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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02

for dinner and good old Dick and nice
old Harry, Want EN- to see you and
taste your cookery. I've told them all
about your dishes. There's Just one
special thing ! don't want you TO for.
get It's the black coffee to wind up
with. Toms particularly fond OF
good black coffee. and for that matter
SO am l."
Promptly at 6 came Mr. Benedict
ana cronles three MIR. b. showed his
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02

days. This is because. unaccustorled
to exercising our rights, we strain
them
The secret of II all Is to exercise
your muscles a little, your wits a lit
tie and your rights little AS the
Greeks said, Nothing too much"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02
Mrs. Newlywed Had Done Her Best,
but Black Coffee Was a Thing
Unattainable.

After the honeymoon came the coy
fat, Young Mr.. Benedict was mighty
proud OF his wife. even II she was
from the country. and eager to show
her 10 5is crones.
-Jalc.nia, dear, he said one morn
~, Il want 10 bring dear cid Tom up
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02
Rlvsls In Boot and Shoe Trade

The United Kingdom Is the chief
tival OF the United States in tbs sup
plying Of boots and shoes to the world
Eer exports Of boots and shoes are
greater, both In number Of pairs and
value, than those of the United States,
but the growth In her case is far less
rapid than OF this country
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02

We measure success by accumula-
tion. The measure Is false. The
true measure Is appreciation. He who
loves most has most.--Henry van
Dyke.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02

with Intoxicating mirth at their predic-
ament, yelled
"Lordec, Lordee' Y all sho' is de
outlandishest Kids 'twiXt de BAD Place
an de- moon"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02

to every store in the neighborhood
It's black coffee, dear. hunted and
hunted truly Not single shop has
anything but brown!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02
Perfection In Crysials.

Crystals OF sodium nitrate have been
made IN Paris SO pure and perfectly
Formed that they can be- used In op.
Eical instruments.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02
Usual Result.

. misunderstanding in this house
is out Of place. Been having an
earthquake?
Wife-lve been putting things In
order.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-02
Heard In School.

why did Atlas have to support
the earth?"
He didn't have TO: he was lust
practicing his physical culture les
SON
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
CHRISTIAN KS NO HAMLET

From Current Literature for July
Nothing In the character of Denmarks
new King, Christian X, supports the
ShalSespearean tradition. There is no trace
of Hamlet in him. He is neither mel
anchoy, nor hesitating, nor sieklied Ger
with the pale cast of thought. He is, in
stead, a jolly giant with a propensity
to slap the comrades of his youth upon the
back. He is disposed TO a somewhat up
roarious optimism and loud laughter. He
seems free from the least suspicion that
the times are out of joint. He is the life
soul of any company in which he happens
to find himself. He is not even intellectual.
The foundation of the character of the
prince upon the throne of Denmark is
vouched for In the Independence Beige of
Brussels as unadorned simplicity. He
seems never to have had a mood in the
poetcal sense. His intimates are like
himself in being average people, and II he
has motto it must be: Away with all
mystery and romance" He loves to roar
barraek room ditty at the top of his
powerful lungs with his former comrades
Of the guards, to whom he gives a dinner
N<i'i '~%e"~
eyes sparkle merrily. His vigorous appe-
tite, his loud voice, his long legs and
his propensity to skip up a flight of steps
on the run suggest the manner of a boy
rather than the sedateness of man past
40, He is, in short, the Paris Figaro
thinks, quite the merriest monarch alive,
full to the finger tips with an exuberant
vitality. He realizes the contemporary Eu-
ropean ideal of "a respectable king the
traditional fast king with a mistress
having gone completely out of fashion.
This new Scandinavian sovereign enjoys
the felicity of a cheerfulness which bub-
bles up with champagne effervescence
from the springs of that perfect health.
Such is the view the Paris Figaro takes of
royalty In whom it behods the spirit of
youth bodied forth enchantingly. His
is the gay countenance. HIS, again, Is the
ringing and ready laugh and his Is the
enchanting affabiity. What wonder that
he enjoys terrific popularity, that cheer
ing crowds hail him on days of festival,
that smiles greet his appearance, smiles
rejecting his own brightness and gaiety
For as some kings are great and Others
are good, this Danish King is gay. HIS
infancy, his adolescence. his ripening man
hood and the period of Ais prime have all
been passed in Copenhagen under the eyes
of the people. They adore him. He is so
essentially and irresistibly Danish in sem
timents and ideas that make him the liv-
ing mirror of his peoplel From his early
youth he received the most Danish of
training. He joined the university body
/ IN his teens and led the university life
ship that won him a worship he has never
lost
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
Church Building in the South

