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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
CARD OF THANKS.

The children of Patrick Burns wish
to return their sincerest appreciation
and heartfelt thanks for the many acts
of kindness and expressions of SYM
pathy shown during the last sickness
and death of their father.
THE CHILDREN.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

the street oiling proposition and report
OF acting engineer PITT on the cost was
read, showing that it would cost about
$50 per block if the oil should be bought
in tank car lots and about s75 If bought
In barrels.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.-Ou
excellent superintendent of schools,
Mr.. Van Valkenburg has for the past
two weeks, been busily employed
throughout the county, in examing ap-
plicants for license to teach school, and
has been very successfulin his mission.
On Monday the examination for this
district took place in the south side
school house, which was attended by
about thirty teachers. Most of them
passed the ordeal with great credit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
Painter Had No Chojce.

May ask" inquiries the interview.
er, why you paint none but nudes ?"
Certainly" replies the painter. "The
styles change so rapidly in clothing
that picture would be out Of date
almost before the paint is dry."--Chi.
cago Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
FOR SALE.

The so called r. Klingholz farm in
section % Town of Manitowoc Rapids,
mile from city limits. About l20
acres. Good building. 1925 per acre.
MARKHAM a. MARKHAM,
Torrison Bldg. 1t
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
EDUCATIONAL.
(BY c. W. MEISNEST.) J

Last Friday night there were five
township contests and every one was
a decided success The contests were
good and the crowd that attended was
large. Considering everything the
order at these contests was good.
Only few are usually the ones who
are noisy and the local people interest
ed in the school ought to take the
matter in hand and secure good at
tentive crowd. We are gratified at
the results and in the cooperation of
the people. The literary programs
usually given in connection were good.
Here and there we find u teacher who
lags and for some reason or other of
his own does not show or try to arouse
any spirit in such work. 1t means a
little work on the part of the teacher
to actively enter this work. Maybe
some teachers are not looking for
work. 1t is hoped that every school in
the county will have one contestant in
each of the several contests. Our
rules allow one from every school TO
enter the county contests irrespective
OF who wins out in the town contest.
Much, in fact everything, depends on
the teacher. A teacher can kill a
school in a year, while another will
take the same school and create al kinds
OF spirit to enter contests, and take
part, in the literary programs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
FOR SALE.

One rubber-tired two seated single
horse buggy with canopy top including
brass trimmed hand made harness.
Both in excellent condition. Inquire
OF Frank Hoffman,
Manitowoc, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
Making One Look Small,

To be mistaken for a deer IL sufi-
ciently humillating but when one II
potted for a partridge, as happened q
Quebec guide. It's making him look
small indeed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
FOR SALE,

A second hand delivery wagon, suit
able for milk wagon, or any light
hauling. Will be sold cheap. Inquire
at the Pilot office. II
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

The Higher Grade examinations will
take place at the Court House, Friday
and Saturday, May "a %. For pro-
gram of studies see annual
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

Captain Tom Roche spent Sunday
with his family in this city. He left
his vessel at Milwaukee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

The Sheboygan county teachers will
have picnic at Elkhart Lake some
time in June.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

THANKS.-A keg of beer was left at
our house some days ago by some un-
known person. AS the keg was brand
ed "Hottelman's Brewery" and the
beer of superior quality, we have some
suspicion as to the liberal donor. He
has our warm thanks, and we hope he
will call again-of course, we mean
after the empty keg.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
HOW PARCEES POST WILL AF-
Feet THE FARMER

