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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
"THE MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE"
Arnold Bennett Thus Names Az
sorbed, Ruthless, Sinister
English Miners.

According to Whitaker there are
something under a million OF miners
actually at work. which means proba-
bly, that the whole race numbers some
thing over two millions. And, speak
ing broadly, no one knows anything
about them. The householder Is In
terested only In the other Insignificant
part of the price of coal. And this Is
odd, for the majority Of householders
are certainly not monsters of sei1sh
and misery Indifference to the human
factor In economies.
Even artists have remained I'M
stirred by the provocative mystery OF
this subterranean race, which per-
spires with pick. not only beneath
our cellars. but far beneath the caves
Of the sea itself. A working miner,
Joseph Skipsey, had to write the one
verse about this race which has had
vigor enough to struggle into the an
thologies. The only novel handling in
the grand manner Of this tremendous
and bizarre theme is Emile Zola's
"Germinal." nd, though 1t Is fine
novel. though 1t is honest and really
impressive, there are shadows In the
mighty stream of its narrative, and
mentality, which is none the less SEN
timentality for being sensual.
Do you ever see the lives or the
swift deaths Of the mysterious people
treated descriptively?
You may be walking In the appalling
outskirts, miles from town halls and
free Libraries, but miles also from
flowers and you may see a whole
procession OF these silent men, en-
Crusted with carbon and perspiration.
a perfect pilgrimage Of them, winding
its way over down where the sparse
grass is sooty and the trees withered
And then you feel that you yourself
are the eXOOtiC stranger in those reg
ions. But the procession absolutely
ignores you. You might not exist. 1t
goes on, absorbed, ruthless, and
sinister Your feeling is that If you
got In It's path It would tramp right
over you And It passes out of sight.
OF the mining villages little Is
known. And herein is probably a rea-
son why the mysterious people remain
so mysterious. They live physically
separated. A large proportion of them
never mingle with the general mass.
They are not sufficiently seen of sur
face to men to maintain curiosity-con-
corning them. Only at elections do
they seem to impinge In POWERFUL ST.
lence on the destinies Of the nation.
| have visited some of these viii
lagos. have walked over the moors
to them with local preachers. and
heard them challenge God. | have
talked to doctors and magistrates
about them. and acquired the certain
ty. vague and yet vivid. that in relig-
Ion. love, work, and debauch they are
equally violent and splendid. 1t needs
40 insight to perceive that they live
nearer even than sailors to that cen
trail tract of emotion where life and
death meet But | have never sympa-
thetically got near them, and ! don't
think | ever shall.-Arnold Bennett
In the London Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
Feed for Dairy Cows.

In the production Of feed for dairy
cows the silo has Played an important
part In a few instances AMI it viii in
the near future play a much more i'm.
portant part in the cheap production Of
milk Many of the ordinary dairy
farmers. having read Of the expensive
silos constructed in the early DAYS,
where a solid wall 20 to 30 feet in
height or depth had been considered
necessary. felt that they were not pre-
pared to financially undergo that ex-
pcnsc. although there might appear Il
profit IN the feeding OF the forage In
that manner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

Many three-quarter sleeves. built en-
tirely OF puffs. are seen in out-of-door
gowns.
Fine cloths in dull blue and rose
tints are in demand for dressy after
noon frocks.
Turbans are rising In height and
also showing the narrow effect at the
crown apex.
Narrow ostrich bands edge many OF
the new wraps and add an extremely
smart touch.
Beaver is to have a great season in
millinery. If early importations count
for anything.
There are some uncertain predic-
tons that the short waistline will
come in again.
The correct and suitable shoe for
black satin tailor made is the black
suede or undressed kid.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
THE MANIA FOR STORING
Many Women Keep for years 'n'nss
That Are of Absolutely No Use
Whateevr.

