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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Fire DAMAGES Morpan's House.

New York, Sept. Though thu
actual damages from fire dis.
covered in the home OF ]. =. Nor.
gan amounted to only $4,000. more
than $4,000 loss was caused by ngh,
against the flames.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
MotorcYclIst KILLED.

Marshalltown, la, Sept 22-F e.
Voorhees, OF Cedar Rapids. Ia, a con
testant In the motorcycle meet that
marked the closing OF the Marshall
county fair, was killed when he skid.
ded into the fence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
rrinle TRAGEDY In Nebraska

Harvard, Neb.. Sept. 1S.-Three men
are dead and one wounded here. The
dead are II. Traut, slain In Office; Sher-
in Sandersoh. killed in battle with
SLAYER, unknown tramp, who took his
own life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
vii, Amend the Home Rule Bill.

London, Sept. 17-Premier Asquith
said the government would introduce
at the next session Of parliament be.
fore the home rule for Ireland bill
could become operative new bill
amending the measure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Elect New President.

Washington. Sept. 1S.-The Ameri-
can Association Of Public Accountants
elected ]. Porter Joplin OF Chicago
president, and Carl II. Nau Of Cleve-
land treasurer Seattle. Wash. was
chosen for the 1915 convention.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Belmont's Racers Seized,

New York. Sept. 22.--Augurt Bel.
mont learned that Ave Of his valuable
thorougAbreds IN France have been
seized by the French army. The
horses were Voluvente, Rayal. Dram.
atist, King Cade and Bayard III
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
EIver Killed by Fall.

Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 1S.-Weldon B.
Cooke, aviator. was killed in a plunge
of 1000 feet In his aeroplane while
giving an exhibition fight over the
state fair grounds on Wednesday at.
ternoon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
LEAGUE Baseball
Games
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Mondays Results.
NATION IEAGTE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York, O. Chicago, 6.
Boston, 6; Pittsburgh, 5.
Brooklyn. 9-S; Cincinnati, SO.
Philadelphia, 8; st. Louis, 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, l; Washington. s.
Cleveland, 8; Philadelphia. 4.
Detroit, 6; Boston, 5.
st. Louis, 8; New York. 4.
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Baltimore, 3; Chicago, 2
Pittsburgh, 2; ST. Louis, 5.
Brooklyn, l; Kansas City, II.
Buffalo, ]; Indianapolis, 9.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Gold Ship Rcturns October /,

London, Sept. 22--The American
cruiser Tennessee will starr for
America about October /. carrying
home virtually all OF the army officers
who came over TO Europe on govern.
ment relief work
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
AJAX Rate Case Rehearlno.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE eastern
railways formally petitioned the inter-
state commerce commission for re-
hearing in the eastern advance rate
case and to permit them to, put into
effect the Ave per cent increase.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Peaceful In Mexico City.

Washington. Sept. 2l.-That condi.
tons In Mexico City are peaceful, and
show no signs Of impending anarchy,
was the information that came to the
White House from official sources in
Mexico City.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
GERMANS SINK JAP SHIP
Mikado Loses Another Torpedo Boat
Outside Of kiau-
chau.

Picking, China. Sept 22.-Mail ad-
vices from Tsimo state that the Japa-
nese lost a second torpedo boat out
side Kiauchau. The vessel was sunk
by a German cruiser.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Cir Ernest shackIeton Is or.

London, Sept. 2l.--sir Ernest Shack.
Teton, whose Antarctic expedition got
nearly TO the South pole several years
ago. left on another Antarctic dash
Sir Ernest was accompanied by a
number Of scientists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24

Colombo. Sept, ga German war.
ship is reported to have sunk the Brit
ish steamer Diploma near Ceylon and
TO have captured another vessel
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24

Five armed robbers entered the
home OF Mrs Nellie Clark OF Kanka.
sxee, H.. shortly after midnight and
Escaped with money and jewels whose
tyalue Is estimated at more than $780,.
1000 by the police Armed posses in
automobiles and bloodhounds are
hunting the thieves
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24
Name Special Attorney for indians

Washington. Sept. 19.--Secretary
Lane appointed Jacob III. Crst Of
Santa Re as special attorney for the
Pueblo Indians OF New Mexico He
succeeds Francis c. Wilson, resigned,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-24

Big Four passenger train No. s run
ming 40 miles an hour, LEFT the rails at
Butler, Mo, and the entire train went
into ditch. Seven persons were in.
jured. one unidentified aged woman
probably fatally.
The Press., 1914-08-12
RuNinn an Island.