Much is said about this being dis
tinctly an age of materialism and re-
ligious indifferntism, but evidences
are not lacking to disprove the state
ment that one sometimes hears that
religious belief is all the while losing
ground. Richard H. Edmonds, editor
of the Baltimore Manufacturing
Record, in his instructive and ami
mating review of the south's progress,
says:
And speaking of churches, there is
probably no more striking evidence OF
increasing wealth to be found than the
remarkable activity in church building
| throughout the south Not only are
| churches being erected with an activity
that is somewhat astonishing, but these
buildings are in many cases of the most
superb architecture and costly to de-
gree that is the highest evidence of an
enormous expansion in wealth. and of
| a Willingness to spend that wealth for
| the betterment of mankind. The whole
south is developing a church architec-
ture which promises to make it unique
in the world for the beauty and adapt
ability of these church edifices.
The fact that church building is
steadily on the increase is. reassuring
to those deeply concerned touching re-
ligion and morality. People do not
contribute money to erect houses of
worship unless they have abiding
faith in their religion. There can be
no better sign of moral betterment
than increased activity among church
people.
In the rural districts of the United
States-north and south-"meeting
houses" have been numerous for many
years, but there was little or no effort
at architectural design or display of
artistic taste. At last attention is
being paid to church architecture and
the significance of all this is far
reaching.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
chnrms Of capitoI Park

II have been much interested IN Cap
itol nark, said a man who lives close
by, "and l regard it as an ideal breath
ing spot.
lowing to the rather unusual and I'M
seasonable weather the magnolias have
not doomed out as full and prolific as
usual. l am told that they bloom al
most all the summer usually.
II have wondered why no hooking birds
make music up there when the moon
light gilds the tree and flower. Now l
know the reason. The small boy with
his air gun gets in his deadly work
in the daytime and what he doesn't do
to destroy the birds, the prowling and
vagrant cats do at night. There should
be some attention paid to the felines
that hunt birds in the park at night
Il notice that while most of the lights
are out after daybreak, yet some or the
park lights are still burning. 1t seems
odd to. see the big white globes all
aGame after the daylight has eclipsed
or duled them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
RELIEF WORK IN CHINA

From the North China Daily News.
One of the most interesting notes that
can be made upon the work of the Cen
trail China famine fund committee comes
from a well known Shanghai lady who
spent few weeks In the famine district.
Where she was, at Pengpu, and generally
through North Anhui and Kiangsi, the
work being carried out was the dyking
of the Hwai river, and with the methods
now in force-reief given for work done
she has little hesitation In saying that
a new era has dawned for the people
there. A few of her notes upon the sub
ject will serve to convey an adequate
conception of the great value of the work
in progress. She says:
TT is the most amazing thing I have
scientific method that is now adopted.
It humanizes rather than pauperizes. A
free distribution3of rice does no good ex-
cept to prolong the life of a few for
certain length of time, but now not only
are the men humanized and made to work
for what they get, but they are doing a
good which cannot really be estimated.
Out of the district wheer these men are
working, in those parts where as yet no
famine relief work has been done, the
people are like masses Of protoplasm
without backbone, like jellyfish, inert
masses ready to die. They are absolutely
without hope.
TN the relief district, with the advent
of foreign methods and work they have
become different. They were without
hope until the foreigners came with their
methods and money, and now they work
from early morning till after dark Some
of the work which they have done has
been declared to be colossal in It's mag
nitude. When first these wretched people
came to get work some were not able to
stand, but now men, women and chill
dren who are employed are strong and
well. and able to do an enormous amount
of work
There is no comparison between the
present methods and the old practice of
giving food and rice away. There is no
doubt about it, they have found the way.
No difficulty is to be found in getting
workers; for the first time in their lives
the people say there is hope; for them
it is the dawn of new era"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
Bozeman Burgers Play

