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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29

were compelled to build a fire
to be comfortable.
I remember nothing of inter-
est in connection with Independ-
ence Day in Duluth in 1872 but,
in 1873, many Duluthians at
tended a celebration over on
Park Point. A terrible storm
came up in the evening and,
as the canal had been built, row
boats and steam ferry were used
in crossing from the Point to the
mainland. When Capt. Hibbard's
ferry got to this side, there was
a foot of water in the cabin.
On the way back, the boat sunk
and one of DR.. Fosters sons was
drowned"
Culver's Velvet Trousers.
Ned Culver was born in Duluth
back in the '60s. When he was
quite a small boy, perhaps about
the time of the Panic Of '73, he
had a little velvet suit in which
to celebrate the Nations birth
day.
In those days, fire-crackers cost
so cents bunch. It was custom
airy to open up the punches the
night before and, after picking
out the liking and queen'' Ia
couple of yellow crackers in each
bunch that exploded very loudly
and were kept for the very close
Of the day. the peppers were car
ried loosely in the boys pockets.
Respondent in his velvet suit,
with fire-crackers in a wonderful
hip pocket, the fuses of a few
crackers hung over the edge of
said pocket.
Some wicked boys Of older
years touched a fight to that
collection of crackers with the
result that they not only prompt
ly exploded, entirely to the
startled confusion of the boy
pioneer, but the entire seat was
burned out of those lovely velvet
trousers.
Cooley Came Up From Barnum.
In 1870, Jerome E. Cooley was
operating sawmill at Barnum in
Carlton county. He had not yet
located in Duluth. In company
with married friend and wife
and his own wife and young
baby, Mr.. Cooley came to the
young city of Duluth to cele-
brate the Fourth Of July. The
visitors stopped at the old Bay
! view hotel and there was moth
ing at all to obstruct the view
of Lake Superior clear to Sault
Ste. Marie.
Early in the morning Of July
| 4, 1870, the Barnqm friend
aroused Mr.. Cooley and ex-
claimed:
"Get up! The sun is up and
a boats coming in!"
When Mr.. Cooley took a look
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as truly wonderful that a body of
men could arrive at such conclu-
sions by simply having members
Of the city educational staff, in.
terested persons, meet with the
committee and present a theoret-
ical statement Of the ends and
aims Of education regardless Of
the actual practice in the schools.
That committee has certainly re-
vealed to the public a most mex
pensive and efectual way of get
ting at the truth without investi-
eating. It would thus seem that
Duluth has a truly wonderfully
we'll organized system of public
schools and yet, strange to say,
not a single member of the COM
.mittee has visited the school room
while in operation or has observed
pupils at work or the results of
work, except selected specimens.
It is, however, true that Duluth
has a we'll organized system, rec
ognized for many years past, not
only in the state but in the coun-
try at large.
But there is one thing I wonder
at and that is why the citizens Of
Duluth have just awakened to the
fact and why so much printer s
ink must be split in order to make
it known. In the report of the
committee, it is assumed that su-
pervision, junior high schools, in
dustrial education, flexibility Of
system, open-air schools, schools
for detectives, ETC., are features
really recently inaugurated Such,
dear people, is not the case. There