Why, oh. why, will women keep ior
years impossible things, that no one
will ever want and that do nothing
but accumulate dust and microbes, 1or
the sheer JOY of keeping them?
Old Magazines and newspapers. prlc-
a-hrac. deservedly obsolete "orna-
ments," clothes and parts of clothes
they all lie together in some obscure
storeroom or closet or box, with no
purpose in life except TO make still
heavier the twice-yearly houseclean-
ing
one wonders sometimes If the own
ers are simply too stingy to give away
the givable things and throw the rest
into the dust heap. But no; they are
only the victims of that procrastination
that cannot Year to do the most neces-
sary thing now and lets matters side
FOR years and years instead.
Storerooms were made to store pos
sessions for a season; closets to hold
clothing. boxes to contain the tempo
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

This is in no sense an exceptional In
stance. \ farmer i'm the corn belt of
Illinois told the writer.
i had 5000 bushels Of corn TO mar.
kct and at one time could nave sold
Tor g. cents # could have delivered
it. but | could not Later sold for
so cents With good roads | could
have had the top price, and would
have saved as much more by being
able TO haul larger loads, | figure that
I would have been at least four cents
per bushel better off If had had a
good hard road instead OF soft mud
road 10 use With 50 bushels to the
acre the loss was two dollars per acre
for that one crop"
With good roads a more diversified
crop can be raised the area of mar.
ket gardening which Is very profit.
able - more than doubled by good
permanent highways This gives the
farmers increased opportunity and the
/ city people a better market in which
4 fo purchase supplies Good roads are
the best investment any commuin.
can make
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

phasized that II is unwise for the aver
age individual TO undertake extensive
bee keeping without considerable
previous experience on small scale,
since there are so many minor details
which 90 10 make up success In the
work These must be thoroughly I'M
derstood before there is any hope for
continued success 1t Is, therefore,
most desirable TO begin on small
scale, make the bees pay for them
selves and for all additional apparatus,
as well as some profit, and gradually
to increase as far as the local cOndi-
lions or the desires OF the individual
permit.
The annual production Of honey
and wax in the United States makes
agriculture profitable minor industry
of the country From its very nature
ii can never become one Of the leading
agricultural pursuits, but that there
is abundant opportunity for its growth
cannot be doubted. Not only is the
honey bee valuable as a producer but
II is also one of the most beneficial
of insects in cross pollinating the flow
prs Of various economic plants.
Bee keeping Is also extremely fas-
cinating to the majority of people as
a pastime. furnishing outdoor eXer-
else as well as intimacy with an insect
whose activity has been a subject of
absorbing study from the earliest
times 1t has the advantage Of being
a recreation which pays its own way
and often produces no mean profit
It is a mistake, however. to paint
only the bright side of the picture and
leave it 10 the now bee keeper to dis,
cover that there Us often another side,
When any financial profit is derived,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
RIFF CULTURE PROFITABLE
INDUSTRY WHEN UNDERSTOOD
Means Obtaining Use Natural product 'en
.eryvise Be % Us-Extremely
Fascinating Pastme

can produce honey in seasons OF pieu'
tv. but these do not come every year
In most locations, and 1t takes good
bee keeper to make the most OF poor
wears. When, even with the best OF
manipuations, the crop Is a failure
through lack of nectar the bees must
be fed to keep them from starvation.
The average annual honey yield per
colony for the entire country, under
good management will probably be
% TO 80 pounds of comb honey or 40
to so pounds of extracted honey. The
money return to be obtained from the
crop depends entirely on the market
andsthe method of selling the honey.
If sold direct to the consumer, extract
ed honey brings from 10 to 20 cents
per pound, and comb honey from 10
to % cents per section. II sold to
dealers, the price varies from six to
ten cents for extracted honey and
from 10 to Is cents for comb honey.
All of these estimates depend largely
on the quality and neatness OF the
product From the gross return must
be deducted from fifty cents to one
dollar per colony for expenses other
than labor, including foundation sec
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

nizc the 'act that of two jars of honey,
one in an ordinary fruit jar or tin can
with poorly printed label, and the
other in a neat glass jar of artistic
design with pleasing, attractive la.
bel, the latter will bring double or
more the extra cost of the better
package It is perhaps unfortunate,
but nevertheless a fact that honey
sells largely on appearance, and a pro,
gressive bee keeper will appeal as
strongly as possible to the eye of his
customer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
For Quake Zone.