II was an intimate friend of Boseman
Buyers when he was sporting editor OF
The Age-Herald, and he was one of the
most genial, best liked men | have ever
known said an old baseball fan now
living in the north. Tile seemed to abb
sorb baseball information like sponge
does water, and he could tell you off
hand what the batting average of Quincy
Smith was in the SOS in the bush league
He knew the records of all the big leag-
uers, as well as majority of those in
the smaller leagues. His baseball column
was one of the best l have ever read. II
was not filled with dope like so many
columns, but every line that was in II
was well written and in a vein that APP
pealed to me.
II saw one of his comedies while in
the east last season, and | am Interested
in seeing The Late Mr.. Allen at the
Orpheum this week. Buger always could
write funny things, and / am sure that
this little sketch will prove interesting
and popular"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
Col. Goethals' Surprising Statement

Col. Cocktails Surprising Statement
When Colonel Goethals went te
Yale to receive the degree of doctor
of laws he delivered an address that
will create discussion for long time
to come. He said, first, that he gave
credit for the advancement of the
construction of the canal not to Roose-
welt but to Taft; second, that in spite
of the virtual completion of the wa
terway next year, he intimates it
should not be opened until 1915; third
that against all sanguine stories told
of the healthful condition of the canal
zone, he is emphatic in declaring il
to be unfit for human habitation.
These statements are so surprising
that they almost take ones breath
away, and yet it must be admitted
that Colonel Goethals knows what he
is talking about. 1t is keen disap-
pointment to hear that while mosqui-
toes bearing malaria or yellow fever
can be kept away from the canal zone
yet the climate is unfit for human be-
ings from temperate zones to live in
Colonel Gorgas of the medical depart
ment has never said as much, and YET
it is more than probable that he ano
Colonel Goethals agree.
The postponement of the opening
of the canal to 1915 is also disap,
pointment, but in all probability the
canal cannot be opened complete anc
fully equipped with all that should &C
with the worlds greatest single enter
prise before the time mentioned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
War On Migrants

II understand that the inferior courts
have been cleaning up the Migrants In
the alleys and highways and byways OF
Birmingham" said householder.
This is good, and may the good WORK
go on. And right here | wish to say that
If Kipling said truism when he wrote
The female of the species is more deadly
than the male he must have had in
mind the Afro-American particularly.
believe for downright brutality and de-
prayity some Of the negro women are the
hell cats of crime. They suggest much
of it to negro men. They are as feroeious
as the tigress of the tungles.
Now to the practical and domestic
side of the question. Along about the mid
die of the summer the average negro
woman of the lower grade likes Her ease
II she isn't allowed to carry off cart
load of food out of the back way she quits
cooking. | notice that there are many
negro women seeking washing and work
The officers are right after them, and
they at least need mask for their de-
pnaved life. You may talk about the
criminal negro man, but if there Were
only some way to bell the female h
cats there would be far less criminality
among the negro race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
Dissolution That Doesn't Dissolve

Vice President Moffett of the Stan
dard Oil company of New Jersey adj
mitted recently on the witness stand
that the entire Standard Oil concern
is carried in the offices of his COM
pany precisely as it was before the
trust was dissolved. All the subsidi-
airy companies meet when the Stan
Adard Oil company of New Jersey
meets. Trade is restricted, prices put
MP or down, and monopolies promoted
axactly as they were before the So
called dissolution took place.
What is true of Standard Oil is true
81 all other trusts against which suits
have been brought. Not a single mo-
nopoly has been dissolved by q repub-
lean Observation-Disclosures one. The
mbinations are as powerful as they
~ have been. Instead of securing
!. gws providing for the suppression and
tneulation Of monopolies, after the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
n,rm,rr,,.m peopIe Interested