The story of the settlement of Tan gier island. in Chesapeake bay, as told by J. M. Church in his book about the island and its isolated inha bitants. out does that of the famous sale of Man haitian:
 You gentlemen ain't never heard how Tangier got settled? It were by man from the eastern shore settle ments back in 17O7-more'n POO years ago. The island were the home of a tribe of Indians. and this here man Post got the idee of raisin' stock on it So he runs over and tells the Indians that the cOlOnists are goin' to come and massacre them and they'd better get OUten the way. That scared the Indians. all right. and they sailed over to the western shore of Virginny. But before they went Post said. as the is land wasn't gOin' to be any more use to 'em. he'd buy it off them. The chief agreed. so Post gave him two old overcoats. and the island was his Then he brung over five families and a passel O horses and cows.'
The Press., 1914-08-12
AMorda That Rnannad.

A great many swords were brought home after the war between the states welded in the middle. because the young officers who owned them had bragged about their elasticity and had broken them in trying to demonstrate It. The tragedy happened in this wAy:l :
 The young officer in setting out for the war had been given fine sword by his admiring friends at home. He was told and made to believe that his sword was of tried Damascus or Toledo steel and that 1t would bend double without breaking. In camp somew here the young captains and lieutenants would fall to vaunting their truSty blades. and on bet one of them would stick the point of his sword into d tree and begin to bend the hilt around to meet the point. And just as the hilt came around the blade snapped in two in the middle. tVery few of these pres entAtiOn swords were as Damascus or as Toledo as they were supposed to bel
 After that the two parts of the sword had to be welded. and the weapOn shows the welding to this day.-New York Mail.
The Press., 1914-08-12
cLAY'S FIRST SPEECH.
1t Began In Confusion, but Ended In a
 Brilliant Triumph.

1t Began In Confusion, but Ended In a
 Brilliant Triumph.
 Henry Clay as d young man was ex, tremely bashful. although he possessed uncommon brightness of intellect and fascinating address, without effort making the little he knew pass fO1 much more. In the early part of his career he settled in Lexington, Va. where he found the society most con genial, though the clients seemed somewhat recalcitrant to the young lawyer. He joined debating society at length. but for several meetings he remained silent listener.
 One evening after q lengthy debate the subject was being put to a vote when Clay was heard to observe softly to friend that the matter in question was by no means exhausted. He was at once asked to speak and after some hesitation rose to his feet. Finding himself thus unexpectedly confronted by an audience. he was covered with confusion and began, as he had fre- quently done. in imaginary appeals to the court. "Gentlemen of the jury"
 A litter that ran through the au- dience only served to heighten his em- barrassment, and the obnoxious phrase fell from his lips again. Then he gath cred himself together and launched into a perOration so brilliantly lucid and impassioned that it carried the house by storm and laid the corner stone to his future greatness, his first case coming to him as a result of this speech, which some consider the finest he ever made
The Press., 1914-08-12
PhySicaI Eneroy.

Perhaps you do not know 1t. but when you walk il distance of ten miles you expend enough force, could 1t be all collected. to raise 800 tons one foot from the ground. Of this enormous quantity of energy the legs are respOn- Sible for 15O tons. the heart for 100. the lungs for twentytwo and the bulk of the remainder Is wasted in the heat given off from the body.
 In severe athletic competitions. such as running. rowing and boxing. you must be in such condition as to be able to exert. by your limbs alone, each minute as much force as would lift 5000 pounds one foot above the ground.
 When powerful man works for twenty-four hours with all his might the energy he expends is equal to lift ing d third class cruiser. and during his life he dissipateS enough power to carry his body at death to the sun These statements may at first sight seem extraordinary. but will not seem so when it is remembered that two ounces of bread contains the potential energy of l5O -PearsOn's.
The Press., 1914-08-12
Where ks Europe?