Professor Price, Dean OF the Ohio
College of Agriculture, is in Germany
studying the things that make for the
improvement of the farm and farm
life. One of his letters is devoted to
the Parcels Post, as they have it in
that country. He states that the Ger
man farmers use the parcels post
great deal more for what they sell
than for what they buy. Butter,
cheese, eggs, poultry, etc, are con-
stantly and in large quantities shipped
to customers in the cities Besides,
the government has perfected system
whereby collection is made of the
customs and the money remitted to
the farmer at small cost. He gives
the following concrete illustration of
the situation as its exists with him in
Ohio and how it would be in Ger
many.
"For example, at my home, in Colum-
bus, Ohio, live just outside of the
zone in which the express companies
make deliveries IAN arbitrarily fixed
district of very limited area,) and each
week ! get a basket Of butter, eggs,
poultry, etc, sent from my farm home,
some twenty miles away. The basket
must not only be taken to the express
Office, some five miles from the farm,
and sent by express to Columbus at a
cost of 80 cents, but | must go to the
express Office and get it, With u par
GELS post, such as Germany has, the
basket would be taken from the farm
by the rural mail delivery and deliver
ed to my house in Columbus, and it
would cost II cents instead Of 80
cents.
"We may theorize about how the
profits of the middleman can be reduc-
ed and the expenses Of distribution de-
creased, and the distance between the
producer and consumer shortened, but
| where are we to get more simple and
effective solution than by establishing
a parcels postY What will do more to
reduce the cost Of living to the man in
the city and to increase the income of
the farmer than to have them deal
directly with each other through the
parcels post?"
The state school money this year
amounted to S2.js3 This is the
amount of money each district is en-
titled TO for each child Of school age.
The amount of county school money
each district should get this year is
the same as the state money was last
year. This is $2.423 for each child OF
school age. AS the school census this
year was not the same as last year
your county money will not exactly be
81, ,423, but will be few cents differ
ent The following was the amonnt
received from the state for each child
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

Will Killen was in the city on Sun
day. His brother Walter came along
to take care of him and see that he did
not accept too many invitations to
dine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

Hon. Michael Murphy of Cato has
concluded to live at ease. He has quit
farming and has purchased house
and lot in the village of Cato, which
place will be his future home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

Henry Sanford reached home from
Gettysburg on Saturday last. He Hrt-
ed with the queen of the Sandwich
Islands while going through Pennsyl-
vania.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

John Richter, a resident of the third
ward OF this city, received injuries on
Saturday last which are likely to prove
fatal. He was, with many others at
work in grading down the hill where
Mr.. Wagner is about to put up his new
house. There were large beer vaults
there OF solid masonry and the work
men had to break the arch and take
the stones out. A large stone fell on
Richter breaking his left collarbone
and three ribs. He also received some
injuries IL the head. The broken ribs
have been driven into his lungs 50 as
to make his death probable. He is a
man OF large family.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN WALDO.-The
remains of Captain George E. Waldo,
who was killed at the battle of Shiloh
(Pittsburg Landing), arrived here on
Saturday morning on the steamer
Comet, in charge of his brother, VIM.
w. Waldo, Esq, who proceeded to
Milwaukee to meet them. The coffin
was taken in charge by the Free Mas
ons of which order the deceased was a
member, and the corpse laid in state
in the Lodge Room during the day.
On Sunday at 2 o'clock the funeral
took place. Hundreds of people from
country and town attended, and every
one admitted that such a large con-
course never assembled in Manitowoc
before, The Free and Accepted Ma
sons, the Odd Fellows, the members of
the bar, the president and trustees of
the village and citizens generally, un-
tied in paying the last tribute of re-
spect to the deceased. Services in the
Episcopal church were performed by
Z. w, Fitch, after which the process
sion marched solemnly to the cemetery.
AT the grave, the ritual of the Ma
sonic order for the dead was read by
Rev. Mr.. Pierpont, and after appropri-
ate singing, the remains were lowered
to their last resting place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

DEATH.-George A. Bates, son of
Stephen Bates, of this village, aged Is
years, and member of the 10Th regi-
ment, died at Camp Utley, Racine, on
the 10th inst. His remains were
brought here on the steamer Comet
on the 10TH
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

Schuette Bros. have put in new
cash carrier which is almost as rapid
as base ball pitcher.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

II. G. Kress and family will leave
for the East in the course of few days.
Mr.. Kress has decided to make Chip
pewa Falls his future home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

Just so years ago since first slept
in that house." remarked Perry Smith
as he was passing by the house in
which Mr.. Melendy lives One would
hardly think from the appearance of
the house that it was the Oldest in the
city, nor would one think from the
youthful, healthy appearance of Perry
that he was pioneer half century
ago.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09

Will Walkers CHEEKY laugh walked
the echoes of the streets of Manitowoc
this week. Will is one of those fellows
whom you could condemn to death with
marked approval of conscience when
he's away. When he's about you are
willing to vote for him for president.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
cArALpA TREE ovER.RATEp.

