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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

- OVERS of the most beautiful
things have had one great piece
of good fortune in that Ravenna
IL does not lie on the route of the
mass of ordinary tourists
through Italy Honeymooning couples
avoid 1t; so do the personally con-
Quoted fiocks. 1t iss moreover, ex-
ternally dull town, and its streets
and near surroundings are fiat and
uninteresting, writes Sir Martin Con-
way in Country Life.
A few miles away, indeed, there ID
the beautiful pine forest sung by
Dante, a wild stretch of broken
ground along the Adriatic coast, with
charming glades and hollows, bushy
below and overarched by rugged ana
pathetically dignified trees, where
those who do not suffer from fear OF
snakes can wander in romantic sur
roundngs. The neighborhood of Ra-
VIENNA is, moreover, fever-stricken
shall never forget visit paid to the
church of Santa Maria in Porto Fuori
1t stands in a hamlet of decaying
houses, itself also far gone in decay
the pavement broken, plaster fall
ing from the walls, and all the usual
signs of dlapidation. A woman who
brought the keys of the church told
US how the few peasants about were
all broken down with fever, how the
priest was away as much as possible,
how the folk were mostly atheistie
and anarchistic, and how only the very
minimum of work was done by anyone
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
H}RRANEkNA,
= DYING CITY

did palace of the prince and such num-
bers of churches and public buildings
as almost to seem incredible. Today,
of Classe and the great avenue of
buildings, not one stone remains upon
another except in the case of the sim
gle church which is famous under the
name of st. Appollinare in Classe.
The earliest building of interest still
existing in Ravenna is the small but
most attractive little mausoleum OF
Gala Placidia. 1t attempted no rival
ry with the mausolea of the great Ro-
man Imperial days. such as that of
Trajan or even the Constantinian San
ia Costanza. 1t Is only little cruel
form structure Of brick, surmounted
over the crossing by tiny dome; but
the three sarcophagi that fill its arms
are stately, and the lining of gold
ground mosaic that covers its lunettes
and vaults glows with all the splen-
dor which ancient artists knew sc
we'll how to attain; while the marble
revetment below them, admirably re-
stored, and the marble pavement and
thin alabaster window slabs (likewise
restorations), complete an interior
decoration which, for perfect taste,
subdued magnificence, and simple dig
nifty could scarcely be surpassed.
st. Appollinare in Classe | suppose
is sometimes used for worship but 1t
wears a look Of tidy abandonment.
There are no houses near to supply
worshippers, and only the wandering
visitor breaks the solitude; but it is
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
GRAVEYARD is FOR SALE
Milton Burying Ground, Oldest in St.
Louis, to Be Sold for "a
Song"

St Louis.-Anybody wish to buy a
cemetery for sixty-eight cents? One
is to be sold at public auction, for
taxes and costs to cover the amount.
1t is the old Milton burying ground,
with an area of three-tenths of an
acre, quarter of a mile north of
East Alton, the oldest grave in which
is that Of John Milton, who died in
1912.
An assessment of two dollars was
levied against the graveyard for the
East Alton drainage and levee dis
trict 1t was to be paid in annual in
stallments of twenty-three cents.
The trustees of the cemetery have
had little money for its upkeep and
for the past year or so ]. w. Carey,
former treasurer of the drainage
board, has paid the twenty-three
cents out of his own pocket.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