The man who motors from London to Brighton would never dream of tell ing his friends next week that he had spent the holiday motoring in Europe. But the man who motored from Calais to RoulOgne would. Europe doesn't mean England to the average man. Try it on him and see. Europe he conceives only as the conti- nent
 The Scilly islanders are much the same. They greet newcomers with in- quiries as to affairs in England. ] have known old country folk in the Isle of Wight speak in the same way. and the people of the marsh country at the back of Dungeness used to and may even now regard themselves as extra territorial. They were the marshmen: other people were foreign CTS and Englishmen. London Mirror
The Press., 1914-08-12
WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Investigated Testimony of Stafford Springs Citizens

Statements That May Be Investigated. Testimony of Stafford Springs Citizens.
 When a Stafford Springs citizen comes to the front, telling his friends and neighbors of his experience, you can rely on his sincerity. The state ments of people residing in far away places do not command your confidence. Home endorsement is the kind that backs Doan's Kidney Pills. Such testi- mony is convincing. Investigation proves it true. Below is statement of Stafford Springs resident. No stronger proof of merit can be had.
 George Irons, farmer, Furnace Ave. Stafford Springs, says; My back became very lame and sore and knew that my kidneys were disordered. I got supply of Doan's Kidney Pills at the Eaton Drug Store and the first box made great improvement After had used three boxes, was free from the trouble. Since then when I have taken Doan's Kidney Pills, they have benefited me. ''
 Price 50c, at all dealers. Don simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan $ Kidney Pills--the same that MT. Irons had. Foster. Milburn Co.,, Props. ,, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Press., 1914-08-12
SECRET or THE PARIS HAT.
The Magic but Deadly Needle That
 Holds It's Spirit.

An American milliner seeking to learn what it is that makes the Paris hat so bewitching sought work ill Paris and found it easily enough i'll one of the largest exporting houses, name to conjure with. One afternoon saw her seated upon bench with gay, chattering companions who radiated joy and sparkle on every side of her. Delft fingers flew with chattering tongues, confusing her by the bewilder- ing creations called into being with breathless haste.
 When night came the loneliness she dreaded did not come, so filled was her solitude by thoughts of all she had seen and heard, and so hard did her brain work to digest all the wonders. Would she. could she, in two months grasp the something" and take it home to America, and in so doing reach another stepping stone in her career? The following morninS found her seated upon her assigned bench. She had been told to come at 8 o'clock. and every clock and watch said B. put Sno was ulOIle III Hull dA hOuL her companions of yesterday began to stray i'll casually. Dull of eye and listlessIy they came. No bubbling laugh, no gay chatter filled the room, and what was more surprising, no work was attempted. Some great calamity must have occurred! The whole nation must be suffering death and facing calamity. Questions failed to bring forth answers, and the puzzle grew. Were all her dreams to vanish with the night? The "hOuse" must have failed was her final thought.
 Around 10 or II o'clock the party broke up for dejeuner, and with their return came breath of the spirit of the afternoon before. Increasing gay ety and brilliant ideas grew with the hours, and the wonder of 1t was more and more inexplicable. The mornings were one long torture, the afternoons a joy. One day all was revealed. A tiny hypOdermic needle filled with the stuff that dreams are made of is the spirit of the Paris hat!
 The workers until sufficiently "dOp- cd" cannot work, cannot produce, and liStleSsly idle the morning hours till hypOdermic needle and absinth ere ate the gay, chattering designer, who brings forth the joy giving Paris hat Jessie Belyea in National Magazine.
The Press., 1914-08-12
PHosPHITE NOT PHOSPHATE
The Proper Sodium Solution to Use la
 Bichloride Poisoning.

The Proper Sodium Solution to Use Ia
 5ichIoride Poisoning.
 In a recent issue of well known medical journal the statement is made that mercuric chloride poisoning can be treated by the use of sodium phoS- phate with excess of sodium bicar- bonate. Thus, editorially, the same Journal says: "This solution, tits claim ed, instantly converts the bichloride to the mild chloride, which can be remOv- ed by a dose of castor oil It is very necessary that the sodium phosphate shall be chemically pure"
 Attention should therefore again be called to the fact" says the Journal of the American Medical Association, ''that the names sodium phosphate and sodium phosphite' are so similar that a serious error can be made by the misprinting or misinterpretatiOn of a single letter. Sodium phosphite has been suggested as an antidote to mer- curic chloride because it acts as re- ducing agent to convert mercuric chlo- ride into calomel-mercurous chloride while the phosphite is changed tO.phOs- phate. Sodium phosphate will have no such action on mercuric chloride be- cause it is already as highly oxidized as possible"
The Press., 1914-08-12
MoNSON.
D. B. Needham has placed an order for Ford automobile.

