arthur Cloar, alleged night riders,
with the murder Of Quentin
Rankin October 10, 1908, announced to-
day inability TO agree upon verdict.
The foreman had stated that the Jury
stood nine to three when he was
stopped by the judge. who directed the
jury 10 retire for further deliberations
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
THE BRENNAN GYROScoP1c
NOEODA1L SAD

ly he exhibited, on the war office
grounds near Chatham, 22-ton car.
40 feet long, Is feet high and 10 feet
wide. mounted on a single line OF four
wheels, without other support than
those wheels.
Two horoscopes were used, weighing
three-uuarters of a ton each and max
ing 1900 revolutions a minute In a
vacuum. A gasoline engine furnished
the power. The gyroscope wheels are
8 feet 6 inches in diameter and are
placed in a cab at the front of the
car. A speed of only seven miles an
hour was attained on trial,
1t was found that the Dig car was
even more successful than the model.
1t showed no tendency to leave the
track or to tip. Sudden shifting OF
weights in no way endangered the
equilibrium.
1t is expected that this type OF car
will do away with the dangerous and
uncomfortable side thrust which leads
to spreading rails and excessive jolt
and jar, and limits the safe speed OF
the ordinary two-rail train to about
seventy miles an hour.
Moreover the power Of this engine
can be more economically applied, and
it is predicted that safe speed Of $50
miles an hour can be attained.
The gyroscope employed Is on the
same principle as the toy Of that name
and Of the ordinary spinning top. 1t
lends stability to the supporting car
through the fact that revolving wheel
tends to remain in one place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
FALLS FAR TO DEATH,
Rigger on New Twenty-four Story Sky
scraper Slips from Roof to Base
ment-Lives AS Minutes

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Slipping
Off a snow-covored beam over the ele-
vator shaft on the roof Of the new TWEEN
ty-four story Oliver building, John Nc
Nally, 4S years old a rigger, plunged
Az feet to the basement His skull
was fractured and arms and legs broken.
McNally. lived forty-five minutes after
the accident.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
AT RECORD PRICE,
Goes to SO on Grain Market in Min
neapolis, Mark Never Before
Attained

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Dec. IS
Flax went to 81 a bushel on the grain
market here today, a record never before
attained. According to the governments
estimate, Minnesota and the Dakotas
raised 25,0O0,oOO bushels of this grain
this year.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
RAGS, THE NAVY YARD DOG.

Able Seaman Jones Tells Some
Large Stories of the Canine.
The battleship Massachusetts was
1oated out Of dry dock at the New
York navy yard in Brooklyn yesterday.
Shortly afterward there came out of
the pumped-out dock a little, lanky
dog A little fish dangled In his teeth.
The dog WE Rags, the canine Izaak
Walton of the marine guard.
Where away, sir? Didn't hear bout
Rags, our dog that fishes?" said Tod
dy" Jones, able sailorman, to the in.
Quisitive visitor "Wallop me, yer pilot
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
Prince Miguers Grandmother Dies.

LONDON. Dec. 1s.-Adelaide. dow
ager duchess Of Braganza, grandmother
Of Prince Miguel of Braganza, who
married Miss Anita Stewart. died Fri
day in the Benedictine convent Of ST
Cecilia at Ryde. Isle Of Wight. She
has been a religeuse since 1897.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
Sale of One Cotton Bale.

Tie largest bale of cotton of the season
WAS sold here recently. Ii was brought
a. The city 10y II. Il. Mcclellan aud snl,i
10 +. T.. Watkins The bale Weighed
80 pounds, and was sold for l4ta cents,
bringing SiUG.51, The seed from the
cotton, farty-tour bushels, was also
hseught 70 the city and was sold by MIR.
Mcclellan nj 80 cents buShel. bringing
So. 50 that the proceeds from the bale,
seed and oil amounted to Sl2S.51,-An-
derson Mail
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
UNCLE sam HAS
$4,000 JOBS OPEN
ARMY OF ENUMERATORS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO TAKE THE THIR-
TENTH CENSUS.
WOMEN AND MEN WILL BE HIRED
Only a Common School Education and
Good Sense Will Be Demanded of
All Applicants.
FILINGS SHOULD BE MADE EARLY.

7 WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. Is. -
Special According to an announce
ment made today at the census bureau,
the supervisors of census of the country
will receive and consider the applica-
tons of those who contemplate applying
for positions as census enumerators.
Any person of good judgment who has
received an ordinary common school cd
ucation can readily and easily pass the
test to be given applicants.
Application forms, with full instruc-
tons as to filling in, and complete infor-
nation concerning the test and the meth
5d OF appointment can be secured by
writing to the supervisor of census for
the district in which the applicant lives.
Must File Early.
All applications, properly filed in,
must be filed with the supervisors not
later than January %, as any received
after that date cannot be considered.
The test will be an eminently reason
able and practical one, similar to that
applied to applicants at the twelfth
census. 1t Will consist of filling out
4 sample schedule of population from a
description in narrative form of typical
families. In the ease of euumcrators
whose work will hc IN the rural districts,
they will be called on to fill out an
additional sample schedule of agriculture
from information furnished by the cen
;us bureau.
Women Are Eligible.
All persons, whether women or men,
who may desire to become census emu
merators must be citizens Of the United
States; residents of the supervisors dis
riCt for which they wish to be appoint
al; must be not less than IS nor more
han 40 years Of age; must be physically
able TO do the work; must be trustworthy,
prompt and of good habits; must have
IN ordinary education and must be able
10 write plainly and with reasonable ra-
pidity
Those who can comply with these re-
lurcments are invited to put in their APP
Dhcations as there will be at least GS,-
300 places to be filed by the middle of
March in preparation for the enumcra-
ion beginning April 10.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people. and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
Mercury Low at New Richmond