peopled solitude all the same, a soil
men and great doings long ago. The
spacious marble floor is divided by the
two great ranges of columns, noble an
tique monoliths Of veined marble
standing upon sculptured bases which
are not buried. The simple apse. en-
riched with mosaic, is all the more
splendid in effect because so much
else of the walls is bare. An ancient
altar of small dimensions is in the
midst of the nave. Another, sur
mounted by remarkable ciborium Of
sculptured marble on spiraly futed
columns, fills the east corner of the
north aisle.
Tomb of the Great Ostroaoth.
One other monument of great i'm
portance cannot be passed over with.
out a brief mention This is the mau-
soleum of Theodore himself 1t Is
not large, a little larger than Gala
Placidia's, but it is imposing by the
strength of its massive stone con
struction. Polygonal in plan, two
stored, with external staircases lead.
ing to a gallery round the empty up.
per chamber-that is all. For roof it
is covered by one huge followed block
of stone like an inverted saucer in
form, with an external protuberance
in the center, on which a bronze orna-
ment once stood. The bronze doors,
the bronze parapet of the gallery, and
perhaps other ornaments, were carried
away by Charlemagne and built into
his palatine chapel at AiX-la-C hapelle,
where some of them can still be seen.
Nothing of Theodore himself re
mains in his grave. His body was
thrown out when orthodoxy supplanted
Arianism. The mausoleum is now
mere empty shell, we'll protected by
salaried guardian, who in the hot
season, when ] vas last there, accom-
panied me with a broom to sweep
away the harmless snakes which are
now the sole occupants of the pile.
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about. There were reeking quagmires
on all sides, and the old church itself
seemed to be sinking into the swamp.
Thus, in fact, Ravenna actually is
sinking 1t is not merely that the
level Of the ground of the town is
rising, as ground levels in towns nor
mally rise; but the buildings sink into
the soft alluvial soil by little and lit
tie, and have thus sunk from the day
they were built. The process is a
very slow one, but likewise very sure,
and it cannot be stayed Already in
the wet season of the year the naves
Of the old churches stand a foot or
two deep in water, and that although
the floor level has been raised as
much as three or four feet, so that
the bases of the columns are buried.
The older the church the deeper it
lies in the ground. Some have been
dug out and surrounded by kind of
walled moat; but all this only post
pones the inevitable ultimate end
Ravenna is, in factsa dying city, and
has been dying slowly ever since the
Lombards came and drove out the eX-
archs of the emperor of Byzantium a
century or so before Charlemagne lib
Grated the pope from Lombard op-
preston.
Once Actually on the Coast.
At an earlier time Ravenna was
actually on the coast The Roman
port was only a mile or two away, a
relatively shallow port in the midst OF
lagoons, which were continually being
silted up That port, however, was
the best then available for ships OF
war, and it's site. now miles inland,
still bears it's ancient name. Classe.
Descriptions of Classe tell us of its
great basins and quays, its noble
streets and houses, its many churches
and monasteries. We likewise learn
from them of the noble avenue OF
stately buildings which led thence to
Ravenna itself, where was the splen'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
Workmen Find Coffin.

Ladoga, lnd.-The remains of a cot
fin containing some fragments of hu.
man bones were unearthed here by
workmen excavating for a cellar in
New Ross The grave was not near
a cemetery About fifty years ago a
man named Noffsinger disappeared
mysteriously from New Ross and was
not seen nor heard from afterward
Residents of New Ross believe he met
with foul play and was buried in the
woods, which then covered the land
where the grave was found
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

OF the Russell Sage foundation in
study just published. Doctor Ayres
has had made a test from | 900 words
that constitute 80 per cent of the Eng.
lish language ordinarily used. He has
found that spelling ability is easily
and scientifically determined, For ex.
ample, nine words OF most frequent
use, the" lin, 80" mo-" now"
man. ten" bed" and top" re.
vealed that second grade pupils. on
an average. spelled correctly "a per
cent of these words. At The other ex.
IRENE Of the scale the words "judg-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

Little Lemuel-Say, paw, what state
is Efiigy In?
Paw-Emgy! Why, I don't believe
| ever heard of such a town, son.
Little Lemuel-Well, was Just
reading about a man who was hanged
in efiigy, and can't find 1t on the
map.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
Man Has Eleven Names.

Rome, Ga.-The twenty-iouryear-od
son Of Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Carver. who
lives near Morrisou's camp ground,
claims that he has more names than
anybody In America, and his signature
is cross between a Bible concor-
dance and q history Of the United
States. He was christened and is now
known to his friends as Mord Tai.
madge ZacharIah Taylor Benjamin
Franklin Elea2er Poole Stewart Breck.
enridge Carver.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
SPELLING IS HARD TO LEARN
Tests in Public Schools Show Surpris.
ing Results, Says Federal Blu.
reau OF Education.