81 have never seen so much interest
taken in political matter as is being
shown by the people of Birmingham in
the democratic convention in Baltimore
said w. NJ Lindsay of the Szabo Tailor
ing company. mo matter at what ume'
day or night there Is any news to be
had you will find large crowds standing
around the bulletin boards anxious to
have the latest, and the newspapers are
finding a ready sale for their extras.
think that Birmingham is ebeing given
excellent news service at the convention
and the people seem to appreciate 1t.
Il don't remember in many years study
of politics to have seen as much interest
in any convention as there is now, and
1t does not seem to be confined to the
men, Women and children are just as
anxious to learn the news"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
BRANDEs AT THIRTY-TWO
From Chronicle and Comment in th'
July Bookman.

From Chronicle and Comment in the
July Bookman
Edmund Gosse in his Two Visits to
Denmark, recently published by b. p.
Dutton & Co., gives an account of his
first meeting with George Brandes. At
the time the latter was a tall, thin
young man of 49, looking less hale,
with a great thatch of hair arched
over wide forehead. But when he
began to talk he was the soul of i'm
patience This probably had something
to do with the atmosphere of suspicion
and anger which he created around
him in Copenhagen. He not merely did
not hear fools gladly, but he was easily
driven to distraction, by those who
were less mentally active than himself.
Thus Gosse fell under the ban because
he spoke Danish so slowly. The Eng
lishman's broken utterances worried
the Dane, and the latter did not hesi-
tate to say So The result was that
Gosse became tongue-tied with embar-
assment while Brandes paced the room,
Infatuated, and swapping. his long fin
gers.
FINALLY, we hit upon a plan which
have often required to in similar condi-
lions. When it is not a case of civility
or compliment, but of genuine desire
to get exact information or an inter-
change of accurately expressed opinion,
If each speaker Is fairly acquainted
with the written language of the other,
lit is best that each should speak in his
own tongue. This is not very easy
to do, because the lips instinctively
initiate the ear, and the tendency to
repeat the words in the Identical
language of the first speaker Is often
almost irresistible. Brandes had good
knowledge of literary English, and
was accustomed to the pronunciation,
but he did not trust himself to talk.
II had by this time, made more prog
ress in understanding others in Danish
than in speaking it myself 1t was now
no difficulty for me to follow any one
with a clear voice who spoke at the
average speed. and l was on the high
road to enjoying a general converse
ton where five or six people sat round
a table,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
Third Parties in the Past

Third parties are by no means I'M
known in our political history. We
had one in 1S48 when the free-soil
movement sprang up. 1t was merged
in a like movement in the wing party
and it led on to the formation OF the
republican party in 1885, A liberal
republican party brought about the
nomination of Horace Greeley for
President, and the mugwump move
ment was practically party, and Mr..
Cleveland's candidacy was greatly
aided by it. The populist and free
silver parties were complications that
lasted considerable time.
None of these were of distinctly
personal nature. Not one of them was
based on a personality, as is the pro
posed third party started in Orchestra
hall. Some of the issues in previous
third parties were unworthy, or Wis
ionary or momentary, but all had ar
issue. None were based on man anc
his promises and invective. These in
dependent movements were more OF
less revolutionary, but none of then
sprang from a man on horseback
man who ignores the tariff and makes
appeals to the disconnected and the
thoughtless. Roosevelt proclaims him
self the foe of the interests, and We
it is known beyond all doubt or ques
ton that he has himself served specia
privilege throughout his entire public
career. 1t is impossible. to believe
that third party can be organized
on such foundation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
Six Powers and China