D. B. Needham has placed an order for Ford automobile.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Hynes and daughters, Mary and Margaret, of Washington street, left Tuesday for quite an extended western trip. They will spend some time at Carey, Ohio. The first Montreal excursion of the Central Vermont railroad will leave Monson the 18th and 18th. Tickets will be good to return until the 29th. The very low rate and good service are making these excursions very popular.
 The assessors have turned their books over to the tax collector, Henry F. Miller. Five per cent. will be allowed on all taxes paid on or before September l. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. will be charged on all taxes unpaid December 1, 1914.
 The body of Mrs. Oliver Lanigan, whose death occurred at the Woon- socket hospital Wednesday of last week, was taken to Monson Saturday afternoon for burial. Rev. W. A. Kilmer, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services at the grave. Burial was in No. 1 cemetery.
 John Sault, 45, died in Brooklyn yesterday of hardening of the spinal cord. Two daughters survive him, Miss Mildred and Miss Dorothy. The body was brought here yesteray after noon for burial in the No. cemetery. MT. Sault was employed in town for number of years and has many friends and acquaintances who will regret to learn of his early death.
 Peter Godlewski recently left Mon- son and sailed from New York for his mother country on the German Lloyd steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie, which is now at Bar Harbor, Me. MT. Godlewski was a resident of Mon- son for many years, but a few weeks ago sold out his holdings in town, and had with him his wife, three small children and all the wealth he possessed.
 F. Parker Holdridge has been ap- pointed acting postmaster at the post office, succeeding George H. Seymour, resigned. MT. Holdridge will hold this position till the new postmaster is appointed. He has been in post office work for some time, being a regular clerk at one time and also one of the first rural carriers to be ap- pointed in the local office, resigning to enter the Springfield office and then to accept the assistant postmastership, succeeding Ernest Rees.
 The school committee at their meet ing this week made the following ap- pointments. Hannah E. Foley, former teacher of the 7th grade at the State street school, was appointed as in structor of the 9th grade at the Green street school to succeed Miss Mattie Collis, resigned; and Miss Ann L. Lam bert, former teacher at the Pease school, was appointed to fill the posi- tion held by Miss Foley at the State street school Dr. O. w. Jackson, Dr. E. W. Capen and Dr. J. s. MacQauid were appointed as school physicians, Dr. MacQuaid to have charge of the schools formerly looked after by pr. G. E. Fuller, now dead. School Com- mitteeman 0. A. Sweet was appointed school census enumerator.
The Press., 1914-08-12
MANSFIELD.

week of the Egg Laying Contest at Storrs was a gain in the total pro. ductiOn of Fl eggs over last week. Il is interesting to note in this connection that the gain is due entirely to the heavier breeds. The 34 pens of Leg horns produced a total of 1421 eggs as against 1441 for the 39th week, thus making an increase of nearly LOG eggs for the remaining pens. This can no doubt be largely accounted fol by the fact that many of the birds which have been broody have now settled down to work again. Only 4G birds were shut up in the broody cages this week as against 76, three weeks ago. First place for the week goes to Tom Barron s1pen of White Leg horns with a total of 59 eggs, mak ing their third consecutive week in this position. Two pens, one of Barred Rocks owned by A. B. Hall, Walling- ford, Conn.,, and one of Leghorns owned by Bonnie Brook Farm, Sara toga, N. Y., tied for second place with yield of 53 eggs each. Third place was also a tie between the White Wyandottes of Merrythought Farm, Columbia, Conn. and the White Leg horns of Marwood Poultry Farm, But Ter, Pa., each pen yielding 51 eggs. Pen Az, the Experimental Leghorns that are being fed sour milk without beef scraps have pulled away from their English rivals and are now lead ing by 8 eggs; their total production for the week being 52 eggs as compared to 40 for the English Wyandottes.
 The leading 15 pens to date are as follows. The figures in the parenthe- sis show the number laid during the week :-
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Wyandottes, (4O) -1676.
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, White Leghorns, (5O)-l665.
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Leghorns, (59)-157O.
 Merrythought Farm, Columbia, White Wyandottes, (5D-15l8.
 Neale Bros., Apponaug, R. l., White Wyandottes, (,9)-l5OO.
 A. B. Brundage. Danl ury, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, (4 (46)-I4I9.
 Cecil Guernsey, East Cobbleskill, N. Y., White Leghorns, (33)-1+l1.
 P. G. Platt, Wallingford, Pa, White Leghorns, (4G)-I41O.
 Branford Farm, Groton, White Leghorns, (39)-1372.
 Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Sara toga, N. Y., White Leghorns, (53)-| 1871.
 Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa., White Leghorns, (51) -1364
 Glenview Poultry Farm, Rock vile, White Leghorns, (49) 1881.
 Jules F. Francais, West Hampton, l.. l., NY, Barred Plymouth Rocks, (42)-1319. ..-..
 pr. LA. Fritchey, Harrisburg, Pa. Single Comb R. I. Reds, (32) 1909
 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, (27) -128O.
The Press., 1914-08-12
Gentleman,