Warrington Seven out OF every
100 third grade public school children
cannot spell has, said statement is
sued by the United States bureau of
education This and other curious
evidences OF the special problems in
herent in the teaching of spelling are
brought out by DR.. Leonard p. Ayres
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
To Remove Wet Ink Stains

Rub with piece Of ripe tomato and
then rinse well In cold water. Wash
mark and wash The acid dissolves
the iron in the ink and sets free the
tanning or coloring matter which will
boil out
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
She Needs Il.

Il hope you won't be angry. dear
est" said WHEY as she displayed her
purchases, but ! simply could not re-
sist buying this lovely wrap to wear
over my bathing suit at the beach"
IT'S a beauty" admitted her hus-
band, why don't you buy another
one to wear over your street cos.
IA
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

they are due. If, therefore, we train
our customers TO pay their bills
promptly, the results will be advan.
tageous to both the customer and the
concern, because If customer can be
educated to pay his bill within the dis
count period. he receives his service
at a smaller cost and will be more sat.
isfied than he would be If he had been
bounded by notices and collectors =
Electrical World
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
Valuable Pearl Crushed by Car.

Louisville, Ky.-A pearl and five
diamonds which were lost The other
day by Mrs. r, H. Ferguson were
found between street car tracks BY
Miss Elizabeth Gathright The pear.
was crushed by car wheel. The da-
monds were not injured.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

So grave was the situation at Lem.
berg before the Teutons drove the
Russian forces before them that the
German kaiser deemed 1t advisable to
appear on the scene OF action in per.
son The Archduke Frederick OF Aus.
tria was on similar mission to urge
the Austrian troops on. After the
evacuation by the Russians the kaiser
and the archduEe met to felicitate one
another on the yalor of their men
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
QUARRY STONE POISONOUS
Men and Horses Made Sick by Flying
Particles When Limestone
Is Blasted.

Auburn-A peculiar form of blood
poisoning among employees in lime
stone quarry was reported by DR..
John II. Whitbeck, health officer OF
en-. Six are in a hospital and one
will probably die.
According to Doctor Whitbeck, the
malady is caused by the blasted stone.
Horses cut by particles also We're in.
fected.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
Eef's Deadly Blood.

II injected into man. the blood OF an
eel causes death almost Immediately
This should deter no one from eating
the fish, however for the heat of
cooking destroys the toxic properties
of its blood and besides, that blood liz
practically harmless when taken into
the stomach.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

When a millionaire dies it generally
develops that he was worth about
100000 and that he had been paying
taxes on a valuation of $4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

In the sixteenth century dictionaries
were chained in the schoolhouses, as
Bibles were in the churches. by reason
of their costliness and rarity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

ment, recommend" and "allege
were found to be spelled correctly by
Just 80 per cent Of eighth grade
pupils.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
Tired of Him,

He-I always pay as | go.
She (yawning)-I don't think you'll
ever become bankrupt.-Judge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19
Drink Denison's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

One OF the compensations Of life is
that n man cant study himself through
microscope.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

Women disagree with each other
many times about trivial things. but
when they have a real row it is over
a man
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

Where is Clarence?"
He's in the house playing jack
straws."
And where is Edith"
Il dunno. She may be out sailing
the motor boat and then again. she
may be trying out her new aero
plane"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-19

Berlin and Vienna have each a popu
lation exceeding 100000
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Newest German Submarines.
Daring Commander
Describes How II Feels
to Crepe Under Water
Blind and Suffocated
i'm an Atmosphere
of Oil, Cabbages
and Little Oxygen