man named McGrath was living
In San Francisco at the time of the
earthquake.
day or so after the catastrophe a
friend in New York wired him, ask
ing: is there anything | can do for
YOU"
Yes McGrath replied, as soon as
he could get a wire through. Send
me a rubber house. Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

.. l am snow white and when good tc
eat don silken plume.
g. have many little round companions
in our narrow green house.
10. blush red because my name Is a
term OF reproach
II. We are famed for our heads, but
they must be snow white
II. or shades of red and yellow; once
thought poisonous, now thought mellow
10. Thick Is our stalk but tender our
crop.
IA. Our family name is of the past
tense, yet we are on every table of to-
day.
10. Sturdy are we. yet not allowed to
live in the sunlight
l6. Some of us are crooked all around.
others only in the neck.
H. We live in bright red houses and
have hot tempers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
A Charming Porch Party.

This delightful affair was given on
the porch of a lovely country home,
but it may be just as successfully car
ried out indoors and at any season OF
the year. There were about 20 guests,
each asked to bring her work. The
porch was decorated entirely with gar
den flowers that are so plentiful and
brilliant at this time. After an hour
Of lively chatter, with needle and
thread. crochet hook and knitting, the
hostess appeared and announced a
"so-in' contest. Slips of paper and
small green pencils were passed with
the explanation that each answer be-
gan so" as the first letters. The
questions and answers follow:
A wise man OF ancient times-Solomon.
That which one voice sings-Solo.
A necessary kitchen compound-Soap.
What the twentieth century flying ma
chine should do-Soar.
To steep in liquid-Soak.
SeriouS-Sober.
A Recommendations
Church members enjoy this sociable
communism-SoCalis
A mixture and an explanation-Solu-
ton.
Popular with the summer girl-Soda-
A church soCiety-Sodality.
A seat built for two or more-Sofa-
To dwell for time-So1ourn.
note in musc-Sol.
A name for the sun-Sol.
Pertaining TO a light gfver-Solar.
What an article always is, II bought
Sold
Metallic cement-Solder.
A man of war-Soldier.
Nearest the iioor-Sole.
Incorrectness of anguage-SoleCism.
Alone in the world-Sole.
A fiat fish-Sole.
What tramp does at the door-So-
licits
A tune for an Observation-Disclosures.
Giving forth sound-Sonorous.
Painful-Sore.
Species, kind-Sort.
Seed sprinkler-Sower.
After 20 minutes the key" was
read; then the hostess said: Having
finished SONG there would be a
Garden competition" and she passed
another set of papers, with these ques-
tons:
l. We are a practical family. neither
sad nor sentimental. yet we never fail to
make everyone shed tears
2 We are noted for our heads. II one
of our family falls to have one Of good
shape he IS regarded as of little worth.
3. We are great travellers: we wear a
green uniform and our flesh is cool and
crisp.
T. Our dress is pink. but later we
wear brown.
s. We wear purple dresses above the
ground and white below.
6. Our leaves are crisp and curled, but
our hearts are creamy gold.
| T. Sometimes large, sometimes small, a
| gold heart with a rough exterior.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22


A piutsburg paper has the following
item
II T. Beasley, living three miles
east q Pittsburg, has sold about 1000
bushels Of corn within the past ten
days TO the Pittsburg Elevator com
pany, receiving 50 and 60 cents there
tor. This IS not only good dead on
the part Of the farmer, but there is an.
other thing In connection herewith
In delivering this corn Mr.. Bcaslcy
Is able to haul h,m 60 10 70 bushels
al a load upon wagon with an ordi-
nary team there being a good gravel
road from Fhtsburg 70 his farm Farm
ers from other directions where the
good roads movement has not been
prolific ol results, haul from Is 10 50
bushels to the load
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

tions, occasional new frames and
hives and other incidentals--not, how
ever providing for increase.
Above all 1t should be emphasized
that the only way to make bee keep
ing a profitable business is to produce
only first-class article. Too many
bee keepers, In fact the majority, pay
too little attention to making their
goods attractive. They should reCog'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
Too Cautious,

Naylor-Why did Miller go out OF
the fire insurance business?
Taylor-tie was too cautious-ho
was even afraid to insure Tom Nc
Cumbers chicken house, which had
sunk in the river.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
Hints for Old Ladies.