After a long dicker with Russia
and Japan those two powers have
Joined the British, French, German
and American groups of international
bankers in loaning to President Yuan's
government $500, 100000. This will
enable the republic of China to pay
all bills and to face reorganization
under guaranty from the six pow
ers that her territorial power shall be
respected. 1t is true, a shadowy
reservation concerning Mongolia was
interpolated at the last moment by
Russia and another in relation to
Manchuria was inserted at Japan's
instance, but either or both of those
powers will have their hands full II
they treat the new republic unjustly.
These reservations may yet be strlck-
en- out of the loan agreement.
The loan is regarded as highly his
toric, because it means that the re-
public is to be established and per-
petuated. No event of these times
is of greater historic interest thar
that. Neither Russia nor Japan came
willingly into the new agreement, bu'
they soon saw that they could not at
ford to be left out of it. Both would
have preferred to have done their owr
dickering with China, securing In re-
turn liens on all sorts of enterprises
in that great country, but in the enc
the six-power agreement was slgnee
by the powers, and when China as
sents to it it will go into effect. II
means that the republic has come to
stay. The loan will be redeemed and
then there will be strong and inde-
pendent China capable of defending
itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
RODENT HOSIERY STARTS PANIC

From the New York Herald.
Physicians as well as fashion creators
are interested in tine development of the
latest feminine fad, which introduces ro-
dents as hosiery decoration. For cen
turtles the feminine members of society
have lived under the impression that they
were born with deep seated fear of a
mouse.
Therefore. deliberately to choose a
mouse decoration for their silken hosiery
seems to show a change of mental atti-
tude toward their old time enemy which
seems almost alarming Physicians adj
nit that it is unaccountable. The courage
required to wear mouse just where he
might at any moment escape to the safe
ty of dainty frils and fluffy laces never
before has been attributed to the fair sex.
But the rodent hosiery is here
1t made its appearance on Fifth avenue.
fashionably gowned young woman
stepped from limousine. lifting her PAN
nier skirt TO display a pair of slippered
feet with a mouse ornamenting each ankle
of her snken stockings, and a panic al
most ensued.
Pedestrians who caught sight of the pair
of sagacious animals reproduced in life
like manner on her well turned ankles
stopped to verify their discovery. and
then all the feminine observers fed The
others remained to render assistance IL
needed
Inquiry brought to light the fact that
the hosiery novelty is made by Fifth
avenue shop, which devotes its windows
and counters to the exclusive display of
these sillSen articles of wearing apparel.
One of the designers thought 1t would be
interesting to create new pattern. and
forthwith che wove upon a finely spun
black sillxen hose a real little mouse in
colors of dark gray with yellowish
tinge.
The mouse she placed just at the turn
of the instep. its whiskered nose resting
against the ankle and the long curved
tail trailing down over the instep. meet
ing the buckle of the smart summer
pump. They cost Sc a pair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-01
From Popular Electricity.
SnHE japanese have. always had a
prediction for electricity,

From Popular Electricity.
<<THE japanese have. always had a
prediction for electricity,
! said DR.. Nitobe, a professor of
the University of Tokyo, while visiting
Washington recently. Il recall strik-
ing instance of their application of it
more than Is years ago that was as unique
as 1t was effective.
TN the early nineties the Japanese de-
feated the Chinese in war and in the in
demnity the japanese acquired the large
island of Formosa, lying off the coast
of China.
Now while the lower part of Formosa
is very fertile, and grows the finest tea
and rice, being civilized as well, the up
Peg portion, indeed by far the larger part
of the island. was overrun by the blood
thirstiest of savages, who considered
murder and robbery as the only genteel
professions They had been accustomed.
under Chinese rule, which was no rule
at all, to make descents upon the few
peaceful farmers in the lower end about
the time their crops were ripe, and, after
killing enough of them to satisfy their lust
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"iiusi ieeses eioush -.
them until time for another incursion.
when the Japanese took possession
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