The New York State ConsefVato"
Commission says that the catatpa
trees value has been over'rated. III
sending out its bulletin the commS'
sion prefaces it with a warning Oh
the Agricultural Experiment statloh
Of Ohio against fraudulent tree
agents who are selling not only ca
talnas of inferior stock, but otner
seedlings as catalpas, and that at
price far above the market price Oh
first catalpa, besides making false
concentrations as to it's growth. The
Ohio bulletin advises that only feiiA
BILE nursery firms be patronizeh W
those who would grow catalpas. the
New York commission declares II
does not wish to discredit cataipa
sneciosa as to it's good qnaiiues'
which are durability and fast CROWN
} Neither does it wish to discourage
nlanting of this species where SOIL
and climatic conditions are favorable
! But is it a fact that catalpa is sensl-
8 tive to frost and exacting as to SOIL
and moisture requirements.
t Best results are obtained whefe
t cultivation has been carried on ior q
o wear or two after planting. TINS
/ means limiting the planting to Ter
r tile, tillable agricultural land. Ihl
# NAV be done profitably in the prairR
n states, where the demand tor fenc'
le| nosts is great, where trees are Ver!
* scarce and where shipments must o
'p made from distant points
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
JAPANESE TREATMENT OF SYM
COPE.

The Japanese show their kno"leue0
If anatomy not only in the 1lu-11'S"
=, o+bod hit also in what is known
&C the krlatsu. The latter is ueso u
restore persons from fa!ntlng spell
Tho method consists in striking up
IN the back of the seventh VerteG'' d
- tho neck when the subject IS ly-
mo face downward. This vertebra Is
Tho one which is prominent at the
hoso If the neck, and it is struck
Nth freouent motion by the closeo
hord A reflex nervous action is
thus set NO by the successive shocks
on5 although its exact nature is no
known the fact is that the regular
action of the heart is restored s'n'
the subject comes to his senses
Them he is seated, and his arms ar'
given a rotary movement which SUM
,,ates the circulation and breathing
He is then required to walk, SO a
tn give a good circulation in the low
or members, and If this is neglecte
there is danger that the syncope n
farns.-Scientific American.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
DRAG AFTER EACH RAINY SPELL
Progressive Farmer:

Farmer:
In the case of the earth road the
split-log drag is the great implement
of maintenance TO keep the road
smooth while drying and thus pre-
vent ruts; but it must be used at
the right time and as often as may
be necessary usually about eight
times a year,. The road should be
dragged after each heavy rain or
rainy spell: and as the surface is on
ly in the proper condition for drag
cling for a very short time after
each rain, we see that there should
be a drag for each one or two miles
of road; and as practically no coun-
tw has sufficient equipment to drag
the roads on such a large scale at
the same time, it is clearly up to the
farmers and people living along the
road to drag those sections OF ROAD
that pass by or through their places
with the full realization that they
i are primarily benefiting themselves;
although | am sure that their county
| road authorities would gladly pay
g. them a. fixed rate per year for eacf
mile that they will keep proper!
dragged.
s have seen the split-log drag use'
Y time and time again, and WhereVe
4 If was used consistently and lnten
O gently the results have been mos
o excellent and gratifying. We nav
lust passed through spell of Weatl
" or that has been exceedingly hard Q
- our roads, and most of the roat
% have been left in very bad conditlo
70 On every road that passes by
III through your place you ought 10
~ using the split-log drag now. IL
s. condition of the roads Tor the co'
70 ING season depends on you. By a CO
re certed action you can reduce i
es nrice of your hauling so per cent
,ol Remember that the drag does
ne hest work from the time that
40 mud ceases to be sticky until it
he comes nearly dry; and If the roao
e: consistently dragged while the s
ols is in this condition, the surface
md become even, hard, and Smooth
cir more eaay to maintain with each
ion Of the drag.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
THE HoUN DAWG SONG.