Gentleman is from the French "gen- tilhOmme" and means one who belongs to the gems. OF stock. In old Roman law gens-men. or gentlemen. were those only who had family name were born of free parents. had no slave in thefr ancestral line and had never been degraded to q lower rank.
The Press., 1914-08-12
Ancient Arnonr

In 151S a battle was fought near Mi Ian. in Italy. and so perfect was the armor of both armies that. although the conflict ragged from 9 a. m. to 4 D. m.. no one on either side was either killed or wounded. though one man broke his collar bone by falling off his horse.
The Press., 1914-08-12
The kias Eaminina.

Brother Which one of those Penton Eirls is 1t that you don't like2 Sister Sssh! Some one might hear you When the crowd comes up Pll kiss her Twire illustrated Bits
The Press., 1914-08-12
Well Made up.

Lady (inishing her toilet)-Well, An. nette, how do I look to you? Maid Excuse me, madam, I am not an art cOnnOisseur. r.-Fliegende Blatter.
The Press., 1914-08-12
lanar RaAn.

Lager beer was so named because in order to ripen 1t. it was allowed to lie in lager or cellar.
The Press., 1914-08-12
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Aug. IA 1884
ItemE Of local interest taken from The coiumn
 Of The Press, thirty years ago.

or Tne fre3Bs thirty years ago.
 E. 0. Piuney has been chosen trustee on the estate of Jacob Bnsch & Sons, of New Jersey, the insolvent owners of mill in Statfordville
 J. K. and J. M. Lords three new cottages on West Main street are akout completed On Highland Terrace, R. s. Hicks cottage is we'll along, C. G. Ellis's but a little way behind, and Julius CouveTse's double house is up. Shahan's tenement house on High street is we'll along; also Belle roses cottage north of Prospect street.
 About 400 hands are out of work in Rockville by the shutting down of the Ameri ican and Wiudermere mills. The Mineral Springs mill is to take two weeks vacation, to be in line with other mills.
 Married. Stafford, 9th, by Rev. 0. E. Thayer, Lorenzo J. Thomas and Mrs. Mary A. Frink. Union, July 17th, by Rev. Wm. Howard, George W. Upham and Caroline, daughter of T. J. Young, all of Union
 For baby's croup, Willie's daily cuts and bruises, mamma s sore throat, grand mas lameness, pr. Thomas Eclectic Oil-the household remedy. 25c and Soc.
The Press., 1914-08-12
Family Boat of the Eskimo.

The Oomiak may be described as the family boat of the Eskimo. It is used hy tn" men in whale and walruS hunt
 ing and by the whole family during their annua! summer trips, which they make to gather the winter store of fish and berries. Then it presents spec tacle not soon forgotten. Crowded to the gunwaleS with a mixed assortment of men, women, children and dogs. to. gether with plies of provisions and hides and all the impediments of camp ing, it moves slowly along. A sail of white and cOOred drilling, sewn in all ternate strips, or even of patched skins, assists the laboring vessel through the water. Some of the occu. pants paddle when they feel like it. others scan the shore or watch the water rippling from the stern. If prog. ress is too slow even for the Eskimo the dogs are put ashore. stuut line of walrus hide iS attached to the bow, and they tow the boat along. Such parties are away all summer, or. rather. during the three months interval which is not winter-a brief. beautiful season of un
 ending delight-W'de World Magazine.
The Press., 1914-08-12

Storrs College Experimental, Per White Leghorns, (not in the contest) (52)-I6S9.
The Press., 1914-08-12

A lazy liver leads to chronic dyspepsia and cOnstipation.-w weakens the whole system. Doan's Regulets (25c per box) act mildly on the liver and bowels. At all drug stores.
The Press., 1914-08-12

Most of our riches lie in the ability to check foolish desires.
The Press., 1914-08-12

Ladies' Home Journal Patterns Will Bring Pleasing Results.