The seas are heavier now, and U.47 rolls
unpleasantly as she makes the lightship
and answers the last salute from friendly
once to look at the lightship already
astern, then their eyes look seward
1t Is rough, stormy weather. If the egg.
shell goes ahead two or three days with.
out stop the officers in charge will get
no sleep for just that long II 1t gets any
rougher they will be tied to the bridgerails
to avoid being swept overheard. If they
are hungry, plates of soup Will be brought
to them on the bridge. and the North Sea
will attend to it's sailing for them
Just as the commander Is trying to bal
ance plate with one hand and use a
spoon with the other, the watch calls
Smoke on the horizon off the port bow"
ihe commander drops his plate, shouts
n snort, crisp command, and an electric
alarm whirrs inside the egg-shell The ship
buzzes like hive Then water begins to
gurgle into the ballast-tanks, and U-47 sinks
until only her periscope shows
THE steamship is Dutchman. sir"
calls the watch officer. The commander In.
spects her with the aid OF periscope. She
mas no wireless and is bound for the Con-
tlnent. So he can come up and is glad.
because moving under the water consumes
electricity. and the usefulness of sub
Alter hfty-four hours of waking nerve
tension. sleep becomes a necessity. So
the balast-tanks are flied and the nut.
shell sinks to the sandy bottom This is
the time for sleep aboard Il submarine, be.
cause sleeping man consumes less OF
the precious oxygen than one awake and
busy.
SO submarine man has three principal
lessons to learn-to keep every faculty a;
tension when he is awake to keep stern
silence when he is ashore there is a warn
ing against talkativeness in all the German.
rallway-carriages now and to sleep in
stantly when he gets legitimate oppor
tunity His sleep and the economy OF
oxygen may save the ship. However, the
commander allows half an hours grace fol-
music. There is a grama phone, of course
and the ships band" performs on all
manner OF instruments At worst, a comb
with bit OF tissue paper Is pressed into
service.
II ship is sunk. three men only on
tho submarine Will watch her go. The
submarine man might hitherto serve all his
time like blind man az far as the out
side world was concerned Just before the
war one OF submarines crew about to be
sent ashore to join the reserve, was asked
by his commander If there was anything
he would specially like to celebrate his
last trip.
"Yes. SIR" he said. 81 should like just
onco TO-, have a glimpse with the peri
scope" The story went the round and
now, during the war, the crew are oc-
casionally summoned, one BY one, to the
pcriscope. When opportunity offers they
are also given chance to sec a merchant
ship sunk Il is considered encouraging!
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dius' is the brief order brought to US by
the admirals staff officer
A first lieutenant, with the acting rank
OF commander. takes the order iii the gray
dawn OF February day. The hulk of an
old corvette with the Iron Cross Of 1870 on
her stubby foremost is his quarters in port,
and on the corvettc's deck he is presently
saluted by his first engineer and the officer
OF the watch. On the pier the crew of
U-47 await him. at their feet the narrow
submarine lies alongside, straining a
little at her cables
We'll, we've our orders at last" begins
the commander, addressing his crew of
thirty, and the crew grin For this is
u-i7's first experience OF active service.
She has done nothing save trial trims
hitherto. and has just been overhauled for
her first fght!ng cruise Her commander
snaps out number OF orders Provisions
are 10 be taken in up TO the neck" fresh
water Is 10 be put aboard. and engine room
supplies 10 be supplemented
mere plank is the gangway to the
little vessel. AS the commander followed
by MS officers. comes aboard a sailor
hands 10 each a ball OF cotton waste. tho
sign and symbol OF submarine officer
which never leaves his hand For the
steel walls OF his craft. the doors, and the
companionladder all sweat oil and at
every touch the hands must be wiped dry
Ihe doorWays are narrow round holes
Through one OF the holes aft the com.
Inander descends by breakncck iron Ind
der into the black hole lit bv electric
giowlamps, The air is heavy with the
smell OF oil. and TO the unaccustolned long.
shoreman IL is almost choking. though tho
matches are off.
Here in the engine.room aft men
must live and strain every nerve even II
FOR days Al time every crack whereby
the fresh air could get in is hermetically
sealed On their tense watchtulnoss thirty
lives depend
Here, too, slung some hammocks
and in them one watch tries, and what
Is more. succeeds in sleeping though the
men moving about bump them with head
and elbow al every turn, and the low and
narrow vault Is full OF the hum and purr
OF machinery. in length the vaul, ia about
ten feet but II man OF norma! stature
stands in the middle ana raises his arms 10
about nall shoulder height his hands VIII
touch the cold moist steel walls ON either
side. network OF wires runs overhead.
and there is a jugglcr's OUTFIT OF handles
levers and Instruments
The commander insDects eyerytbing
ninutely, then crceps through hole into
the central control station, where the chief
engineer Is al his post With JUS, about
enough assistance 10 run fairly simple
machine ashore the chief engineer of q suh.
marine Is expected 10 control, correct. and
II necessary, repair at sea an Infinitely
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reliably performing acts that are un-
usual, ut least for him, foolish and
cratic. Sometimes this erraticism
Is so extreme as to verge on actual
psychosis. All this occurs without
any marked change in the external
conditions under which he lives.
"Often the outburst Of irregular
and unusual action Is brief; few
weeks or months during which one
cannot anticipate what will occur.
after which the boy or girl displays
no further tendency to popularity or
delinquency. In other instances a
longer period clapses before the In
1ividual reverts to his former sta
bility. But when the unusual con-
lutt is an adolescent phenomenon
it terminates during that period lin.
less other new elements enter
which prolong and alter it,,
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r Good Boys Sudden bad SpelI''