The "Houn' Dawg" song, sung at
the recent Missouri convention and
adopted as Champ Clark's campaign
has attracted nationwide at
tention, in spite of the fact that it is
nonsense-or perhaps for that very
reason. Though it has just come to
public notice, it has been sung for
great many years, in the Ozark
mountains. 1t is originally a French
folk song. 1t promises to play an I'M
portant part in the national campaign
Following are the words:
EVERY time | come to town
The boys keep kickin' my dawg
aroun.
Makes no difference il he is houn
They got a-quit kickin' my dawg
aroun.'
sambo, lay that banjo down,
You good for nothin' triflin honn;
Makes no difference if he is houn'
You got a-quit kickin' my daws
aroun.'
Every time go to school
The teacher lams me with a rule;
Makes no difference if l am fool'
She's got a-quit lammin' me with
rule.
i sift the meal an save the bran
1t You can't grow taters in sandy iah'
e Makes no difference if he Is a honh'
Il You got a-quit kickin' my dawe
III aroun.'
Is
n NV dawg Drum is good Of houn'
,r Trails the possum on the oryes'
he groun.'
10 Makes no difference if he is houh'
N. You got a-quit kickin' my da"t
M aroun.'
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
LOUISIANA STATE CENTENNIAL.

The meeting Saturday afternoon ID
tho Cabildo of the Louisiana Historf
cal Society's general committee lor
the celebration April 80, 1912. Cd the
centennial anniversary Of Loutsianas
admission as state into the Union
showed great progress in the WORK
If the several subcommittee as to
the many important details TO De
looked after so as to have a brilliant
and appropriate commemoratioa.
Gov. Sanders will be requested 10
have the State appropriate $4,000 fo'
the purpose. An effort will be maze
to interest the press OF the state III
asking for popular subscriptions.
Interest of the children Of Lou'sl'
ana will be excited, and as members
of the public schools they VIII De IN
/ vfted to participate. Judge A. A. Gum
] bv of Monroe, donated $25 to be ex'
E pended for a medal offered for the
t hest essay submitted by grammar
e grade pupils of schools throughout
+ the state touching the significance o
d the admission of Louisiana into tn
Union of States.
All descendants of the members Q
oil the Constitutional Convention OF lSl
Is and of the Legislature of 1872 ar
I'd requested to send their names, an
r. ALSO to loan to the Louisiana hfsto
at ieal Society portraits OF said men
hers and mementoes Of that perioo'
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
TIE TExAS-LoUlSlANA RAIL
ROAD CASE.
Times-D Democrat:

Times-Democrat
The Interstate Commerce commS
sion in it's decision upon the grea'
controversy over railroad rate DIS
elimination between louisiana anu
Taxas has laid down the rule that
no railroad commission can so Jug
gle with rates within a State as 70
divert trade out of its natural chan-
no,s from one state to another.
The rules of the Texas Railroad
Commission to which objection was
raised were framed to prevent AMY
Texas cotton from being shipped out
of the Lone Star State to Shreveport
Or to other Louisiana towns ana "
oomno, if TO 20 to market via Gal
weston or other home ports for
merly, Shreveport, which lies near
the Texas border, did large cotton
trade with Dallas, Texarkana, etc line
, commission set deliberately to WORE
to break UP this trade and to keel
: the cotton at home or send 1t oiie0
0 to market, instead of via LOUISIANA
q ~ Garry out that purpose Texa
= railroads were ordered to redu'
+boir rates so as to cut off buslnes
70 Louisiana; and if the Loulsian
rates were reduced, to continue GU
ting until the cotton was forced !
90 via Galveston, -,
IT is scarcely to be hoped that I'll
decision of the Federal commlSSle
will settle the matter finally and oe
A. ;nitely. The Texas Railroad Comm
w. sion is a very determined BODY d
~ IN The habit Of bending its neck ca
is iIv. but ON the contrary, disposed
us be autocratic and arbitrary. 1t m
" he expected to continue the fight
nv b,azes the right road, showing CT
rts tho end The decision, however, sho
Isl. clusively that the new rates OF
70. Texas Commission on goods shipF
for to Louisiana is an interference W
interstate commerce, that the Fede
government has the right to INTER-
and indeed has absolute control
shows further why it should HI
that control to prevent such an
,on stance of injustice as was aI'enp
-, in this very case.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
NOT GOOD sPoRTsMEN.

