davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

the surrounding countryside, there
must be Il band. so when Benny had
heard, by telephone, Of their predica-
ment he shad set out to rescue them
with the farm wagon.
Now the carryall stood on the wrong
side of the road, and Benny had right
of way. Moreover, he was hurrying
to get the belated band to its place
before the speaker Of the day should
arrive lie saw the carryall too late
His shouted warning did no good, and
there came Il clutch and wrenching Of
wheels, the carryall skidded quite in
motor style, then toppled rakishly
asant. The horses moved sluggishly
a little to one side, as If bored by the
whole proceeding. And nobody was
injured; but the carryall was wreck.
Benny, taking the blame, got down
from his wagon, resigning the reins to
someone else. After apologizing to the
girl, he went to his mother, watching
the crowd from the steps. The neigh
borhood doctor had looked over the
girl and her young brother, and, find
ing no harm done, had given them into
his wifc's keeping, who stood with her
arm protectingly around the girls
shoulders.
1ts n shame" said Benny. isn't
her get-up fierce? But-you can't
blame her. Know who she is? Grand
daughter Of that old miser, Granny
Rollins. back in the mountains. Her
father let her run wild. Granny's dead
now, and those two--brother and sis.
ter-are her only heirs. They've come
into the farm, the clothes--everything
Granny left. But they've found no
money. Everybody thought the old
sklnlllnt had piles Of It; but they had
to sell the best Of the cows to pay for
Granny's funeral, The carryall was a
wreck, so rotten and shaky | wonder
they got here in It. OF course I'll
stand for that--thOugh IL never would
have got home the ten miles they must
drive through, without falling to
pieces. After Il while you so 10 speak
TO them. They're alone and scared and
shy, and you could help them have q
good time"
Mrs. Benton nodded-she could not
speak She did so crave a daughter
in spite Of her five sons, 1t hurt to see
girl thus gone TO waste. Her heart
yearned over the poor thing--no doubt
she Ind been bewIldered by her ava.
lanche OF unaccustomed possessions
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
AN EYE-0PENER FOR DlETlST
WoefuIIy Discouraged When He Sees
Array of Eats" Consumed in
"One-Arm" Lunch.

The man who reads all the good
health stories in the magazines and re-
CARDS himself as an adept amateur
dietist ate lunch recently in zone
arm hash house" downtown, says the
indianapolis News. Usually he eats at
home, and the experience was a novel
adventure for him.
Nearby, filing his own chair and
encroachiDg on the arm of the chair
next him, sat a big man, hale and
hearty, consuming a piece of apple pie,
three dOughnuts and Il big cut of cake.
Opposite, galloping through u cut of
roast beef, mashed potatoes, a cheese
sandwich and stewed prunes, was
young fellow, bookkeeper's stoop
launching his shoulders and an indoor
pallor spread over his face.
Tall, bony and ascetic, the man in
the long, black coat dabbled in a bowl
of chicken broth and plate of waters,
while the plump little stenographer at
his elbow ate a plate Of beans and a
French pastry with relish. The capable
office manager of d woman's employ
ment bureau, who sat near the door,
was carefully masticating boiled hon.
my q chicken sandwich lettuce salad
and q dish of fresh fruit While con-
yersing on office management with the
vice president of an insurance com
pany who was getting away with raw
oysters, sausage and sauerkraut and
strong black coffee.
Finishing his most carefully select
ed lunch, the amateur dietist left the
lunchroom with a baflled expression,
paused on the curb, shook himself to-
gether and muttered to himself:
"Well, I'll be iiggered Irving Cobb
sure said something when he wrote,
What is the moral of it all? You can
search mer"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
WHY FEAR DEATHS CALF
Philosopher Regards Passing Away as
Only Natural and Cood-Fears
the Unnatural.