For actual street wear some very
pretty bonnet forms are coming in, but
the preferred head covering continues
to be a close-fitting toque or turban
of conservative height and trimming.
At the same time the darker Persian
silks and lawns are drawn upon for
many quaint shapes, over which the
figured material is draped shirred or
nodded Hats of this sort and those
of dark shot tulle constitute the larger
part Of the carriage and garden hats
which city milliners are sending TO
the fashionable watering places. Usu-
ally they are self trimmed Harper
Bazaar.
There Is a noticeable tendency to
get away from the kimono sleeves and
to substitute pulled sleeves.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

rary and the useful. BY all means, if
YOU are one of these unfortunate slaves
to the keeping" habit, get rid of the
trash you have been saving and start
life aagin with a clean record and a
lightened heart.
For you will find that your reliefa nd
freedom from cars will mean really
that to you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
More Information

Doctor. what would you consider
one of the surest signs that the mil.
lennium is approaching?
London Titbits printing something
It didn't steal"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
Swore OFF.

ave you card that old Jim as
chopped smoking
NO"
Eyes. You see. 'e's a little near
sighted. and the other day e emptied
his pipe into a sunpowder barrel."-
Tit Bits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
CRv T f. PHILLIPS. Phi. D.

Bee keeping for pleasure and proilt
Is carried on by many thousands of
people in all parts of the United
States. As a rule. it is not the sole
occupation. There are, however
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

The prizes were the most realistic
egetables-cabbage corn and Irish
potatoes, which were candy boxes
filled with bon-bons in shape of corn
kernels, wee carrots, etc. The re-
freshments consisted of delicious salad
in green pepper cases, cucumber sand
wiches, olives and sailed nuts with
coffee.
MADAME MERRI.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22

Prof. w. N. Munson recommends
for treatment of old orchards to plow
as early as possible in the spring, har-
row at once and apply about 500
pounds of fertilizer to the acre, then
harrow about once in two weeks I'M
I'll the middle of August, when Gov
er crop of rye or spring vetch should
he sown. In working among the trees
he finds the traceless harness OF great
value. The exact time and method Of
tillage Is not so important as TO be
sure that a fair amount Of tillage Is
given.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-22
GOOD ROADS
MEAN PROFITS
n p roved Hi2 n " a Us Pcrmita
Farmer TO Carry Much Larger
Loads 10 Market with Ordi-
nary Team OF Horses.

tEg HOWARD H. CROSSE
! piusburg paper has the following
The Colorado statesman., 1910-12-31
GENE ERAL.

Fire in Buffalo, n. Y, destroyed
property valued at 100000.
Two men were killed and four in
iured by the falling of boom used in
repairing bridges at Unionville, Mo.
Two persons are dead, a third is
wounded and a fourth is probably dy-
ing as a result of fights southeast o.
Waycross, Ga
Seventy-five state convicts have
been pardoned during holidays, having
had executive clemency by Gov. Camp
bell of Texas.
The Wright company of Dayton Will
settle an annuity of approximately ST.
600 on the widow and children of
Ralph Johnstone, a Wright brothers
aviator, who was killed at Denver.
On returning home from an errand,
Mrs. Robert Boles of Wisdom, Ky,
found her home in ashes and in one
corner of the ruins the charred
bodies of her three young children.
Neddie Connors, a trotting stallion
valued at $4,000 and owned by DIR. w.
II. Hors, Maysville, KY, died of urae-
mic poisoning. The track record OF
the horse was 200.
On the Bowery in New York, Christ
mas, State Senator Big Tim" Sullivan
fed 5000 derelicts and unfortunates in
the rooms of the Timothy d. Sullivan
Association, marking the fifteenth an
nual Timothy d. Sullivan Christmas
feast.
In attempting to rescue his wife
from their burning home, II. Kelle-
meyer was burned to death in Indian
apolis, while the wife, after being
trapped in a second-story room by the
flames, escaped by jumping from the
window.
The wage dispute between the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and sixty-one railroads west, north and
south of Chicago, has been settled.
There will be no strike. Instead, the
engineers got an average increase of
The Colorado statesman., 1910-12-31