is nothing new. All the above
mentioned departments were Or
ganized in the Duluth system some
time ago. For proof, it is only
necessary to ask somebody who
knows. Any principal who is not
new in the system and who would
dare speak truthfully without fear
Of losing his position, will tell you
that all the various departments
have long been a part of the sys-
tenn and the success is but a nat
ural outgrowth. Any thinking
individual of average intelligence
must know that it would be i'm
possible for such departments to
grow up and flourish over night.
Years are required to accomplish
results along these lines. It is
rather difficult to under-tand why
so much advertising is being done
and why so much credit is so sud-
denly being handed out.
VETERAN TEACHER.
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across the lake, he not only saw
a grand sunrise but there was
schooner coming in with a full
spread of sails. It was a most
beautiful sight.
81 do not remember of any
general celebration at that time"
said Mr.. Cooley to me the other
day, "but I do remember that
there was a public dance in the
evening at the Emigrant House,
on Fifth avenue W., just below
where the Spalding hotel now
stands"
J. P. Johnson's Recollections.
J. P. johnson, clerk Of the dis
trict court, celebrated his first
Fourth of July in Duluth in
1871. 81 do not remember any
of the details Of that day." he
recently said, "but I do know
that the Nations birthday was
generally and religiously OBJ
served in those pioneer times.
Every one went in for a good
time and usually found it. After
the high explosives came, with
their deafening racket and dan
ger to eyes and limbs, a general,
enthusiastic, popular celebration
of the day in Duluth seemed to
wane. I often have thought that
it was a mistake to so curb the
explosive customs Of the day so
as to take out the life and noise
and attractiveness for young
America. I fear that we have a
generation growing up that will
not know what the day means
nor how it was celebrated in a
genuine, old-fashioned American
way.
''I do not remember the date,
but it was in the '70s, I am
sure, when DR.. Foster, in a Fourth
Of July speech, termed Duluth
THE Zenith City of the Unsalted
Seas"
Van Brunt's Fond du Lac Ex-
cursion.
Henry Van Brunt landed in
Duluth in 1869 but he has for
gotten the details of his first
Fourth Of July in Duluth.
con a later OCCASION he
says, II engaged a steam launch
to make an excursion up the St.
Louis river to Fond du Lac. On
the morning Of the Fourth it was
cold and foggy. Believing that
the weather might be pleasant
Up at Fond du Lac, we decided
to 60 anyway.
"When we got back to the
dock or Fifth avenue, no launch
was on hand. There were ne
telephones in those days, so ]
had to walk down to Rice's Poin.
tc find the boatmai1.
Why are you not on hand
with that launch?' I asked him.
"EI thought it was such a
wet day that no one would 60
OUT was the reply.
II made him get up steam,
which took him about an hour
and, when we got back to the
dock, the ladies in the party
were shivering with cold. We
finally got away and, up the
river, it was warm and sunny
all day, although it kept cold
and foggy in Duluth.
Back somewhere in the '80s,
Mr.. Van Brunt went down to
the beach on Minnesota Point
and, under the dirt and drift
secured ice for lemonade and
making ice-cream.
It was cool in Duluth in those
days as we'll as now.
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COMMERCIAL CLUBS REPORT
ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
n,,1,,kl linz 90. 1910