They were discussing death, little
group of men, all Of them in the best
Of health and the glory Of living Men
of the world in sense, and enjoying
life to It's utmost the subject of death
was introduced by the announcement
that widely-known man with whom
all Of them had been acquainted had
passed away
One Of the party, according TO the
Columbus (O) Dispatch, said he hated
afraid to think of ii. He so loved life
that death seemed terrible enemy,
and he would like to escape 1t. But
the philosopher of the party-only he
was not known as n philosopher until
ne delivered his little preachment-
said he could not understand such an
attitude toward death.
Il am not afraid of anything that is
natural" he said. ut is the unnatural
that alarms me- 1t would be unnatural
to live forever ana would hate to be
sentenced 10 such II punishment. But
Geatl is natural | am not afraid of it,
Billions of people have died; they are
dying every day. Little children have
died and old men and women, and the
birds aud beasts all pass away, and the
fishes in the streams, and every living
thing upon the earth is to die. Why,
then, should great hulk of a chap
like myself, one who has had and is
having his time, why should | fear
dcath2"
Not afraid of that which is natural?
If only all of us could understand that
the natural is good and the unnatural
bad, what n splendid world II would
be for everything and everybody.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
Now, Isn't This So7

A travelling sales agent visiting q
large factory made a bet with the
manager that he would pick out all
the married men among the employees.
Accordingly ne stationed himself at
the door as they came back from din.
ner and mentioned all those whom he
believed to be married, and in almost
every case he was right. How do
you do it, asked the manager in
amazement. oh, it's quite simple"
said the traveller. quite simple. The
married men all wipe their feet on
the mat; the single men don't"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08


(CopyrighG 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
"Where in the world !" 1t was the
hat that called forth Mrs. Benton's ex-
clamation. She and her family had
been coming for years to this mountain
resort of South Carolina for the sum-
mer holidays. And in the course of
that time she had seen much of the
mountaineers. But never had she seen
anybody like the girl who stood in the
shade Of the carryall that had just
come to rest in the street before the
Benton house.
The hat was ten years out of fash
lon, and must have been a fright to
begin with. And the hat was sufficient
ly startling without the rest of the
glrl-the rest was largely red hair,
fine lustrous, wavy, very thick and
Of the truest Titan hue. 1t was wound
in heavy rolls about the girls head,
and entwined with faded blue ribbon.
Rhinestone combs of unknown vintage
we're stuck here and there in the glow
Ing expanse, evidently placed with care
that the hat should not obscure them.
The girl stood there searching in the
carryall for suAdry belongings fam
ing purple parasol, a palm-leaf fan
with a long red tassel, brfghtcolored
handkerchief. The small lad, her
brother, on the front seat, holding the
meek pair of pillow horses, turned to
help her. And that is why he did not
see the Benton wagon coming down
the street at a smart trot, driven by
Benny Benton, and laden with the be-
lated band from town, come to this
town of Locust Grove to do honor to
the Fourth of July. The band had
started out vaingoriously in a motor
bus, only to find itself stranded seven
miles from its destination. As the town
was crowded with merrymakers from
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
origin of Order of Odd Fellows.

Details of the origin of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows are OBJ
scure and probably will always remain
so. From incidents attending the extern
sion of Freemasonry in England, Amer
lea and elsewhere in the period be-
tween its arrival, in 17l7, and year
1740, and from similarity of emblems
and TO some extent mechanical arrange
menr of ceremonials some investigators
believe that the order of Odd Fellows
was an offshO0t of Freemasonry. First
recorded lodge was in England In 1745.
Its membership consisted of mechanics
and laborers. Provisions were made
for comfort and recreation of members
and practices of contributing to relief
of needy and unfortunate brethren be-
gan early.-EXchange
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

Koshroma, where the first car OF
RUSSIA was crowned, is a pretty town
of 10000 inhabitants 1t is also
known for its beautiful monastery of
ipatiey, founded IN 1890, but the town
Itself Is much Older. It was in this
old monastery that Mikhael Feodoro.
Witch Romanoy, who later became
car, was hidden when pursued by the
Poles. lie was founder of the dynasty
OF the Romanoys and the ancestor OF
the present car Before him the
horae Of Rurik had ruled over Russia
Tor seYen centuries
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