Fortunately for such boys, and for
their natural guardians. science has
come to the rescue, diagnosing the
case and prescribing the remedy.
Such boys are not developing Grim
lnal tendencies; they are merely
sick--passing through physical
and moral sickness covering a
period OF year or two, perhaps
three years, that is due to the pro-
found physical and mental pheno-
mena of adolescence.
In the majority Of instances this
change Is gradual and unaccom-
panied by any distressing symptoms.
But IL the temperament Is nervous
and cxcitable. 1t is quite likely that
the results may be as above pic
tured.
Such cases are constantly being
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secretiye, then most DESTROYS Of con-
fession; religious and sacrilegious in
turn; going from one extreme to
another-a creature utterly unstable,
changing from day to day and from
mood to mood. This is not surpris-
ing; for with new desires and or
ganic cravings there arise new and
strong emotions not yet supplied
with adequate channels OF express
sion, which nevertheless react in be-
havior.
Up to then he has shown no signs
Of waywardness; he has appeared
a normal child, not difficult to con-
troll and exhibiting no unusual ten
denotes. Perhaps his previous rec
ord has been unusually good Sud-
denly his behavior changes; it be-
comes contrary to the tenor of his
earlier life; he becomes unstable, I'M
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brought to the notice OF experts in
Juvenile delinquency. Institutes
have been organized for their study
and treatment, and the results are
set forth in medical Journals In one
of these-The Psychological Clinic,
which specializes on this subject
Augusta +. Bronner. PHI. d., of the
Juvenile Psychopathic Institute, Of
Chicago, presents an Illuminating
discussion OF the whole matter. with
reports Of cases which came under
her personal observation. The title
of the article. 1.-The Effect Of Ado
lescent instability on Conduct" al
though dryly professional, is in It,
self reassuring. Here are some de-
auctions drawn from her professional
experience:
THE adolescent varies greatly In
his behavior; he is now extremely
"a
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he Is misunderstood and prosecuted.
When punished he runs away from
home, and when he Is brought back
IL Is quite possible that his parents
re ~eiye the eliminating shock--not
only does he lie. but he steals.
Right here the outraged feelings
OF the conscientious father may urge
him 10 commit a grievous error-to
cause his boy TO be publicly treated
Ike criminal. to be arrested and
locked up. TO be herdcd with actual
crlminals and. perhaps. turned into
criminal in fact. when. on the con.
trary, he is the unconscious victim
of perfectly natural crisis OF his
development from boyhood into man.
hood. through which he only needs
to be guided with patient watchful.
ness and loving care.
A