To the Editor of The Rip-saw:
After reading the report OF the
educational committee of the Com
mercial Club upon the survey made
by said committee, it strikes me
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
UNCLE SANS BIRTHDAY

Thursday Nation Will Be 142 Years OdAfter Birth
Live Established Only After Long, Weary WarToday
British Allied With Uncle Sam to Make World
Democracy-Foth Formerly Was More Ferventy
Locally Than in Recent YarExposive Were Not
to Help the Fun Along.
Tell About Early Day Experiences Independence Day
n
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THOUGHT TOO LATE.
Burnquist says he has

GOVern0r Burnqu1SC says ne IDS
done with petty politics during
the campaign. The governor
should have thought of that some
time ago. It would have material
" aided his prospects for a re-
election.-Bear River Journal
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-29
THE PUBLIC PULSE

communications printed below do not necessarily express the
the Rp-saw management They printed
matter Of pubc entirely responsibility Of the
pondent Be signed BY the writer's true
a matter will be published It It Is
Sired,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27

board side, but this did not prevent
him from continuing the engagement.
The German kept trying TO creep out
on the steamers port side, but the
master checkmated him each time and
continued to keep him dead astern.
When the sun began 10 set the Ger
man tried TO maneuver so that the
steamers gunners would have to fire
into the eye of the sun. But the
master prevented him from getting the
benefit Of such a position until the
sun was Obscured by clouds.
Throughout the engagement, which
lasted six hours, the German managed
to score only one hit This shell
broke the steamers deck surface pipe,
punched a hole through the boat
SWANS and carpenters room without
touching two men who were there,
finally exploding in the second cooks
room, which 1t wrecked. Apart from
this the steamer suffered no damage.
The last she'll fired by the steamer
appeared to explode In the U-boats
bow, whereupon the enemy turned
away and abandoned the action.
The masters opinion of his crew Is
expressed in the following words:
Specially Praises Engineers staff.
"They all behaved splendidly and
carried out their various duties coolly
and with a will to save the ship. The
careful and deliberate shooting I'M
doubleday contributed to our success
full escape while the chief engineer
and his staff, working in ignorance
down below, deserve special praise
for getting thirteen and an eighth
knots out'of an unlocked ship, whose
usual speed is about eleven knots"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
MEXICAN MATCH A CURIOSITY
ls Made of Short Piece of Cotton
String, With Head at
Each End

The Mexican friction match, from
our point of view, Is a curiosity. For
one thing, 1t is not made of wood, but
is short piece of cotton string. Sec
ondly, ii has two heads.
There is an undeniable advantage
about ii match with two heads. If one
fails to light there is another in re-
serve. But the Mexican matches, to
do them justice, rarely go out. One
can strike them successfully in fair
breeze.
This is because the cotton string is
coated with wax. In Mexico there are
factories in which such matches are
turned out by ingenious machines, but
billions of them are made by hand in
laborious fashion, the strings being
tipped with phosphorus composition
by girls and boys whose wages are a
few cents day.
One match in Mexico Is really two
matches. Thus. when the native starts
fire or lights cigarette with fresh
one, he tucks the string back into his
pocket for use next time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
ASK NO QUARTER
IN FIGHTS WITH
HUN U-BO A I S

igating to certain port to pick up an
urgent cargo when the skipper, who
had been on the bridge for many
hours, saw the track of a torpedo APP
preaching his ship.
Hard a-port," he called to the quar-
termaster at the wheel. and Full
astern" was rung down TO the engine
room, where Bob, 1.-THE third" was on
duty by himself. The ship spun
around on her heel, as 1t were, and
the torpedo passed her by. Then the
engine room bell changed for full
ahead, and down the voice pipe into
Bob's ear came the insistent call for
speed and more speed.
BY this time the chief engineer and
his staff were on the foot-plate, and
the ship, which ordinarily did eleven
knots at her top gait, Logan to cut up
the water at Il rate which would have
astonished her builders. From the
wireless the S o S call was sent out
and the gunner got busy, but the
U-boat was out of range and fire was
held until the pirate got closer, when
he was driven back again.
Fight Continues for Three Hours.
When the fight had continued for
four hours a shell from the steamer
fell amidships on the submarines star
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
WHY WE MUST WIN THE WAR
II Conflict Ends With Conditions as at
Present Germany Will Doml-
nate, Writer Says.

"Mittel-Europa is In existence to-
day." says Frederick Naumann, a
prominent member of the reichstag.
He is right. Germany stands pos
sessed of all she hoped to gain when
she forced this war She has reduced
her allies to military and economic de-
pendence. She dominates Belgium,
northern France, Poland. Russia, Ser
bia, Montenegro and Roumania. More
than 200,000,000 people are under the
dictation of Prussia.
If the war ends with conditions as
they are at present Germanys brutal
policy of force will dominate the world
Italy, France and Great Britain have
a combined population of 11S,000,000
They are much smaller in area than
the Mlttel-Europa empire would be
are detached from each other and con-
fined within narrow limits on the
south and west of Europe Neces-
sarily they would become second-class
powers.
The United States, practically alone,
would be left TO face the aggression
Of power with about twice the pOpu-
lation, directed by autocratic rulers
toward further conquest.
The only way to make ourselves
safe is TO win the war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27

When Lord French visited the little
county town of Oldham to inspect the
Rutland volunteers, he found time to
leave horseshoe on the castle walls.
From time immemorial the lord Of
the manor has demanded a horseshoe
from every peer of the realm on his
first setting foot within the "1ordship."
The custom is carefully kept up, and
the ever-increaslng collection of horse
shoes which hang on the walls Of the
hall of the castle numbers some 200,
ranging in size from that of the ordi-
nary racer to the Brobdingnagian pro-
portions of a shoe seven feet long,
London Chronicle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
Need SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bitiou, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment DR..
Kilmers' Swamp Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store may
be Just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer g. Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Treatment of Prisoners.