Food economy and conservation are
just as important If we are TO win the
war as the raising and equipplng Of
armies. The women Of America can
not fight in the trenches, but they can
fight none the less effectively at home.
Their fight will be against waste,
either wanton or careless. They hold
the key 10 the food supply OF the men
In the trenches The measure Of our
success or failure in this war may de.
pend more upon the united co-opera-
tion Of American housewives in solying
the food problem than it will upon the
proves Of our arms. II is grave re.
sponslbility which rests upon Ameri-
can womanhood, but one which we be-
lieve our women will discharge with
efficiency.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

The first list of Americans killed,
wounded and captured on the Elan.
ders front, short as it is, contained
the names Of soldiers from Pennsyi.
vania, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Texas,
Oklahoma, Alabama, Kansas, Ken
lucky, North Carolina, New Jersey,
Illinois, Missouri and Mississippi.
Truly this is one country and a big
country, and the Germans, after they
have quoted down in their jubilation
over the capture Of a few Americans,
might proftabIy study that little list
as suggestive OF what they are up
against.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

The same right which Uncle Sam
has TO draft men for army service and
wealth TO meet war expenses can be
applied, # necessary, 70 keep labor at
It's job. " is monstrous to assume that
men have an inalienable right TO
lhwart the governments war plans
and stab The nations defenders in the
back by arbitrary refusal to work IN
der just and reasonable conditions and
compensation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
Learn to Listen.

Men like the girl who can chatter,
but they love the girl who can listen.
There are so few of us who learn this
in early youth. But as we get older
we realize that people in general would
rather talk to a good listener than to
be entertained by the most brilliant
couversatonalist in the world.
# you are not popular with men and
with women, make Cp your mind to
find out why you are not. Study your
self and try to realize if you are dis
loyal, unsynlpathetc. opinionated or
rii-h Exchange
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
The Wrona WEIGH.

While the writer was on one Of TIL
subway stations recently a womai
shopper alked hurrodly to a scale
(Which is conveniently placed for thI
use of passengers) to weigh herself
Before stepping on the scales, how
ever, she stopped and deliberately rd
moved her heavy winter coat and care
fully placed 1t across her arm. ShI
then stood on the scales, was weighed
and, stepping down, put on her Goa
and calmly walked away.-InterboI
opgh Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

Mrs, Nuritch-Yes, our son Reginald
is to go away to boarding school soon.
Ills father will 50 next week to take
the entrance examinations.
Mrs. LcSscon-llis father?
Mrs. Nuritch-Yes; the school is q
very select one, you know, and no one
is admitted unless his father is worth
at least twenty million.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
Up against II.

y thought my time was valuable. -
said the crusty millionaire.
What about inn
The fashionable doctor I'm going
TO doesn't think anything Of making
me 1901 away an hour or 50 every day
10 his musty old ante.room.n
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
RETAIL
Dairy Market.

plymouth Wis, Nov. Son Plymouth
call board on Monday twenty'four fac
tories offered 1850 boxes oi cheese
Sales-2OO squares 25ic; 100 at 25ic, 80
at 25sc; 27O twins, 22sc; 900 daisies at
.23lc; 800 longhorns, 23ic; 1870 at 23sc:
so at 23ic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
Voice Of ExperIence

u want 70 marry girl with tipy
feet"
They may have their attractions .
Saia the old married Crouch, but
you'll find they can jump on YOU lust as
hard"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
CapItaIIzInq a Howl.

mo use crying over split milk"
Think notY I've seen a good cry
get kidsympatby instead Of scoldipp
many time"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