NEW RICHMOND, Wis, Dec. 49,
Especial. The thermometer registered
10 degrees below zero here today.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

that is, they were colonists Of the really
prosperous class. The service they were
rendering in the postofice was an office
of honor that had been conferred on
them. That salary was allotted to
Phanias, the postal clerk, is one of the
entries In the diary, but the amount Of
1t Is not mentioned, and that the diary
was written on a papyrus of which the
far greater part had already been used
shows that the brothers had proposed to
conduct their Office economically
tiiic American
Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23
asa=sasls
His Role,

THAT man made an immense for
tune out Of a simple little invention. !"
Indeed! What did he invent?"
Invent? Nothing, you dub! He
was the promoter. "-Cleveland Leader
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

Moscow has the lowest priced daily
publication. 1t costs a farthlng.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-23

Advcr' ising Pays. Try It.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-22
may 81 DESIGNATED /. ! g. :.
!. T. FOR MEMORIAL DAY
Governor johnson Issues PROCLAIM
alton Making 1T a
- Legal Holiday. p
Especial to tho Labor w rld.)

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 2O.-Govern-
or Johnson has issued the, Memorial
day proclamation, making May 81 a.
legal holiday on account; OF May 80
coming on Sunday. The proclamation
reads:
Though nearly three score years
have come and gone since the sound
of Sumter's guns, the recurrence Of
each Memorial day brings to us again
the debt of love and duty 1t is our
privilege and pleasure to pay to the
memory of the nations defenders.
This Is not new bereavement, but
one which time, the healer of even the
most poignant grief, has" softened.
These are not new-made graves we
garland, for over them all nature has
already spread the memorials of her
love. They have received the bene-
diction Of her sunshine and her tears,
and above them her vines and grasses
have spread the mantle OF immortal
ity. -: ~ y:
The Civil war ended long ago, and
but remnant of the grand army of
veterans remain. Those spared to
LIES activities are worn by the> raw
ages Of time and weakened by wounds
and disease. Soon will the lone sur
vivor be gathered at the silent portals
and the annual march of the boys in
blue become a memory. Other lips
and other hands will perform the SER
vice Of love and decoration that be-
longs to the heritage Of the soldier.
But the army of the soldier dead will
be with us as long as patriotism
swells the heart; It's campfires burn
as long as liberty lives. Time enriches
their memories, and to the farthest
day the heroes who gave their lives
for their country will be honored by a
grateful posterity.
1T is fitting that we should on one
day Of each year lay aside our accus-
toned duties and join with our fellow
citizens in appropriate memorial to the
patriot dead; therefore I, John A.
Johnson, governor of the state Of Min
nesota, hereby designate Monday, May
81, 1909, to be a public holiday, and
ask that the significance Of the day
be commemorated."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-22
SINGLE TAKERS | have /.
!. ORGANIZED 4 CLUB.
Will Seek to Spread the Doctrines
Of Henry George in
Duluth. = o.

Duluth believers in the single tau
! theories Of the late Henry George met
Saturday night in the office Of w. A
Pryor, in the Lonsdale building, and
organized a local branch Of the Single
Tax League Of Minnesota. The follow
ing officers were elected: President
Samuel Nixon; secretary, M. Pray;
! financial secretary, DR.. H. V. Goet-
chlus.
Meetings Of the new branch will be
held the first Sunday of each month
in the Lonsdale building. When the
attendance and membership warrant,
a hall will be engaged.
The working theory Of the =, single
taxation Of land values was evolved
by Henry George about twenty-five
years ago and given to THE world in
his famous work, Progress and Pow
erty." The growth of the single tax
movement has been rapid, and it is
now International in it's scope.e
Property taxes in New Zealand are
now, and for many years have been
worked out on a single tax basis. This
was the first country of size and i'm
portance to adopt the system, and it
has worked out so we'll that single
takers point with pride to New Zeal
and as an example Of what the George
theory actually applied will do for the
commercial and internal prosperity OF
nation. 7,
The Duluth single tax advocates
propose to begin earnest propaganda
work and make the local society one
Of the largest and most potent in the
state '''' ''' ''''' -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-22

"Mr. Brayer could only address the
strikers by going through the same
process that any other outsider would
go through. He would have to bring
credentials from his association and
ask for permission to take the floor
with a proposition from the bosses
association. This would be taken up
by; the meeting, and if it was voted
to" let him have the floor he would
have the floor. That is all there is
to it," ~,
This talk of trying to address the
strikers, however, strongly manifests
the possibilities of arbitration to
which the bosses objected at the be-
ginning of the strike. -
In the meantime the strikers are
gaining small victories, and yesterday
nine more bosses signed contracts
and settled with their. men, The most
conspicuous of them was Charles
Newman, at the corner of Clinton
and Broome streets, at whose bakery
riot took place several days ago, in
which the police used their clubs
with extraordinary zeal. il"
: Four important meetings were
held yesterday in the interest of the
strikers. The Groceries Association
held an enthusiastic meeting at 1856
Avenue c. The Street Cleaners
Union held a meeting at SO Forsythe
street; the Glass Blowers met at 1872
Madison street, and the Woman's
League, recently organized for the
purpose of advancing the union label,
met at 112 Cannon street. At all of
these meetings resolutions were
passed to use no other but union
bread an dto be ready with financial
support as soon as the strikers call
for aid.