There is still talk in some quarters
Of Wales of a German invasion. A
thousand years ago, however, inva-
sions were quite n common thing along
the Welsh shores. The Vikings came
and went pretty much as they pleased.
They burnt and massacred in
way that would have delighted the Ger
mans. On one occasion they burnt
st. David's, and actually cooked and
ate the blshop-which, no doubt, de-
lighted the antichurch people of those
days. On the other hand, when the
Welsh caught Viking they flayed him
alive and nailed his skin to the church
door. There was no softness with
prisoners such as is exhibited today.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
GOODBYE BACKACIIE, KIDNEY
AND BLADDER TROUBLES

For centuries all over the world
GOLD MEDAL Harlem OIL has af-
forded relief In thousands upon thou
sands of cases of lame back, lumbago,
sciatlca, rheumatism, gallstones, grav-
ell and all other affections of the kid
neys liver, stomach, bladder and al
lied organs. 1t acts quickly. 1t does
the work. 1t cleanses your kidneys
and purifies the blood. 1t makes a
new man, a new woman, Of you. 1t
frequently wards off attacks of the
dread and fatal diseases of the kid
neys, 1t often completely cures the
distressing diseases of the organs OF
the body allied with the bladder and
kidneys. Bloody or cloudy urine, sed-
iment, or "brickdust' indicate an I'M
healthy condition.
Do not delay n minute II your back
aches or you are sore across the lolns
or have difficulty when urlnatlng. Go
to your druggist at once and get a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
British Cabinet Already Has Plan
of Work for Soldiers
After War.
GERMANY ALSO PREPARING
Colonization on Farms, Carefully
Worked Out by an Expert, Liable
to Be Upset by Revolt of
the Proletariat.

LOndon.-The British government is
now at work considering how the great
task of demobilizing the army and the
resettlement of the soldiers into civil
occupations ut the conclusion of the
war is 10 be accomplished. The plan
drawn up by the minister of labor is
receiving careful attention, and it is
understood considerable progress has
been made.
Germany also is giving this subject
her attention and the series of articles
by Herr UtSch in the DcutSche Land
Wirtschaftliche PreSse considers the
proposed settlement on the land of OIL
diers returning from the war.
Herr Utsch begins by pointing out
that it is Il national duty to provide the
disabled or injured soldier not only
with an adequate pension but with suit
able employment which will enable him
to support himself and his family in
sufficient comfort. In providing such
employment, he says, due regard must
be paid to the wishes and the capacity
of the individual, and no better means
for effecting this can be found than
home colonization, for in no other do
main are the possibilities so great,
since vast tracts of waste land still eX-
list in Germany waiting to be opened
up and the returning soldier cherishes
no dearer wish than to have Il home of
his own.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
First Fiction Known.

The oldest work of fiction extant
is thought to be the Tale of Two Broth
ers,' written 1920 years ago by the
Theban scribe Ennana, librarian of the
palace of King Menepthah, the sup
posed Pharaoh of the Exodus, The
tale, 1t appears, was written for the
entertainment of the crown prince,
who subsequently reigned as Set H.
His name appears in two places in the
manuscript, probably the only SURVIVE
Ing autograph signature of an Egypt
ian king. This piece of antique fiction,
written on nineteen sheets of papyrus
in a bold hieratic hand, was purchased
in Italy by Nine d'Orbiney, who sold
1t In 1857 to the authorities OF the
British museum, where it IS now
known rs the D'Orbiney papyrus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27

box of imported GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem Oil Capsules. They are pleasant
and easy to take. Each capsule con-
tains about one dose of five drops.
Take them just like you would any
pill. Take small swallow of water
If you want to. They dissolve in the
stomach, and the kidneys soak up the
oil like n sponge does water. They
thoroughly cleanse and wash out the
bladder and kidneys and throw off the
Inflammation which is the cause OF
the trouble. They will quickly relieve
those stiffened joints, that backache.
rheumatism. lumbago, sciatica, gall
stones, gravel. ''brickdust," etc. They
are an effective remedy for all dis
eases of the bladder, kidney. liver.
stomach and allied organs. Your
druggist will cheerfully refund your
money If you are not satisfied after a
few days use. Accept only the pure,
original GOLD MEDAL Haarlem OIL
Capsules. None other genuine.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Athletics in the Navy.