Order to Hear Petition For Final Settlement
IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CoUNTYCoURT.
In the matter of the Estate of Katherine Pan
kratz, Deceased.
on reading and filing the petition of Joseph
Kurtz, executor OF the Estate of said de-
ceased for the adjustment and allowance
of ais administration account ,and the assign
ment of the residue of said Estate to such other
persons as are by law entitled to the same:
It is ordered, that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed at a regular term of said
Court to be held at the office Of the County
Judge in the city of Manitowoc, in said County
on Tuesday, the 4th day of December A. ID.
1917
1t is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
Court, rs aforesaid, the residue of said Estate
be by the further order and judgment of this
Court, assigned to such persons rs are by law
entitled to the same, and that the Inheritance
tax if any be adjusted and determined
1t is further ordered that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance Of
such account. and of the assignment of the resi-.
due of said Estate, be given to all persons in
terested, by publication of this order for
three successive weeks before said day, in the
Manitowoc Pilot, a weekly newspaper printed
and published at the City of Manitowoc and
state of Wisconsin.
Dated Nov. LIST, 1917.
BY the Court.
JOHN CHLOUPEK,
County Judge
Kelley & Ledvina, Attorneys
Pub. Nov. s, Is, %.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

Ue-It seems we have to economic
on our wool, my dear.
SheAThen you had better begin
with the lot of ii that people are al
ways pulling over your eyes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
She Overheard. Him.

II didn't know golf was u gambling
game"
ut isn't"
1T must be. heard you saying that
you broke 100 yesterday"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

No: 400 Makes close connection at Neenahl
with Main line crsin No for points South
No 4Oo Makes close connection at Neeusbl
with halu line train No. II for points Nortl|
No t23 Makee couus3tion 4 NeenaA With
apolis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
Not his Fault

Don't laugh at the pan with bow.
sgs. II he could help theg ne would
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
MANITOWoC MARKET.

The following are tn, current price
of the various articles Of produce as re-
ported for the Pilot on Nov. s, 1917
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
Some Men.

Some men not only vote as they
pray, but vote oftener.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
HUMPHREYS

Humphreys Homeopathic Remedies are
designed to meet the needs OF families or
Notwithstanding that mother, father,
nurse or invalid can take OF, give TO meet
the need of the moment. Have been IN
use for over SIXTY YEARS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08

All letters and communications should
be addressed to
THE MANITOWOC PILOT,
Msnitowoe. Wisconsin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
LEdAl. NOTICES.

STATE OF wIsCoNsIN-IN CIRCUIT
COURT-MANlTOWoC COUNTY.
Margaret Ford,
Plaintiff
VS.
Robert Ford.
Defendant
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE SAID
DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after the date of service of this
summons exclusive of the day Of service, and
defend the aboveentitled action in the court
aforesaid; and in case of your failure so to do
Judgment will be rendered against you accord
ing to the demands OF the complaint.
Healy q Joyce,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Post Office Address, Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wisconsin.
Published Oct 25-6t
Evening star., 1917-06-04

praisement of their capacities by the
authorities. 1t is the
desire and purpose to make the best use
of all, and not to place any man out of
line with his qualifications.
As an agitator Mr.. Roosevelt has a
place among the foremost of his day.
In the opinion of some, indeed, he leads
the procession. Certainly he has many
things to his credit growing out of his
tireless insistence on policies of his ini-
tiation He knows the art of advertis-
ing, and that also of manipulating pub
lie sentiment.
As soldier Mr.. Roosevelt has had
but brief experience on small SCALE
In fact, it is stretch of courtesy to call
him soldier. What he learned in his
very short service in Cuba nineteen
years ago would not avail in the slight
est degree now. The conflict with Spain
was miniature affair, and soon over.
The conflict raging in Europe is colossal,
and nearly three years old. Fighting
equipment and methods of using it have
changed greatly since our easy and
speedy triumph over Spain.
But let it be said that Mr.. Roosevelt
is showing the soldiers spirit in bowling
to the decree of his superiors now in Of
fee, and since he may not go to France
is preparing to do his bit at home.
Evening star., 1917-06-04
Tomorrow's Registration.