Christmas in Washington was the
epitome of quietness. President and
Mrs. Taft and their family spent the
day at home, except for attendance at
church in the morning. The President
went alone to All Souls Unitarian
church, while Mrs. Taft accompanied
by Miss Helen Taft and Charley Taft,
went to the fashionable st. Johns
Episcopal church.
The President has signed a procla-
nation eliminating 12,100 acres from
the Holy Cross national forest, Colo
lado, and transferring $50 acres from
the Holy Cross to the Sopris forest.
NO eliminations are made from the
Sopris. The elimination consist for
the most part of grazing land and COM
prises land adjacent to various por-
tions of the exterior boundaries.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-12-31
SPORT.

Arch Hoxsey of the Wright team
again outdid the eagle and other nat
ural denizens of the higher altitude at
the Christmas matinee of the aviation
meet in Los Angeles.
Abe Attell, featherweight champion
Of the world. and Billy Allen, feather
weight champion of Canada, will meet
in a ten-round, no-decision bout in
Syracuse January 23d.
And now the generous baseball
magnates are going to let the players
buy their own uniforms.
Billy Papke, who claims the middle
weight championship of the world, lost
to Dave Smith, the Australian middle
weight champion, on foul in the
tenth round at Sydney, N. S. w.
George Hackenschmidt, the Russian
wrestler defeated DR.. Benz. F. Roller
of Seattle, by winning two straight
falls in Boston; the first in l hour I
minutes 20 seconds; the second in Is
minutes 23 seconds, with an arm grab
and a body roll.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-12-31
WASHINGTON.

The report of the board of army en-
gineers upon government reclamation
projects has been submitted by the
President to his Cabinet and after
some notifications it was approved.
The contents of the report are held in
secrecy.
Successful experiments by the de-
partment of agriculture in the accli-
matizing and breeding of Egyptian cot
ton in the southwestern part of the
United States have led expedts of the
government department to believe
that this cotton can be grown with
profit in this country.
In order that their names may be
pIaced on the rolls so they may bene-
fit by the act now pending before
Congress, Henry Hegwer, Box 4S4,
Washington, d. c., desires to obtain
the addresses of all those who served
on the Frontier against the hostile In
dams from the close of the Civil war
Until 1888.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-12-31

A weekly" printed some criticisms or the
claims made for our foods. 1t evidently dld
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers and brought suit for libel AT the trlal
some interesting facts came out.
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts, however, were quite
clearly established:
Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au-
thority Geoghegan, shows of Mineral salts
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos
phate of Potash) 2.91 per cent OF the total
b33 of all Mineral Salts.
This is over one-half.
Beaunis. another authority shows |Phos-
nhoric Acid combined and Potash 1914 per
cent from total of 101.07.
Considerable more than onehalf OF Phos-
phate of Potash.
ANALYSIS of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus (Which join and make Phos-
phate of Potash), IS considerable more tnan
one-half of all the mineral salts in the 1000
DR. Geo. W. Carey an authority on the con-
stituent elements of the body, says: Ihe
gray matter of the brain is controlled entlrely
bv the inorganic celsalt, Potassium phosphate
(Phosphate of Potash. This salt unltes with
albumen and by the addition of oxygen creates
nerve fluid or TIE gray matter OF the Draln;
OF course there is a trace OF other saits anu
other organic matter in nerve huid, but Potas-
sum Phosphate is the chief factor. and mas
the mower within itself to attract, by its own