Lake Charles American-Press:
The action of the London sutfra'
sette ladies in breaking the London
shop windows, besides being Illegal
is distinctly unsportsmanltke. Men
who would do things like that Wouio
have their heads chopped off. theil
property confiscated and themselves
locked up in insane asylums.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30
A MEANS TO tnA'
END.

Shreveport Journal
SANDERS to Work for Reclama-
tion" saws headline in the Crow
lev Signal, telling of the plans OF
Gov. + Y. Sanders to enter into TINS
sort of an enterprise following MS
retirement to private Life next May
Il is presumed that His Excellenc'
will confina his reclamation effoftS
to the swamp lands of South Louisl
ana and will not undertake to re
claim any lost political GROUND ~
tie present at least
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-03-30

81. L, lClSNu lS, Id, Ahe"i SiA -o' N'
To the Citizens of ST. Francisyille
and Bayou Sara:
AS the close of the school year ap-
breaches and the amount OF the
school funds for the year, (alWays
an uncertain quantity, becomes del
initely known, it is more and more a.N
parent that the schools OF the PARISH
cannot be kept up to their present
state of efficiency for the full nne
months session, unless some addi-
tional funds be secured in some way.
7 mentioned this fact in my annuai
report to the Board last July, Du'
since then there has been no appar-
ent opportune time for attempting to-
initiate any plan for the increase Oh
the Boards revenues, and we are,
therefore, facing deficit, and
write this communication to let tne
neople know what difficult prop
lem he Board will have to solve at
it's next meeting ON April 9th.
wo have on hand now $2,782.16,
and will probably receive by June l.
from all sources $4,000. Early III
Tnne we shall receive from the state
about $1,4O0.OO, total assets $4'2o2l0
Against this We have the foiloWlns
q oh,igations: Three months expenses
y Of the julius Freyhan High Schooi
q 81 $4,000; three months expenses o
q the rural schools, $2,l15'OO; othe
q outstandirr obligations, $7O1.36; tW
& and q half months expenses OF III
y co]ored schools, $925.OO; total oolAgs
q tions, $5,4O1.36. -,
b Then we will have to close IN
2 wears work with deficit OF 81 l1S'z
y and have no funds to meet the SUN
g.. mer's expenses, or to open ~
soho,ls with next fall, unless we CLIO
b Tho schools month earlier than VIZ
I axnected or receive help from u
! ton,r councils of st. Francisville al
I Bayou Sara. -,
I When objection to helping the hls
I school was made by part Oh "
{ counca last year, I hoped that
would not be necessary to ask
aid this year. But the objection W
made because of the opinion III
! the council did not have the rlsn'
make this appropriation and not
cause CT unwillingness to extend
NJ needed aid. Since then have lea
. cd that the right does exist and u
the law almost makes it obllgat'
m the part of town councils to &
assistance to public schools
40 Of the session of 1904 OF
State Legislature says:
"All incorporated municipall
,evying license taxes equal In anlo
IN those levied by Police Jurles
tbe Parishes in which they are sit
ed, shall be and the same he'
are. exempt from the payment
parish licenses or parish taxes,
vided said license tax shall be
for street and sidewalk lmpr
ments, water works, lights, Sc
age. street railways, or pubic Sc
purposes"
This means, and the attorne!
q the Council of St. Francisville so
i "a ed in published opinion last
vember, that the license tax came
ing this year to about $6'0oooo)
Not be used legally for any
purpose than those just ehumer
~ S1k Tho water works and electric