Tomorrow morning at 7 O'Clock the
registration booths will open. At forty
one places officials will be on duty at
that hour to record the names of those
who present themselves under the Sc
lective draft law. 1t will be to the in
terest of everybody to go early and get
their names on the records promptly,
even though the registry clerks are to
remain on duty until o'clock at night.
There is no roll of those subject to
registration. 1t is for every individual
to assume the responsibility. The law
commands enrolment of every male per-
son in Washington who has reached the
age of twenty-one and has not passed
the age of thirty-one. There are no ex
emptions from registration. Citizens
and aliens, those who have taken out
first papers, the able-bodied and the
crippled, the sick and the we'll, those
who are free Of obligations and those
who have others dependent on them, all
must register.
Registration does not mean conscrip-
tion. 1t does not necessarily mean serv-
ice. 1t is merely the basis for the Sc
lective draft. Whatever exemptions the
law or the administrative regulations au-
thorize will later be made But tomor-
row roll must be written that COM
prises the name of every male resident
of Washington between twenty -one and
thirty-one. If the 'twenty-first birthday
comes today or the thirty-first birthday
comes tomorrow the individual must reg
lister. And it is up to the individual to
decide for himself this question of age.
If he decides wrongly and the fact should
afterward become known he may be
punished by imprisonment.
Let Washington make record of not
only full but prompt enrolment tomor-
row. Let it be the first city to report
for duty.
Evening star., 1917-06-04
The Slackers.

One of the commonest arguments of
those who are preaching resistance to
the registration law is that it was passed
without their wish or consent, and that
therefore they are justified in refusing
to enroll their names tomorrow. This
is always the cry of>the individualist
who refuses to allow any one to repre-
sent him. Yet singularly enough those
who take this position profess to be the
most ardent followers of democracy.
The army law was passed by Congress
after full, free debate, with an over
whelming majority in both houses It
was within the prerogative of the rep
resentatives and senators to refuse their
consent to this legislation recommended
by the President. In recognition, how
ever, of a well nigh unanimous and Wig
orously expressed public sentiment the
law was enacted upon the principle of
the selective draft.
Resistance now to the registration
law is indefensible on any ground. 1t
is as much the law of the land as though
it had been enacted after a national po-
litical campaign upon it as an issue or
after referendum. No man has the
right, whatever his personal view, to re-
fuse to recognize it or to obey it. If
this right were granted in one instance
there would be an end of law in Amer
lea. The sternest measures to enforce
this law are justifable and necessary.
The Attorney General estimates that
there may be 10000 failures or refusals
to register tomorrow, or one-tenth Of l
per cent of the total believed to be eligi-
BILE to registration. This will be a very
small ratio of dereliction. But it is un-
fortunate that there should be even so
slight percentage of the people dis
posed to set the law at defiance. Prob
ably some of these are slaekers. seeking
to dodge the discomforts and dangers
Of military service. Others doubt
less are conscientious in their OBJ
lection to war in general. Some are
sticklers for the point that the regis
tration law was passed without a refer
ence to the people. Whatever their mo
tive or excuse, they are all acting the
part of poor citizenship if they deliber-
ately abstain from enrolment.
Evening star., 1917-06-04
The American Mission in Russia.

( Leaving Washington May Is, the
American mission, headed by Mr.. Root,
has made a remarkably quick trip, and
as now reported to have arrived safely
In Russia. It gets there at a most sea-
sonable time, just as reaction has set in
and as German intrigue for a separate
peace is renewed.
1 Whether the Root commission can
make an impression upon the Russian
people and hold them in line for con-
tinued military Efforts against Germany
cannot be foretold. 1t must move eau
tlously and cannot safely undertake
propaganda. Its principal function at
Petrograd will be to set forth fully and
clearly the American purpose in enter.
ing the war. The extent Of the assist
ance the United States is prepared to
lend to Russia, financial and military,
Rlil be disclosed. The hope Of the
american people that Russia may main.
tain strong government founded upon
democratic principles will be expressed
Germany doubtless hopes that the Root
Sission will be fruitless. The American
Expectation is that it will help to re-
etore order and lead to greater efforts
py Russia to compel Germany to ask
FOR peace terms.