All forms of athletics are encour-
aged in the navy. All of the larger
ships and all stations have complete
athletic equipment, as well as n regu-
larly appointed athletic officer and in
structor. The navy is a service Of
high ideals and requires the highest
standard of physical fitness. To de-
fine the social status of the navy man
today is unnecessary. A man in navy
uniform is welcome everywhere. The
navys blue shirt is badge of cour-
age and distinction.-Boston Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Knit at Prayer MeetIno.

st. Louis, Mo.--Flfty women mem
beers Of the Markham Memorial church
here have adopted the plan Of knitting
M weekly prayer meetings The new
plan Is meeting with success and the
attendance II the weekly meetings II
increasing every week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
WOMAN CONvICTS DOING BIT
Those In Colorado Penitentiary Knit
Eight Hours Day for
the Red Cross.

Canon City Colo.-Confned in the
state penitentiary here there are ten
women who daily are doing their bit
fo.' humanity and the cause Of democ-
racy. Eight hours day these women
knit sox aad sweaters for the Red
Cross. They have reached nm average
Of one dozen pairs Of sox Il day. One
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Unnecessary Fears.

OF course the clipping couples roll
er-slate of car had no chance
against the old mans high-powered
roadster. He soon came up with
them.
do not take her back" pleaded the
young man with tears I'm his eyes.
Take her buck?" echoed the stern
parent. "Why. I have come to bring
her knitting outfit and chewing gum
so she would never have an excuse to
come back"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
The Beaver In Norway.

The beaver Is very scarce animal
In Norway, only living In small colo
MES ~ few places In the country
II is absolutely forbidden TO kill the
animal The farmers, however. claim
that the beavers do great damage 10
their forests and have now asked the
government for right 70 kill them off
whenever It can be proved that they
are doing damage. If not allowed to
kin the animals the farmers viii ask
the government TO reimburse them for
the damage done to their property.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Two. Headed Calf Lives

Eau Claire, visa two-headed calf
born on the farm of Matt Leet, who
lives a short distance from this city.
is still alive. Both heads have per
fectly formed mouths, two eyes and
two noses, but there are only two
ears, one on the outer side Of each
head.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
AGED Seeds terminate.

Connellsyille, Pa.-When Aunt
Jane" Abraham, Of Smlthfeld, acct.
dentnlly broke gonrd that had been
in her family for more than fifty years
a number Of seeds rolled out. She
planted the seeds and they have be.
gun 10 terminate.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
Of Cutcura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with soft tissue paper. For
free samples address, "Cutlcura, Dept.
X, Boston" At druggists and Dy mail
Soap %, Ointment 25 and 50.-AdV.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of These Ugly Spots

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed OF your freckles, as Othine--doube
stre'uth-is guaranteed TO remove these homely
spots.
Simply get OF Othine-double
strengh-from your druggist. and apply a little
OF II night and morlng and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear. while the lighter ones have vanished en-.
trey. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion.
BE sure TO ask for the double strength Othine,
as this IS sold under guarantee OF money back
u II falls TO remove freckles.-Ady.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
The TWlrler's Luck.

ITS lucky for me I'm not in the
box said the great baseball pitcher,
as he paraded up and down the room
with his tooth-cutting son and heir.
why" asked his wife, sleepily.
Because" he answered, 81 don't
seem to have any control of the bawl"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-27
Easy for Some.

Hokus-How did he acquire his rep
utation for such great wisdom?
Pokus-That's easy. There amt a
subject under the sun about which he
can't remain silent and look wise.-
Judge.